JUEGA: A Fun Study for Hispanic/Latino Adolescent Girls

NCT ID: NCT02578147

Last Updated: 2019-10-02

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: TERMINATED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 552 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2015-09-30
• Study Completion Date: 2018-12-31

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to have girls play new computer games designed for middle school children and not yet available to the public. The investigator wants to know what girls think about these games. The investigator also wants to learn about the health behavior of 7th grade girls of Hispanic/Brazilian/Latino origin, and the investigators want to test the Mighty Girls program in Miami. Half of the girls in JUEGA will be given the Mighty Girls program and the investigators want to know if this program reduces behavior that puts girls at risk for having sex, drinking, and using drugs. The program tries to reduce this risk by helping girls learn skills to make wise choices, even when their friends have other ideas or want them to make more risky choices This goal is important because US statistics indicate that Hispanic teens are at risk for teen pregnancy and Miami has one of the highest HIV and AIDS rates in the United States. The investigator wants to find out whether the Mighty Girls program is as effective in Miami-Dade County Public Schools as it was when tested in one of Orlando's Orange County Public Schools.

Conditions

Adolescent Behavior

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: PREVENTION
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

Mighty Girls

Girls in this group complete 3 different activities after school: 6 classroom sessions, 4 DRAMA-RAMA game play sessions, and 4 short game experience surveys. Classroom sessions are 1 hour long, 3 days a week for 2 weeks. Topics include: goal setting, choices and their effects; defining what makes a behavior risky; learning how to not get talked into doing risky things by friends (e.g., going to a party at a house where parents are not home); and learning to be critical of TV shows and other media that make it seem like lots of teens are having sex. These sessions teach girls skills and strategies that help them score game points in DRAMA-RAMA. These are important skills and strategies that they can use in everyday life to make wise choices. Classroom sessions are designed to be fun.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Mighty Girls

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Game Girls

Girls in this group take part in activities that can be done from home or anywhere they have Wi-Fi access: 4 Science Valley game play sessions and 4 short game experience surveys. Science Valley is a web based game in which girls explore a virtual world and experiment with objects in this world using a computer, tablet or cell phone. Girls will play this game for about 20-30 minutes. There are no classroom sessions required to be able to play Science Valley. Science Valley is designed to be fun and to give girls a chance to build skills important to doing well in school: her problem solving and critical thinking skills. Girls will be given a link to use to access Science Valley on the internet. At the end of the game, they do a short game experience survey that asks questions about how easy, how hard, how fun etc. it was to play Science Valley. This survey will appear on the screen at the end of the Science Valley game play session.

Group Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Game Girls

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Interventions

Mighty Girls

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Game Girls

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• English Speaking
• enrolled in 7th grade at a participating school

Exclusion Criteria

• developmental delay

• Minimum Eligible Age: 11 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 14 Years
• Eligible Sex: FEMALE
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)

NIH

Sponsor Role: collaborator

University of Miami

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Anne E. Norris

Professor

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Anne E Norris, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Miami

Locations

School of Nursing and Health Studies

Coral Gables, Florida, United States

Countries

United States

Other Identifiers

R01NR014851

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: secondary_id

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20140697

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id