Evaluation of Prototype for Simulation for Environmental Exposure Education (SE3)

Early Phase 1

Completed

Conditions: Effect of Game in Increasing Environmental Health Literacy

Interventions: Other: SE3 Game

Registration Number: NCT05875467

Lead Sponsor: dfusion Inc

Brief Summary: The goal of this clinical trial is to test a prototype of a new educational game about environmental health literacy with middle school age youth. The main questions it aims to answer are:

* Does playing the game increase knowledge about environmental health?

* Does playing the game improve environmental health literacy?

* Does playing the game increase interest and confidence in science?

Participants will be asked to:

* Take a survey at the beginning of the study

* Play the game for a minimum of 50 minutes

* Take a survey at the end of the study

Detailed Description: The proposed project will establish the technical merit and feasibility of producing and using a serious game to improve environmental health literacy among young people. A small evaluation is being conducted to assess the impact of the prototype game on environmental health knowledge, literacy, ability to understand mitigation, and impact on science interest and confidence.

Participants will be middle school youth, typically ages 11-15, who are currently enrolled in middle school. Participants are being recruited by the projects education advisor (CA) and youth community board members (MI).

Investigators will conduct an evaluation with 45 middle school age participants from communities disproportionately impacted by environmental risk. The goal is to test the usability and playability of the prototype and assess the games impact on outcomes. The participant will complete a short online pre-test assessment (environmental health knowledge), participate in either a 50 play session or a week long play period logging a minimum of 50 minutes. At the end of the play period the participant will complete a short post-test with similar questions to the pre-test plus additional questions about their usage, satisfaction with, and enjoyment of the game. During independent game use, the app will collect metrics on usage, player performance, and conditional knowledge including the ability to apply concepts in context. Participants will each receive a $100 gift card.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: COMPLETED

Sex: All

Target Recruitment: 50

Inclusion Criteria

In middle school.
Ability to use a mobile tablet.
Have access to wifi in location of intervention implementation.
Reside in the geographic areas of implementation: California, Michigan, Florida

Exclusion Criteria

Age not within middle school range.

Study & Design

Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL

Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Single Arm, Intervention with SE3 Game	SE3 Game	This is a single arm study. This arm will receive the intervention. This intervention is a prototype of online game, about 50 minutes in duration. The online game provides gameplay that allows the user, with a gameplay narrative, to identify and remove sources of environmental hazards in the home environment. Participants play the prototype game for about 50 minutes at which time the intervention is complete.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in Environmental Health Indoor Air Pollution Knowledge Score	Day 1 to Day 7	Based on a scale created for this study the Environmental Health Indoor Air Pollution Knowledge Score is comprised of a series of questions about indoor environmental pollution. The scores from the question are summed to create a total score. The scale ranges from 0 to 17 with a higher score indicating greater knowledge.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in Environmental Health Mitigation Knowledge Score	Day 1 to Day 7	Based on a scale created for this study the Environmental Mitigation Knowledge Score is comprised of a series of questions about what can mitigate indoor air pollution. The scores from the questions are summed to create a total score. The score range is 0 to 14 with higher scores indicating greater knowledge.
Change in Environmental Health Interest Score	Day 1 to Day 7	Based on a scale created for this study the Environmental Health Interest Score is comprised of a series of questions to assess interest. The scores from the question are summed to create a total score. The score range is 4 to 24 with higher scores indicating greater environmental health literacy.
Change in Science Interest and Confidence Score	Day 1 to Day 7	Based on a scale created for the Science Interest and Confidence Score is comprised of a series of questions about interest in science and perceived skill in science. The scores from the question are summed to create a total score. The score range is 1 to 5, with higher scores indicating more science interest and confidence.