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Published on in Vol 28 (2026)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/75351, first published .
Building EVA (Educación, Vinculación, y Autoayuda): Tutorial for the Development of a Digital Mental Health Chatbot for Adolescents Living With HIV

Building EVA (Educación, Vinculación, y Autoayuda): Tutorial for the Development of a Digital Mental Health Chatbot for Adolescents Living With HIV

Building EVA (Educación, Vinculación, y Autoayuda): Tutorial for the Development of a Digital Mental Health Chatbot for Adolescents Living With HIV

Diego Humberto Vasquez   1 * , BA ;   Neil Rupani   2 * , BA ;   Carmen Contreras   1, 3 , MA ;   Lenka Kolevic   4, 5 , MD ;   Molly Forrest Franke   6 , SCD ;   Jerome Timothy Galea   3 , MSW, PhD

1 Socios En Salud Sucursal Peru, Lima, Peru

2 Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, United States

3 School of Social Work, College of Behavorial and Community Sciences, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, United States

4 Instituto Nacional de Salud del Niño, Lima, Peru

5 Departamento Académico de Pediatría, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Peru

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

*these authors contributed equally

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  • Jerome Timothy Galea, MSW, PhD
  • School of Social Work
  • College of Behavorial and Community Sciences, University of South Florida
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