The League: A person-centred approach to the development of social robotics for paediatric anxiety.

Journal: Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Social robots are promising tools to improve the quality of life of children and youth living with anxiety and should be developed based on the priorities of end users. However, pathways to include young people in patient-oriented research, particularly in the overlap between technology and mental health, have been historically limited.

Authors

  • Jill A Dosso
    BC Children's and Women's Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
  • Jaya N Kailley
    Department of Medicine, Division of Neurology, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
  • Julie M Robillard
    University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.