The development of a World Health Organization transdiagnostic chatbot intervention for distressed adolescents and young adults
This is the first report of the development of a chatbot intervention for adolescents and young adults in LMICs that was designed using a HCD framework. Systematic end-user engagement through all phases of the research aimed to make this intervention acceptable and useable for adolescents and young adults in a wide variety of settings. The chatbot is currently being tested in randomised controlled trials in Jordan and Lithuania.
Authors
- Rajiah Abu Sway
- Adnan Abualhaija
- Katherine Sorsdahl (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5517-1697)
- Jennifer Hall (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1097-9369)
- Syed Usman Hamdani (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5120-3225)
- Heba Ghalayini
- Katie S Dawson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6464-1582)
- Dharani Keyan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9406-7542)
- Rand Habashneh
- Anne M. de Graaff (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6686-4432)
- Richard Allan Bryant (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9607-819X)
- Sarah Watts (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6412-5887)
- Chiara Servili (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1885-822X)
- Aemal Akhtar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8510-3636)
- Latefa Ali Dardas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5437-4778)
- Ibrahim Said Aqel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7558-7059)
- Teresa Au (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9561-0853)
- Stewart Jordan
- Kenneth Carswell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5344-5802)
- Joy Crawford
- Hafsa El-Dardery
- Sarah Fanatseh
- Muhannad Faroun (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-3388-4872)
- Aiysha Malik
- Nagendra P. Luitel
Institutions
- University of Jordan (JO)
- University of Liverpool (GB)
- University of Cape Town (ZA)
- UNSW Sydney (AU)
- World Health Organization (CH)
- War Child (NL)
- Accreditation and Quality Assurance Commission (PS)
- NLR Nepal (NP)
- King Hussein Foundation (JO)
- Human Development Research Foundation (PK)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Digital Health
- Published
- 2025-05-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fdgth.2025.1528580
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 6.18