TY - JOUR
T1 - A mixed-methods evaluation of college student and provider perspectives on a smartphone application for help-seeking after violence
AU - Anderson, Jocelyn C.
AU - Pollitt, Erin
AU - Crowley, Joseph
AU - Holbrook, Debra
AU - Draughon Moret, Jessica E.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was funded by the Johns Hopkins Urban Health Institute. J.C.A. received funding from Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development [T32HD087162] and National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism [K23AA027288]. The authors would like to thank Jacquelyn Campbell and the Mercy Medical Center Forensic Nurse Examiner Program for their support and assistance with this work.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Objective: To elicit feedback on the acceptability, usability, and dissemination options for the bMOREsafe smartphone application (app). Participants: Forty-nine students and six service-providers provided feedback on the bMOREsafe app between April 2015 and March 2016. Methods: Students responded to an anonymous online survey and providers participated in semi-structured interviews. Descriptive and thematic analyses were completed. Results: Students rated the app as useful, however less applicable to themselves and their peers. Students stated they would be most receptive to recommendations about the app from peers and social media. Qualitative data from service providers fell into three main categories: trauma-informed aspects; inclusivity vs. specificity; and within an app, language matters. Conclusions: Smartphone technology can provide confidential information and resources to help students make decisions related to sexual assault or intimate partner violence care. While students and providers identified apps as a useful strategy for sharing this information, dissemination challenges remain.
AB - Objective: To elicit feedback on the acceptability, usability, and dissemination options for the bMOREsafe smartphone application (app). Participants: Forty-nine students and six service-providers provided feedback on the bMOREsafe app between April 2015 and March 2016. Methods: Students responded to an anonymous online survey and providers participated in semi-structured interviews. Descriptive and thematic analyses were completed. Results: Students rated the app as useful, however less applicable to themselves and their peers. Students stated they would be most receptive to recommendations about the app from peers and social media. Qualitative data from service providers fell into three main categories: trauma-informed aspects; inclusivity vs. specificity; and within an app, language matters. Conclusions: Smartphone technology can provide confidential information and resources to help students make decisions related to sexual assault or intimate partner violence care. While students and providers identified apps as a useful strategy for sharing this information, dissemination challenges remain.
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U2 - 10.1080/07448481.2019.1705839
DO - 10.1080/07448481.2019.1705839
M3 - Article
C2 - 31944911
AN - SCOPUS:85078603406
VL - 69
SP - 668
EP - 674
JO - Journal of American College Health
JF - Journal of American College Health
SN - 0744-8481
IS - 6
ER -
