Web Intervention for Adolescents Affected by Disaster: Population-Based Randomized Controlled Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess the efficacy of Bounce Back Now (BBN), a modular, Web-based intervention for disaster-affected adolescents and their parents.

Method

A population-based randomized controlled trial used address-based sampling to enroll 2,000 adolescents and parents from communities affected by tornadoes in Joplin, MO, and several areas in Alabama. Data collection via baseline and follow-up semi-structured telephone interviews was completed between September 2011 and August 2013. All families were invited to access the BBN study Web portal irrespective of mental health status at baseline. Families who accessed the Web portal were assigned randomly to 1 of 3 groups: BBN, which featured modules for adolescents and parents targeting adolescents' mental health symptoms; BBN plu

SUBMITTER: Ruggiero KJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4548271 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature