High touch meets high tech. Distance mental health screening for rural youth using Teleform.
This article presents an overview of distance mental health screening using Teleform. This technology provides nurses with the ability to have questionnaires administered in one location then processed and scored rapidly at a location some distance away by using a facsimile system and Teleform. The authors examine the process of using Teleform, cite its advantages and disadvantages, discuss its application with rural youth, and suggest implications for school personnel and health-care providers. Technology has facilitated many changes in health-care delivery and increasingly will be instrumental in creating changes. Computer technology can help nursing deliver services swiftly to larger populations.
Puskar
K R
KR
University of Pittsburgh, School of Nursing, PA 15261, USA. kpu@med.pitt.edu
Lamb
J
J
Boneysteele
G
G
Sereika
S
S
Rohay
J
J
Tusaie-Mumford
K
K
D000293:Adolescent; D016497:Adolescent Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods*; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D019035:Rural Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012573:School Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012986:Software Validation; D016636:Telefacsimile / Q000458:organization & administration*