NBCC Wellbeing app
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NBCC Wellbeing App
The NBCC Wellbeing App is a quick source of emergency contact information for and trusted information about mental health and mindfulness to students. It is publically available for Android, BlackBerry, and iOS; and is being ported to a device-independent progressive Web app.
Research topics
health care, mental health, mindfulness, wellness
The NBCC Wellbeing App is a quick source of emergency contact information for and trusted information about mental health and mindfulness to students. It is publicly available for Android, BlackBerry, and iOS; and is being ported to a device-independent progressive Web app.* The app is an expandable platform for additional student services. An independent version serves as a research platform for domain experts to adapt evidence-based therapies to mobile platforms, including the sexual assault prevention and formation of desirable habits.
The desired outcomes for NBCC Wellbeing App were to address issues raised by NBCC Student Services and the Canadian Association of College and University Student Services regarding the critical need to help students manage stress, anxiety, depression, and other mental health and wellbeing issues.
The NBCC Wellbeing App helped MFTi to evolve its design process and to develop competencies in newer cross-platform app development technologies that are now being applied across many of MFTi's practices and projects. The app is being made available for customization for other institutions. The app is also being used as a research platform to advance the state-of-the-art in personal health and wellbeing apps, and persuasive design techniques (a.k.a. captology).
Efforts commenced in early 2017 to port the app to a progressive Web framework that will enable rapid refinements and extensions to be implemented at lower cost.
- The first version of the NBCC Wellbeing app was also developed for the Vizwik platform developed by Simon Gauvin. This platform is no longer supported.
Figure 1. NBCC Wellbeing app.
Figure 2. NBCC Wellbeing app.
Figure 2. NBCC Wellbeing app.
NBCC Team
- Laura Melles, Danny Petley, Travis Smith, and Joshua Younger, Research Technicians & NBCC Alumni
- William McIver Jr., Ph.D., NSERC Industrial Research Chair in Mobile First Technology, Principal Investigator
Client–Collaborators
- New Brunswick Community College – Student Services
- New Brunswick Community College – Marketing & Communication
Funders
This software was developed by the Mobile First Technology initiative through grants from the Post-Secondary Education, Training and Labour Department of Province of New Brunswick, the New Brunswick Innovation Fund, and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada.
Project contact
William McIver Jr., Ph.D., NSERC Industrial Research Chair in Mobile First Technology, New Brunswick Community College
