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Veterans\n can interact with the BB VH during daily check-ins, learn about mental\n health and wellness strategies, participate in interactive activities,\n increase self-awareness of their current status, and build and work safety\n plans in times of suicidal crisis. BB is designed to provide the Veteran\n with easy access to a suicide prevention ecosystem in which a wealth of\n evidenced-based interventions will be delivered in a non-stigmatizing\n fashion by a computer-based dialogue system with virtual embodiment,\n utilizing various multi-modal language cues such as text, speech, animated\n facial expressions, and gestures to interact with users. This paper explores\n our human-centered design process for the BB feature set to target the\n negative effects of social isolation and loneliness, conditions that\n challenge Veteran healthcare and suicide prevention.","PeriodicalId":231376,"journal":{"name":"Human Systems Engineering and Design (IHSED 2023): Future Trends\n and Applications","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":"{\"title\":\"Human-Centered Design for a Virtual Human led mHealth Intervention for\\n Suicide Prevention\",\"authors\":\"S. Mozgai, A. Rizzo, Arno Hartholt\",\"doi\":\"10.54941/ahfe1004118\",\"DOIUrl\":null,\"url\":null,\"abstract\":\"Addressing the significant mental and physical healthcare needs of\\n Veterans requires innovative strategies to enhance access to evidence-based\\n care. 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Human-Centered Design for a Virtual Human led mHealth Intervention for
Suicide Prevention
Addressing the significant mental and physical healthcare needs of
Veterans requires innovative strategies to enhance access to evidence-based
care. The integration of Virtual Human (VH) agents into Mobile Health
(mHealth) applications presents a promising opportunity to overcome barriers
associated with suicide prevention and connect with Veterans. The Battle
Buddy (BB) project was conceived as a mobile wellness and suicide prevention
application, empowering Veterans with an always-available resource
concierged by an engaging and supportive conversational VH agent.
Human-centered design is essential in the development of all interactions
focused on the persuasive strategies of (1) personalization, (2)
self-monitoring, (3) tunneling, (4) suggestion, and (5) expertise. Veterans
can interact with the BB VH during daily check-ins, learn about mental
health and wellness strategies, participate in interactive activities,
increase self-awareness of their current status, and build and work safety
plans in times of suicidal crisis. BB is designed to provide the Veteran
with easy access to a suicide prevention ecosystem in which a wealth of
evidenced-based interventions will be delivered in a non-stigmatizing
fashion by a computer-based dialogue system with virtual embodiment,
utilizing various multi-modal language cues such as text, speech, animated
facial expressions, and gestures to interact with users. This paper explores
our human-centered design process for the BB feature set to target the
negative effects of social isolation and loneliness, conditions that
challenge Veteran healthcare and suicide prevention.