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Sponsor: Emory University
Conditions: HIV
Interventions: Tumaini Mobile Phone Game, Control Mobile Phone Game
Countries: Kenya
This project, funded by the National Institute of Mental Health, will test the efficacy of an electronic game to prevent HIV among African adolescents (aged 12-17), delivered via inexpensive Android smartphones. This study involves a sample of 912 young people and 500 of their parents in Kenya's former Nyanza province, where 11.4% of young women and 3% of men ages 15-24 are HIV-infected. This study will be carried out by Emory University and the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI).
Sex: ALL
Age: 12 Years to 14 Years
Healthy volunteers: Yes
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Adolescents, male and female, aged 12-14 at recruitment in Kisumu Town, Kenya (n=912) Inclusion criteria: * Aged 12-14 at time of enrollment * Resident in Kisumu Town, Kenya * Having basic English literacy (Grade 3-4 on the Flesch-Kincaid Reading Scale, assessed via a short listening and reading comprehension test at enrollment) * Only one child per family * Not previously enrolled in formative research or pilot testing of intervention or survey instruments Exclusion criteria: * Aged \<12 or \>14 at time of enrollment * Not a resident of Kisumu Town, Kenya * Not having basic English literacy * Sibling to a child already enrolled in the study * Previously involved in formative research or pilot testing of intervention or survey instruments
- Kisumu, Kenya