赋予未接种疫苗的年轻人权力:COVID-19严重游戏干预的可行性,可接受性和有效性
Lihong Ou1, Angela Chia-Chen Chen2, Elizabeth Reifsnider1
1Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation, Arizona State University, Phoenix, Arizona, USA.
Games for health journal
|October 3, 2024
概括
一个严的游戏干预有效地鼓励青少年接种COVID-19疫苗,显示出更高的吸收率和对保护的感知. 该研究强调了未来青少年疫苗接种战略的可行性和可接受性.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 行为科学 行为科学
- 基于游戏的干预措施
背景情况:
- 青少年对COVID-19的疫苗接种率仍然是一个公共卫生问题.
- 社会认知理论和健康信念模型为理解健康行为提供了框架.
- 让年轻人参与健康决策需要创新和无障碍的战略.
研究的目的:
- 评估严重游戏干预措施在11-14岁儿童中进行COVID-19疫苗接种的可行性,可接受性和有效性.
- 探索参与者与基于游戏的干预的经验.
- 确定影响青少年接种疫苗决策的因素.
主要方法:
- 这是一项随机对照试验,涉及32个亲子对照组,其中16个在干预组和16个在常规护理组.
- 利用雪球采样和社交媒体进行招聘.
- 干预前后的员工调查,接种疫苗的2个月随访,以及半结构面试.
主要成果:
- 严的游戏干预显著增加了COVID-19疫苗接种率 (75%对37.5%,P=0.033).
- 父母的动机和年轻人感知的易感性是与疫苗接种相关的关键因素.
- 干预积极改变了年轻人对自我和社区保护的看法.
结论:
- 严的基于游戏的干预是可行的和可接受的,以促进青少年的COVID-19疫苗接种.
- 这种方法显示了将其纳入公共卫生战略的潜力,以支持青少年的疫苗决策.
- 基于游戏的干预措施可以有效地影响青少年的健康行为和看法.
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