Addressing the Mental Health and Emotional Well-being of Immigrants Through a Scalable Intervention
University of Texas at Austin
Summary
We will study the impacts of offering access to an emotional well-being phone app to Hispanic U.S. immigrants in psychological distress. Our primary outcome is participants' psychological well-being.
Eligibility
- Age range
- 18+ years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- No
The target population will be: immigrants to the U.S. of Hispanic origin whose native language is Spanish, who have been living in the U.S. (intermittently or continuously) for less than 10 years, who are over 18 years of age, who have a PHQ4 score that is three or more, who would be interested in using a well-being phone app, who do not have a graduate degree and have access to a smartphone.
Interventions
- Behavioral2-month access to mental health app
Participants will have access to the well-being app for two months.
- BehavioralDirect incentive
A $10 gift card are given to participants at the end of the study if they used the app sufficiently.
- Behavioral4-month access to mental health app
Participants will have access to the well-being app for four months.
- BehavioralLottery incentive
Participants can participate in a draw of $150 gift cards at the end of the study if they used the app sufficiently.
Location
- The University of Texas at AustinAustin, Texas