Development and Implementation of Postdischarge Text Messages to Adolescents With Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors Through Caring Contacts: Implementation Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Youth suicide is a pressing public health concern, and transitions in care after a suicidal crisis represent a period of elevated risk. Disruptions in continuity of care and emotional support occur frequently. "Caring contacts" validating messages post discharge have the potential to enhance connections with patients and have been shown to improve outcomes. More recently, positive outcomes have been noted using caring contact text messages (SMS and MMS), which hold promise for engaging patients in a pediatric setting, but there are few studies describing the large-scale implementation of such an approach.

Objective

This study aims to describe the process of developing and implementing automated caring contacts within a quality improvement framework, using a standa

SUBMITTER: Thomas GV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11350296 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature