Developing the Workforce of the Digital Future: mHealth Competency and Fidelity Measurement in Community-Based Care
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Published:2024-01-13
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ISSN:2366-5963
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Container-title:Journal of Technology in Behavioral Science
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language:en
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Short-container-title:J. technol. behav. sci.
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Kopelovich Sarah L.ORCID, Buck Benjamin E., Tauscher Justin, Lyon Aaron R., Ben-Zeev Dror
Abstract
AbstractIntegrating mobile health (mHealth) interventions into settings that serve diverse patient populations requires that prerequisite professional competencies are delineated and that standards for clinical quality assurance can be pragmatically assessed. Heretofore, proposed mHealth competencies have been broad and have lacked a framework to support specific applications. We outline the meta-competencies identified in the literature relevant to mHealth interventions and demonstrate how these meta-competencies can be integrated with population- and intervention-related competencies to help guide a pragmatic approach to competency assessment. We present a use case based on FOCUS—an evidence-based mHealth intervention designed for individuals with serious mental illness and currently being implemented in geographically and demographically diverse community behavioral health settings. Subsequent to identifying the cross-cutting competencies relevant to the target population (outpatients experiencing psychotic symptoms), substratal intervention (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for psychosis), and treatment modality (mHealth), we detail the development process of an mHealth fidelity monitoring system (mHealth-FMS). We adhered to a published sequential 5-step process to design a fidelity monitoring system that aligns with our integrated mHealth competency framework and that was guided by best practices prescribed by the Treatment Fidelity Workgroup of the National Institutes of Health Behavior Change Consortium. The mHealth-FMS is intended to enhance both clinical and implementation outcomes by grounding the mHealth interventionist and the system of care in which they operate in the core functions, tasks, knowledge, and competencies associated with system-integrated mHealth delivery. Future research will explore acceptability and feasibility of the mHealth-FMS.
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National Institutes of Health
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Springer Science and Business Media LLC
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Computer Science Applications,Human-Computer Interaction,Applied Psychology,Health (social science)
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