MotiSpark has developed a stand-alone interactive video series that delivers mental health and self-care support specifically designed for, and with, Latinx youth.
Once enrolled, the user gets text messages that link to personalized videos and fun quizzes. The videos and quizzes serve to Spark motivation and learning. The pilot program lasts between 1 and 3 months depending on the individual.
Program Goals:
Improvements in anxiety and depression levels
Improve self-care knowledge and practice
Build intrinsic motivation and sense of hope/purpose
Establish trust and enjoyment of this program as measured by engagement and qualitative data
Bring awareness to online and local resources
Features
Delivers evidenced-based interventions in a visual, interactive manner (Motivational Interviewing, CBT, Compassion Focused Therapy, Implicit Priming and more.)
Uses community voices in the scripts, spokesperson and uploads.
Provides educational and contextually relevant links to resources on a variety of topics. For example, diabetes prevention with links to recipes, snack ideas, volunteer opportunities, online workouts, positive social media accounts, sleep podcasts, anger management and Crisis Text Hotlines, and more.
Data gathering on all topics to articulate community concerns and needs. For example: Where and when people find it most difficult to eat healthfully; what effects social media has had on their lives; why they cannot make it to school or doctors appointments; who their favorite role models are, and more.
This program was developed from winning The Grand Prize in The HIMSS, CHLA Innovation Studio Developer’s Challenge to help improve health equality for Latinx youth. 🙏
MotiSpark integrated Latinx community voices found online and through LA based groups. We feel very fortunate that after a long search, we found Briza Corrubias to be the spokesperson.
In the months we spent evaluating existing interventions, a few people and programs stood out to us as brilliant, wise, and monumentally important. We highly recommend learning more about them.
Patricia Foxen, PhD, NCLR’s Deputy Director of Research Resilient Latino Youth: In Their Own Words & Mental Health Services for Latino Youth: Bridging Culture and Evidence.
Dr. Denise Chavira and her work at the UCLA Calma Lab
The great research coming out of Hopelab.org. Gang Resistance Education And Training (G.R.E.A.T.) is an evidence-based program that includes action-oriented curriculum.
Latinx youth focused motivational video nudges teach self-care skills with community voices and evidenced based interventions 📱✨➹
Sample Videos & Quizzes
Actual user videos differ based on personalization.
Stress Management and Self-Compassion
No text entry;
quizzes are done with engaging imagery; memes and GIFs.
Stress Management & To-Do Lists
The power in identifying emotions
Benefits of sleep & setting up rituals
