Adaptation of ACTivate Your Wellbeing, a Digital Health and Well-being Program for Young Persons: Co-design Approach.

ABSTRACT:

Background

ACTivate your wellbeing is a digital health and well-being program designed to support and encourage positive lifestyle behavior change. The website includes 5 lifestyle behavior change modules and a 12-week well-being intervention based on acceptance and commitment therapy. It was timely to adapt the resource for a new audience in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Young persons' mental health needs have increased substantially, and lifestyle behaviors play a critical role in both mental and physical health statuses.

Objective

This study aimed to adapt an existing health and well-being website for use by young persons aged 16 to 24 years.

Methods

A 3-staged participatory, co-design approach was adopted. The participants reviewed the existing program and pr

SUBMITTER: Brown M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10141270 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature