Published on in Vol 26 (2024)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/49929, first published .
Mobile Apps to Support Mental Health Response in Natural Disasters: Scoping Review

Mobile Apps to Support Mental Health Response in Natural Disasters: Scoping Review

Mobile Apps to Support Mental Health Response in Natural Disasters: Scoping Review

Nwamaka Alexandra Ezeonu   1 , MBBS, MSc, MBA ;   Attila J Hertelendy   2, 3 , BSc, MHS, MSc, PhD ;   Medard Kofi Adu   4 , BSc, MSc ;   Janice Y Kung   5 , BCom, LMIS ;   Ijeoma Uchenna Itanyi   1, 6, 7 , MBBS, MPH ;   Raquel da Luz Dias   4 , BSc, MSc, PhD ;   Belinda Agyapong   8 , HDip, BSc, MEd ;   Petra Hertelendy   9 , BS ;   Francis Ohanyido   10 , MBBS, MBA, MPH ;   Vincent Israel Opoku Agyapong   4 , BSc, PGD, MBChB, MSc, MD, PhD ;   Ejemai Eboreime   4 , MBBS, MSc, PhD

1 Center for Translation and Implementation Research, College of Medicine, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria

2 Department of Information Systems and Business Analytics, College of Business, Florida International University, Miami, FL, United States

3 Department of Emergency Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States

4 Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada

5 Geoffrey and Robyn Sperber Health Sciences Library, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada

6 Department of Community Medicine, University of Nigeria, Enugu, Nigeria

7 Department of Public Health Sciences, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

8 Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada

9 Department of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, United States

10 West African Institute of Public Health, Abuja, Nigeria

Corresponding Author:

  • Ejemai Eboreime, MBBS, MSc, PhD
  • Department of Psychiatry
  • Faculty of Medicine
  • Dalhousie University
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