Feasibility of a Supportive Text Messaging Intervention in Northwest Alaska.

ABSTRACT: Suicide disproportionately impacts young Alaska Native people in the northwestern region of Alaska. As part of its efforts to address this challenge, Maniilaq Association developed a program to determine the feasibility of sending short text messages of caring and support. Process evaluation measures included the number of enrollees and the number of text messages sent each month. To determine participant satisfaction and seek recommendations for improvements, a short, online survey was disseminated to enrollees via text message in 2021 and 2022. Between January 2020 and September 2021, text messages were sent each month to about 100 participants, each with an accompanying image. Messages included "You are capable of amazing things" and "You are enough". Twenty-five individuals completed t

SUBMITTER: Edwards A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9973232 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature