HOW WE WORK

Bootstrap brings together a multidisciplinary consortium aiming to initiate health and social policy and practice change designed to reduce the harmful effects of digitalization on mental health, particularly for young people.

Recruitment and
Retention, focusing on
participant engagement

Work Package 1 aims to streamline ethics approval, methodically recruit and assess three young cohorts for intervention, and prioritise maintaining high participant retention throughout the study’s phases.

Co-Lead
Carmen Moreno

Assessment and Psychological
Mechanisms, delving into
behavioral evaluations

Work Package 2 aims to understand Problematic Use of Internet, develop screening tools, identify at-risk adolescent subgroups, and evaluate PUI’s societal cost and burden.

Co-Lead
Christian Montag

Intervention, where
solutions are
innovatively crafted

Work Package 3 focuses on creating digital interventions, evaluating their preventive efficacy, and determining their cost-effectiveness in addressing the targeted issues.

Co-Lead
Andres Roman-Urrestarazu

Citizen Engagement and
Co-creation, fostering
community collaborations

Work Package 4 prioritise youth, teacher, and parent participation, ensuring ethical and safe engagement. Our aim is to uphold digital human rights and youth mental wellbeing.

Co-Lead
Julia Jones

Societal and Policy Change,
aimed at broad-scale
transformations

Work Package 5 focuses on communicating findings, crafting a toolkit for digital human rights, and informing policy makers about PUI’s societal costs and preventive strategies.

Co-Lead
Julius Burkauskas

Management and Coordination,
ensuring smooth project
operations

Work Package 6 oversees project progress, manages finances, ensures ethical standards, coordinates board meetings, and upholds robust and FAIR data management practices.