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Using Generative AI to Co-Design Digital Mental Health Interventions With Adolescents in Rural South Africa: Qualitative Thematic Analysis of Participatory Workshops

Using Generative AI to Co-Design Digital Mental Health Interventions With Adolescents in Rural South Africa: Qualitative Thematic Analysis of Participatory Workshops

Using Generative AI to Co-Design Digital Mental Health Interventions With Adolescents in Rural South Africa: Qualitative Thematic Analysis of Participatory Workshops

Sophie Dallison   1 , BSc ;   Bianca Moffett   2 , MD ;   Princess Makhubela   2 , Dip Comp Lit ;   Tamera Nkuna   2 , BSc ;   Julia R Pozuelo   2, 3, 4 , PhD ;   Alastair van Heerden   5 , PhD ;   Heather O'Mahen   6 , PhD

1 Department of Psychology, University of Bath, Bath, Somerset, United Kingdom

2 MRC/Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit (Agincourt), School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

3 Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Harvard University, Boston, MA, United States

4 Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

5 Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

6 Mood Disorders Centre, Department of Psychology, University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom

Corresponding Author:

  • Sophie Dallison, BSc
  • Department of Psychology
  • University of Bath
  • 10 West, Claverton Down
  • Bath, Somerset BA2 7AY
  • United Kingdom
  • Phone: 4401392661000
  • Email: sd960@bath.ac.uk