Co-Designing a Text Messaging Intervention for Youth Transitioning From Child to Adult Mental Health Services: Participatory Design Jam Study

Published on 29.May.2026 in Vol 10 (2026)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/91834, first published 20.Jan.2026.

; Christine Cassidy²

; Sahil Chawla³

; Janet A Curran^{2, 4}

; Samantha Munro¹

; Debbie Phillips⁵

; Ngoc Song Ha Pho³

; Roisin Walls⁶

; Alandra Wood¹

; Lori Wozney^{3, 5}

Negar Vakili ^{1
*} , BSc ;   Christine Cassidy ^{2
*} , PhD ;   Sahil Chawla ^{3
*} , BACS ;   Janet A Curran ^{2, 4
*} , PhD ;   Samantha Munro ^{1
*} , BSc ;   Debbie Phillips ^{5
*} , RN ;   Ngoc Song Ha Pho ^{3
*} , BACS ;   Roisin Walls ^{6
*} , MAHSR ;   Alandra Wood ^{1
*} , BSc ;   Lori Wozney ^{3, 5
*} , PhD

¹ Centre for Research in Family Health, IWK Health, Halifax, NS, Canada

² School of Nursing, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada

³ Faculty of Computer Science, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada

⁴ Strengthening Transitions in Care Lab, IWK Health, Halifax, NS, Canada

⁵ Mental Health and Addictions, IWK Health, Halifax, NS, Canada

⁶ Mental Health and Addictions, Nova Scotia Health, Halifax, NS, Canada

*all authors contributed equally

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