Lead: Katherine Dixon-Gordon (University of Massachusetts Amherst); Collaborators: Brooke Ammerman (U Wisconsin Madison); Genesis Vergara (UMass Amherst); Linda Dimeff (Jaspr Health)

Mobile interventions like Jaspr increase access to evidence-informed suicide care, yet there are barriers to college students’ use of digital health technologies. We aim to integrate the Jaspr intervention in college settings using a Hybrid Type I Effectiveness-Implementation design, using human-in-the-loop augmentations (e.g., motivational interviewing principles, personalization, and personal light-touch follow-ups) to improve user experience and engagement (Jaspr+). First, we will explore barriers and facilitators of adoption of Jaspr+ in college contexts by interviewing college healthcare staff, administrators, and students with histories of suicidal thoughts and/or behaviors. Next, we will compare Jaspr vs. Jaspr+ in a randomized controlled trial of 50 students. Lastly, we will assess the overall effectiveness of Jaspr across conditions on preliminary effectiveness outcomes and potential mechanisms (coping skills, self-stigma).