📍I am 🌟EXCITED🌟 to share me & my @oakparklibrary.bsky.social comm partners' 2nd paper RE our work on teen #mentalhealth (MH)& public libraries 📍The report highlights teens' take on their own MH & digital MH tool integration w/in libraries📚‼️spoiler alert‼️they're fans🤩 formative.jmir.org/2025/1/e67454

Teen Perspectives on Integrating Digital Mental Health Programs for Teens Into Public Libraries (“I Was Always at the Library”): Qualitative Interview Study

Background: Rising rates of anxiety among teens necessitate innovative approaches for implementing evidence-based mental health support. Public libraries, seen as safe spaces for patrons with marginal...

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It's Friday.... you know what that means! New map tokens!! Let's give a big Bluesky welcome to: Arkansas @greenforestlibrary.bsky.social Kentucky @rowancountylibrary.bsky.social Missouri @stlcountylibrary.bsky.social Tennessee @ggcpl.bsky.social Utah @lib.utah.edu

Welcome to BSky, Prevention Science Methodology Group! Be sure to follow to hear about upcoming #impsci webinars by leaders in the field.

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📍‼️EEK‼️ If you weren't able to attend me & Rob's talk in the spring on public #libraries📚 & teen #mentalhealth👥 - don't you worry yourself! 📍Check out our recording below😎 @oakparklibrary.bsky.social youtu.be/a0QzkkvIupY?...

Libraries are so much more than books: Teen Mental Health Services in Public Libraries

YouTube video by Northwestern Univ. Feinberg School of Medicine

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"A whopping 82% of people who used the library’s physical space and 79% of people who physically attended programs reported more optimism regarding the future, compared to only 58% of digital-only users." Our physical space and resources matter *greatly!* bookriot.com/innovative-s...

Innovative Study by UPenn and NYPL Finds That Public Libraries Positively Impact Community Health and Well-Being

"Our research found that patrons experience refuge, joy, connection, purpose, and expansion through their library use"

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Check out this awesome new article! 📚 Congratulations to many of our members on this awesome work. formative.jmir.org/2025/1/e67454 @ashleyaknapp.bsky.social

Teen Perspectives on Integrating Digital Mental Health Programs for Teens Into Public Libraries (“I Was Always at the Library”): Qualitative Interview Study

Background: Rising rates of anxiety among teens necessitate innovative approaches for implementing evidence-based mental health support. Public libraries, seen as safe spaces for patrons with marginal...

formative.jmir.org

Congratulations to @ashleyaknapp.bsky.social, PhD, on her recent publication, “Teen Perspectives on Integrating Digital Mental Health Programs for Teens Into Public Libraries ("I Was Always at the Library"): Qualitative Interview Study.” Read more: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40080819/

📍HOLY MOLY! Just ended the first day with @TheOpEdProject - feeling so thankful, empowered, & inspired🥰 📍Check out this ✨AMAZING✨ org, the phenomenal people running it, & all the impactful things they do! 📍Coming for ya with full force, Day #2!

📍Actual text from an R34 summary statement, "A ppt presentation seems uninspired to say the least." 📍Friendly reminder we are all human & all tired - try to be a helpful & kind human in reviews. They hit hard.🎯 #dobetter #academia #justwow

📍"Gen Z & Millennials are using public #libraries - both in person👥 & digitally📱- at higher rates compared to older generations"💥 📍Heck yes they are🎉🤓🥳 www.infodocket.com/2023/11/01/n...

📍Want to see what a💥LADYBOSS💥looks like?! 📍Gabriela Nagy is a✨fabulous✨community-engaged, implementation researcher🤓 doing impactful work in Milwaukee supporting immigrant & refugee populations👥 📍Thank you for sharing your work & pearls of wisdom at NU, Gabby!💜

📍"Cultural change takes time… A true investment is one that values potential over proof. Because so often that proof doesn’t exist for women. Not because we aren’t qualified, but because we haven’t been given the opportunity." -💥Lilly Singh💥 www.npr.org/2023/10/20/1...

Hi bsky! 😃 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️We are recruiting for a (compensated) study about healing from heterosexism and transphobia through expressive writing! We’re recruiting LGBTQ+ folks in the US. Please share if you can— thank you! Access the study here: lgbtqmentalhealth.com/grow

📍Can't WAIT to read this❗important❗work providing guidance on developing #mentalhealth apps for American Indian & Alaska Native communities💫 link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Mobile Mental Health Applications for American Indian and Alaska Native Communities: Review and Reco...

American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) communities experience high rates of several mental health (MH) difficulties (e.g., trauma, substance use, suicide) and encounter significant barriers to accessin...

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Hi all, @pkpd-babe.bsky.social has this page for donating (and requesting invite codes!)

✨Hi Bluesky✨ 📍New here & loving it💙☁️ 📍I am an assistant prof @ Northwestern having fun nerding out🤓 on youth digital #mentalhealth 📱, community-engaged research👥, & implementation science💫 📍Currently working with public libraries📚 & their teen patrons to co-create a digital service for teen anxiety💥

💥HOT OFF THE PRESS💥 📍Please check out our new, rad paper led by the ✨fabulous @jonahjmeyerhoff.bsky.social✨ chatting ab examples of the📱digital #mentalhealth tool💻design process from 👥partnership building to needs assessment to prototyping to service testing🤓 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

From formative design to service-ready therapeutic: A pragmatic approach to designing digital mental...

As digital mental health interventions (DMHIs) proliferate, there is a growing need to understand the complexities of moving these tools from concept …

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