Web-based Resource for Children and Adolescents About Clinical Research

Web-based Resource for Children and Adolescents About Clinical Research

The overall aims of this project are to: 1) create a developmentally appropriate interactive educational website for adolescents called DigiKnowIt News: Teen, and 2) examine the feasibility of DigiKnowIt News: Teen in a small randomized control trial with adolescents.

Youth (N=30) will be recruited to participate in the feasibility study. Parent permission and youth assent will be sought. Participants will be randomized into one of two study arms: intervention and wait-list control. All participants will complete a web-based pre-test questionnaire. Youth in the intervention group will then receive access to DigiKnowIt News: Teen for one week. Approximately one week after completing the pre-test questionnaire, all participants will complete a web-based post-test questionnaire (the post-test for youth in the intervention group will also include Consumer Satisfaction Questions). Youth in the wait-list control group will then receive access to DigiKnowIt News: Teen for one week. After one week, they will complete a Consumer Satisfaction Questionnaire.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Participants must be between the ages of 12 and 17 years.
• Participants must have access to a computer or tablet with Internet connection.
• Participants must be able to read and write in English fluently.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Participants must NOT have previously participated in a clinical trial.