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Mindful Minds: A Virtual Reality-Based Stress Reduction Program for Youth

The UNH Center for Digital Health Innovation (CDHI) is an interdisciplinary organization that uses digital health innovations and an interprofessional approach to advance the teaching, practice, service, and research missions of the University of New Hampshire's College of Health and Human Services (CHHS). In 2023, CDHI received the USDA Distance Telemedicine Rural grant to promote access to telerehab and telehealth services in rural areas. The REAL i-Series Virtual Reality headsets utilized for this project were purchased through the grant. This partnership with LEND enabled CDHI to explore important ways to increase access to digital and innovative health technologies in these rural areas. Novel approaches to assisting youth in reducing stress and anxiety, including the use of mindfulness techniques, are emerging. One new approach includes the use of extended reality tools, such as virtual reality (VR). Mindful Minds was developed to explore the efficacy and feasibility of a program centered around youth and young adults learning how to reduce stress through the mind-body connection via a VR program.

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