Playforward: Elm City Stories Interactive Group-Based Curriculum: An Intervention On Hiv Risk Behaviors In Urban Racial And Ethnic Minority Youth

Author

Anna North, Yale UniversityFollow

Date of Award

January 2014

Document Type

Open Access Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Public Health (MPH)

Department

School of Public Health

First Advisor

JOHN PACHANKIS

Abstract

There is a growing epidemic of HIV in young, racial and ethnic minority populations (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2008). PlayForward: Elm City Stories is an evidence-based, theory-driven videogame intervention developed by the Yale School of Medicine research group, play2PREVENT to impact HIV risk behaviors in urban racial and ethnic minority youth, ages 11-14 (play2PREVENT). The PlayForward: Elm City Stories intervention manual seeks to build on the videogame by adding an in-person group dimension to the individualized intervention. The manual provides a group-based interactive, in-person curriculum addressing decision-making and risk behaviors for HIV exposure among 11-14 year olds, and an implementation guide for the PlayForward: Elm City Stories videogame intervention. This manual is intended for youth program staff using the PlayForward: Elm City Stories videogame.

Comments

This is an Open Access Thesis.

Recommended Citation

North, Anna, "Playforward: Elm City Stories Interactive Group-Based Curriculum: An Intervention On Hiv Risk Behaviors In Urban Racial And Ethnic Minority Youth" (2014). Public Health Theses. 1211.
https://elischolar.library.yale.edu/ysphtdl/1211