2018
A Pilot Intervention to Encourage HIV Testing and Counseling Among Minority Adolescents
Pendergrass T, Hieftje K, Duncan L, Arora T, Fiellin L. A Pilot Intervention to Encourage HIV Testing and Counseling Among Minority Adolescents. 2018, 1-1. DOI: 10.1145/3183654.3183675.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2017
Video Game Intervention for Sexual Risk Reduction in Minority Adolescents: Randomized Controlled Trial
Fiellin LE, Hieftje KD, Pendergrass TM, Kyriakides TC, Duncan LR, Dziura JD, Sawyer BG, Mayes L, Crusto CA, Forsyth BW, Fiellin DA. Video Game Intervention for Sexual Risk Reduction in Minority Adolescents: Randomized Controlled Trial. Journal Of Medical Internet Research 2017, 19: e314. PMID: 28923788, PMCID: PMC5625130, DOI: 10.2196/jmir.8148.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSexual health attitudesHuman immunodeficiency virusIntervention groupHealth attitudesInitiation of intercourseVideo game interventionControl groupHIV sexual riskSexual health outcomesSexual risk reductionDelay of initiationDigital health interventionsSecondary outcomesControlled TrialsGame interventionPrimary outcomeImmunodeficiency virusMean ageAnal intercourseHealth outcomesHealth interventionsSexual riskMonthsMinority adolescentsIntervention
2016
The design and implementation of a randomized controlled trial of a risk reduction and human immunodeficiency virus prevention videogame intervention in minority adolescents: PlayForward: Elm City Stories
Fiellin LE, Kyriakides TC, Hieftje KD, Pendergrass TM, Duncan LR, Dziura JD, Sawyer BG, Fiellin DA. The design and implementation of a randomized controlled trial of a risk reduction and human immunodeficiency virus prevention videogame intervention in minority adolescents: PlayForward: Elm City Stories. Clinical Trials 2016, 13: 400-408. PMID: 27013483, PMCID: PMC4942329, DOI: 10.1177/1740774516637871.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGame dataHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infectionHuman immunodeficiency virus prevention interventionsPsychosocial antecedentsImmunodeficiency virus infectionRisk behavior reductionVideogame interventionMinority adolescentsBehavioral interventionsRisky sexual behaviorLarge-scale trialsMinority youthControl gameCommunity-based programsPeer pressureAssessment dataSummer campStudy visitBehavior reductionVirus infectionPrevention interventionsGame designersSchool programsAdolescentsEmpiric testing
2012
A Qualitative Study to Inform the Development of a Videogame for Adolescent Human Immunodeficiency Virus Prevention
Hieftje K, Rosenthal MS, Camenga DR, Edelman EJ, Fiellin LE. A Qualitative Study to Inform the Development of a Videogame for Adolescent Human Immunodeficiency Virus Prevention. Games For Health Journal 2012, 1: 294-298. PMID: 24078897, PMCID: PMC3782854, DOI: 10.1089/g4h.2012.0025.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHIV preventionHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV) preventionYear old boyVideo game-based interventionsYoung minority adolescentsQualitative studyLow-resource neighborhoodsOld boyRisk behaviorsProtective factorsIntervention efficacyVirus preventionSpecific populationsGame-based interventionsPreventionResearch principlesBehavior changeEfficacyInteractive video gamesFocus groupsAdolescentsIndividual interviewsMinority adolescents