PERSPECTIVE article
Front. Public Health
Sec. Public Health Education and Promotion
Volume 13 - 2025 | doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1643466
This article is part of the Research TopicCommunity Engagement: Models and EffectivenessView all 15 articles
Adolescent Mental Health in Rural Settings: The Role of Artificial Intelligence and Community Engagement
Provisionally accepted
- School of Nursing, Duke University, Durham, United States
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Adolescents in rural communities face persistent mental health disparities due to provider shortages, social isolation, and stigma. Traditional care models remain insufficient. This perspective explores how artificial intelligence (AI) tools combined with community engagement strategies can enhance adolescent mental health support in underserved settings. A targeted literature review identified best practices and innovative models that integrate AI in culturally relevant ways. Findings highlight the importance of trusted community partnerships and digital literacy, particularly prompt literacy, in ensuring safe and effective AI use. Nurses are uniquely positioned to lead these efforts, promoting health equity and digital inclusion through community-based, AI-enabled interventions.
Keywords: Rural Health, adolescents, Mental Health, Artifical Intelligence, Community Engagement
Received: 09 Jun 2025; Accepted: 08 Aug 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Grenon, Hoang, Luo and Koch. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence: Sarah Grenon, School of Nursing, Duke University, Durham, United States
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