TY - GEN
T1 - Evaluation framework for smart technology mental health interventions
AU - Forchuk, Cheryl
AU - Rudnick, Abraham
AU - Macintosh, Josephine
AU - Bukair, Fatima
AU - Hoch, Jeffrey S
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - Evaluations of technological mental health interventions are often too narrow to support the uptake of such technologies. This report describes the evaluation framework used for a mobile technology study, the Mental Health Engagement Network (MHEN). The framework presented here includes four types of analyses: effectiveness, economic, policy, and ethics analysis. When technological mental health interventions are evaluated in each of these four areas, research can be more comprehensive and set the stage for spreading the innovation. Particularly, inclusion of economic analysis may speak to potential funders, ethical analysis may encourage adoption in clinical settings, and policy analysis may encourage uptake from decision-makers. This report provides a framework that can be adapted to a variety of technological mental health interventions to assess and compare not only effectiveness, but also economic, policy and ethical challenges and opportunities. Findings from the MHEN study are presented as a case study of the applied framework.
AB - Evaluations of technological mental health interventions are often too narrow to support the uptake of such technologies. This report describes the evaluation framework used for a mobile technology study, the Mental Health Engagement Network (MHEN). The framework presented here includes four types of analyses: effectiveness, economic, policy, and ethics analysis. When technological mental health interventions are evaluated in each of these four areas, research can be more comprehensive and set the stage for spreading the innovation. Particularly, inclusion of economic analysis may speak to potential funders, ethical analysis may encourage adoption in clinical settings, and policy analysis may encourage uptake from decision-makers. This report provides a framework that can be adapted to a variety of technological mental health interventions to assess and compare not only effectiveness, but also economic, policy and ethical challenges and opportunities. Findings from the MHEN study are presented as a case study of the applied framework.
KW - e-Mental health
KW - Economic analysis
KW - Effectiveness
KW - Ethical analysis
KW - Evaluation framework
KW - Mental health care
KW - Mental health engagement network (MHEN)
KW - Mobile technology
KW - Policy analysis
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U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-39601-9_18
DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-39601-9_18
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84976621279
SN - 9783319396002
VL - 9677
T3 - Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
SP - 203
EP - 210
BT - Inclusive Smart Cities and Digital Health - 14th International Conference on Smart Homes and Health Telematics, ICOST 2016, Proceedings
PB - Springer Verlag
T2 - 14th International Conference on Smart Homes and Health Telematics, ICOST 2016
Y2 - 25 May 2016 through 27 May 2016
ER -