{"id":349,"date":"2023-01-30T14:06:44","date_gmt":"2023-01-30T14:06:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mhresearch.haifa.ac.il\/?page_id=349"},"modified":"2024-03-05T13:51:26","modified_gmt":"2024-03-05T13:51:26","slug":"amit-baumels-projects","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mhresearch.haifa.ac.il\/?page_id=349","title":{"rendered":"Amit Baumel’s projects"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Amit Baumel’s projects<\/h2>

E-mental health web based recommender and evaluation system<\/h5>

This research project that aims to investigate what design aspects make programs more
engaging and effective in real world use, and to serve as a new resource for knowledge,
experience, and development of digital mental health tools.
The project objectives are:\u00a0Creating an objective suite of quality measures \u2013 developed to
incorporate persuasive design, behavior change, and therapeutic alliance \u2013 for the evaluation of
eHealth interventions.\u00a0Examining these measures validity in predicting which programs
eventually become more successful. Providing stakeholders a step-by-step guidance about the
quality evaluation of e-mental health apps, and how to design successful products. Objectively
rate programs and present our findings in order to help the public make educated decisions
when choosing digital tools.<\/p>

Website:\u00a0https:\/\/mindtools.io\/<\/a><\/p>

Enlight evaluation scales suite is attached
Selected Papers:<\/h5>
  1. Baumel, A., Faber, K., Mathur, N., Kane, J. M., &amp; Muench, F. (2017). Enlight: A comprehensive
    quality and therapeutic potential evaluation tool for mobile and web-based eHealth interventions.
    Journal of Medical Internet Research, 19(3), e82.<\/li>
  2. Baumel, A., &amp; Yom-Tov, E. (2018). Predicting user adherence to behavioral eHealth interventions
    in the real world: Examining which aspects of intervention design matter most. Translational
    Behavioral Medicine, 8(5), 793-798.<\/li>
  3. Baumel, A., &amp; Kane, J. M. (2018). Examining predictors of real-world user engagement with self-
    guided eHealth interventions: Analysis of mobile apps and websites using a novel dataset. Journal
    of Medical Internet Research, 20(12), e11491.<\/li><\/ol>
    Conceptualizing and investigating new models of mental health care<\/h5>

    Our team examines general patterns of eHealth program usage in the real world (i.e. outside of
    study settings) and use these understanding to conceptualize new models of care. As part of this
    process we currently work on a free to use complete online intake battery for Israelis to use in order
    to learn about their mental health condition and what they can do in order to improve it.<\/p>

    Selected Papers:<\/p>

    1. Baumel, A., &amp; Kane, J. M. (2019). Objective user engagement with mental health apps: Systematic
      search and panel-based usage analysis. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 21(9), e14567.<\/li>
    2. Baumel, A., Fleming, T., &amp; Schueller, S. M. (2020). Digital Micro Interventions for Behavioral and
      Mental Health Gains: Core Components and Conceptualization of Digital Micro Intervention Care.
      Journal of Medical Internet Research, 22(10), e20631.<\/li>
    3. Baumel, A., &amp; Muench, F. J. (2021). Effort-Optimized Intervention model: Framework for building
      and analyzing digital interventions that require minimal effort for health-related gains. Journal of
      Medical Internet Research, 23(3), e24905.<\/li>
    4. Sobolev, M., Vitale, R., Kizer, J., Pollak, J. P., Baumel, A., Estirn, D., &amp; Muench, F. (2021).
      Digital marshmallow test (DMT) diagnostic and monitoring mobile health app for Impulsive
      Behavior: Development and Validation Study. JMIR mHealth and uHealth, 9(1), e25018<\/li>
    5. Birnbaum, M. L., Garrett, C., Baumel, A., Germano, N. T., Lee, C., Sosa, D., Ngo, H. Fox, K. H.,
      Dixon, N. &amp; Kane, J. M. (2022). Digital strategies to accelerate help-seeking in youth with
      psychiatric concerns in New York state. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 1030.<\/li>
    6. Baumel, A. (2022). Therapeutic activities as a link between program usage and clinical
      outcomes in digital mental health interventions: A proposed research framework. Journal of
      Technology in Behavioral Science.<\/li><\/ol>
      Digital parent training aimed at treating child’s disruptive behaviors<\/h5>

      The project involves several digital interventions aimed to support parents in the process of overcoming their child\u2019s behavior problems. We investigate both guided and unguided interventions aimed at reaching a large number of families in need in a cost-effective way. The project involves investigating the impact of product design, content tailoring, and different therapeutic processes on clinical outcomes.
      We also upgraded a public domain platform that can be used to host and deliver highly sophisticated logic driven intervention by social scientists (without the need in programmers)
      Current research webpage:       https:\/\/dplab.haifa.ac.il\/dpg-with-guidance<\/a>
      Platform we upgraded that can be freely used to host and deliver digital interventions:<\/p>

      https:\/\/github.com\/inonit\/serafin\/commits\/feature\/israeli-version<\/a><\/p>

      Selected Papers:<\/p>

      1. Baumel, A., Pawar, A., Kane, J. M., &amp; Corell, C. U. (2016). Digital parent training for children with
        disruptive behaviors: a meta-analysis of randomized trials. Journal of Child and Adolescent
        Psychopharmacology, 26(8), 740-749.<\/li>
      2. C13: Baumel, A., Pawar, A., Mathur, N., Kane, J. M., &amp; Corell, C. U. (2017). Technology assisted
        parent training programs for children and adolescents with disruptive behaviors: A systematic
        review. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 78(8), e957-e969.<\/li>
      3. Baumel, A., Mathur, N., Pawar, A., &amp; Muench, F. (2021). Psychosocial interventions for children
        with externalized behavior problems: An updated meta-analysis of moderator effects. Journal of
        Child and Family Studies, 30(1), 65-86.<\/li><\/ol>
        Online emotional support delivered by trained volunteers<\/h5>

        Technology could provide scalable methods to train and then engage non-professionals with
        those who need emotional support. In this way technology is used to enhance human
        supportive contact when needed, rather than replacing or minimizing it. Dr. Baumel studied the
        use of technology to screen, train, and engage volunteers to support people with mental illness
        using an online platform \u2013 \u00a07 Cups of Tea (7Cups). 7Cups trains volunteers (i.e., listeners) to
        provide free online emotional support through a chat messaging system and then engages them
        with interested users. The project included developing computerized training for volunteers, and
        examining program\u2019s effects on both native 7Cups users and patients \u2013 who were referred to
        use 7Cups as an adjunct to treatment.<\/p>

        Selected Papers:<\/p>

        1. Baumel, A., Correll, C. U., &amp; Birnbaum, M. (2016). Adaptation of a peer based online emotional
          support program as an adjunct to treatment for people with schizophrenia-spectrum disorders.
          Internet Interventions, 4, 35-42.<\/li>
        2. Baumel, A., Tinkelman, A., Mathur, N., &amp; Kane, J. M. (2018). Digital peer-support platform (7Cups)
          as an adjunct treatment for women with postpartum depression: Feasibility, acceptability, and
          preliminary efficacy study. JMIR mHealth and uHealth, 6(2), e38.<\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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