The Data for Children Collaborative with UNICEF (DCC) are interested in investigating if ‘technology could be a possible source for good’ when applied to adolescent mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) services. Engaging a multidisciplinary team, Phase 1 of this project focused on building an understanding of the existing landscape and systems that would need to be utilised in order to build a project that fits the operational needs of UNICEF’s measurement priorities and informing programs through a data science approach.

The project explored the following questions: what evidence is available on the topic of technology and adolescent mental health; what are the needs that UNICEF sees in the field; and what technologies are already available to improve adolescent mental health outcomes.