Journal article
Cultural and contextual adaptation of an eHealth intervention for youth receiving services for first-episode psychosis: Adaptation framework and protocol for horyzons-Canada phase 1
S Lal, J Gleeson, A Malla, L Rivard, R Joober, R Chandrasena, M Alvarez-Jimenez
Jmir Research Protocols | JMIR PUBLICATIONS, INC | Published : 2018
DOI: 10.2196/resprot.8810
Abstract
Background: eHealth interventions have the potential to address challenges related to access, service engagement, and continuity of care in the delivery of mental health services. However, the initial development and evaluation of such interventions can require substantive amounts of financial and human resource investments to bring them to scale. Therefore, it may be warranted to pay greater attention to policy, services, and research with respect to eHealth platforms that have the potential to be adapted for use across settings. Yet, limited attention has been placed on the methods and processes for adapting eHealth interventions to improve their applicability across cultural, geographical..
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Awarded by Career Development Fellowship from the National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Acknowledgements
We gratefully acknowledge the contributions of all patient and clinician participants that dedicated time to this study. Phase 1 of the Horyzons-Canada project is supported by a NARSAD Young Investigator Grant from the Brain and Behaviour Research Foundation. SL was supported in part by a New Investigator Salary Award from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and previously in part by a Research Scholar Salary Award from the Fonds de recherche du Quebec-Sante (FRQS). AM is funded in part by the Canada Research Chair Program. MAJ was supported by a Career Development Fellowship (APP1082934) from the National Health and Medical Research Council.