image: A team led by, from left, social work professors Moses Okumu and Flora Cohen, with doctoral student Joshua Muzei explored the effectiveness of mental health interventions provided via mobile phones among refugee and displaced youths living in the slums of Kampala, Uganda. The study’s findings highlighted the need to develop contextualized apps that enable these transient populations to access, understand and use online mental health information to enhance their well-being.
Credit: Photo by Fred Zwicky
Journal
Computers in Human Behavior
Method of Research
Survey
Subject of Research
People
Article Title
eHealth literacy and digital health interventions: Key ingredients for supporting the mental health of displaced youth living in the urban slums of Kampala, Uganda
Article Publication Date
2-Dec-2024
COI Statement
The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.