Check Yourself v2.0

Improving Teen Health With Health Information Technology

Health risk screening in adolescent primary care is infrequently performed and results are rarely followed by targeted intervention. In response to the need for screening-linked interventions, the study team has developed and optimized a web-based, electronic Personalized Motivational Feedback tool referred to as "Check Yourself v2.0" Based on motivational interviewing, a technique to mobilize personal change, Check Yourself is designed to promote healthy choices for the multiple behaviors relevant to adolescents.

The proposed study is a randomized controlled trial that compares the effectiveness of Check Yourself v2.0 to usual care. The purpose of this study is to determine the impact of Check Yourself on reducing health risk behaviors and improving quality of care among adolescents receiving primary health care services relative to usual care.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Eligible adolescent participants will be13-18 years of age
• Able to understand English.
• Will have an appointment (or have a child with an appointment) with a participating medical practice.

Exclusion Criteria: Adolescents will be excluded from the study

• Participants do not meet age requirements
• Do not have an appointment with a participating provider at a PSPRN clinic,
• Lack the means to complete follow-up interviews (i.e., have neither telephone nor internet access)
• Have a sibling who has been/is being enrolled in the study or have previously participated in our previous trial comparing Check Yourself to usual care
• Not able to understand English.