Increasing Access to Mental Health Supports for 18- to 25-Year-Old Indigenous Youth With the JoyPop Mobile Mental Health App: Study Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial.

Transitional-aged youth have a high burden of mental health difficulties in Canada, with Indigenous youth, in particular, experiencing additional circumstances that challenge their well-being. Mobile health (mHealth) approaches hold promise for supporting individuals in areas with less access to ser...

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Published in:JMIR Research Protocols
Main Authors: MacIsaac, Angela, Neufeld, Teagan, Malik, Ishaq, Toombs, Elaine, Olthuis, Janine V, Schmidt, Fred, Dunning, Crystal, Stasiuk, Kristine, Bobinski, Tina, Ohinmaa, Arto, Stewart, Sherry H, Newton, Amanda S, Mushquash, Aislin R
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: JMIR Publications 2025
Subjects:
Canada
First Nations
Indigenous
JoyPop
eHealth
emotion regulation
mHealth
mental health
mobile app
mobile health
mobile mental health app
protocol
youth
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2196/64745
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39883939
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Summary:Transitional-aged youth have a high burden of mental health difficulties in Canada, with Indigenous youth, in particular, experiencing additional circumstances that challenge their well-being. Mobile health (mHealth) approaches hold promise for supporting individuals in areas with less access to services such as Northern Ontario.

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