Bright Path vs 1st Accelerated Education

Bright Path is a mobile health research tool designed to offer additional support to teens and adolescents in therapy and/or counseling for mental health and substance use concerns. The app includes information and activities about coping, mental health, substance use, communication, and healthy decision making. Access to online resources with further information about emotional and behavioral health is also available. Development and evaluation of the Bright Path web-based mobile application is designed to target co-occurring problems, tailor content to patients’ specific needs, enhance patient treatment engagement, and contribute to lasting improvements in teens’ mental health. Research Team: Pediatric Behavioral Health Development and Technology Research Lab Director: Dr. Zachary Adams, Ph.D., HSPP Funding: The app development and research is supported by the K23 Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award (NIH/NIDA K23DA038257) Partners: Indiana University School of Medicine (IUSOM) and HIT

1st Accelerated Education offers mandatory, online continuing education for nursing professionals in the state of Texas. Any nurse who provides direct patient care must complete a human trafficking prevention course that is approved by the Executive Director of Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) that covers identifying and assisting victims of human trafficking before the end of every licensing period (applicable to licensure renewals on or after September 1, 2020). CNE contact hours completed for this requirement may count towards completion of the 20 contact hours of CNE required for all nurses. NOTE: A course in human trafficking prevention approved by HHSC is a requirement to be completed for each renewal.