
ChatPal - Conversational Interfaces Supporting Mental Health and Wellbeing of People in Sparsely Populated Areas
Project
The project is funded by Northern Periphery and Arctic -programme. The project is implemented by Ulster University NI (coordinator), University of Eastern Finland, Norrbotten Association of Local Authorities (SE), Region Norrbotten (SE), Luleå University of Technology (SE), NHS Western Isles (SC), Action Mental Health (NI) and Cork Institute of Technology (IE).
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Main funder
Northern Periphery and Arctic programme


Organization
Department of Nursing Science, Faculty of Health Sciences
Objectives:
To understand the mental health and digital mental health requirements of older and younger citizens in rural and sparsely populated NPA regions
To co-create and pilot a multilingual chatbot service that is effective for providing a blended digital mental health service supporting project workers and skills coaches across different NPA regions and age groups
To inform, and to increase awareness and attitudes of mental health and healthcare professionals regarding the use of digital health tools and particularly chatbots to augment and improve mental health service provision.
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Group members - UEF
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Lauri Kuosmanen University Lecturer , Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Nursing Science
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Lauri Kuosmanen University Lecturer , Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Nursing Science
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Anna-Kaisa Vartiainen Early Stage Researcher , Faculty of Social Sciences and Business Studies, Department of Health an...
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Heidi Nieminen University Teacher , Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Nursing Science
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Publications
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Can Chatbots Help Support a Person's Mental Health? Perceptions and Views from Mental Healthcare Professionals and Expert Sweeney, Colm; Potts, Courtney; Ennis, Edel; Bond, Raymond; Mulvenna, Maurice D; O'neill, Siobhan; Malcolm, Martin; Kuosmanen, Lauri; Kostenius, Catrine; Vakaloudis, Alex; Mcconvey, Gavin; Turkington, Robin; Hanna, David; Nieminen, Heidi; Vartiainen, Anna-Kaisa; Robertson, Alison; Mctear, Michael F. 2021. Can Chatbots Help Support a Person's Mental Health? Perceptions and Views from Mental Healthcare Professionals and Expert ACM transactions on computing for healthcare 2 3: 1-15. 2021
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Chatbots to Support Mental Wellbeing of People Living in Rural Areas: Can User Groups Contribute to Co-design? Potts, C.; Ennis, E.; Bond, R. B.; Mulvenna, M. D.; McTear, M. F.; Boyd, K.; Broderick, T.; Malcolm, M.; Kuosmanen, L.; Nieminen, H.; Vartiainen, A. K.; Kostenius, C.; Cahill, B.; Vakaloudis, A.; McConvey, G.; O'Neill, S. 2021. Chatbots to Support Mental Wellbeing of People Living in Rural Areas: Can User Groups Contribute to Co-design? Journal of Technology in Behavioral Science 6 4: 652-665. 2021