A Smartphone Game-Based Intervention (Tumaini) to Prevent HIV Among Young Africans: Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is a pressing need to ensure that youth in high HIV prevalence settings are prepared for a safer sexual debut. Smartphone ownership is increasing dramatically in low-income and middle-income countries. Smartphone games that are appropriately grounded in behavioral theory and evidence-based practice have the potential to become valuable tools in youth HIV prevention efforts in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Objective

To pilot-test a theory-based, empirically grounded smartphone game for young Kenyans designed to increase age and condom use at first sex, aiming to establish directionality of effects on behavior change.

Methods

Tumaini ("hope for the future" in Swahili) is an interactive, narrative-based game grounded in social cognitive theory. A randomized contro

SUBMITTER: Winskell K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6094086 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature