RecruitingACTRN12622000627752

Interactive SNAP (Smoking/Nutrition/Alcohol/Physical Activity) program for adolescents delivered with Augmented Reality technology: A Qualitative Study

Interactive SNAP program for adolescents delivered with Augmented Reality technology: A Qualitative Study

Sponsor

UniSA City East

Enrollment

21 participants

Start Date

May 7, 2022

Study Type

Interventional

Conditions

Excessive alcohol consumption Physical Inactivity Smoking Poor nutrition

Summary

Study Purpose: to understand the general publics opinion of delivering health information using augmented reality, and any factors that improve/reduce its perceived effectiveness. Description: we will demonstrate health education delivered via an app called Zappar, which works with an AR poster we developed with adolescents. Our study involves interviews designed to understand peoples opinions on digital education, including our intervention in particular, and learn the perceived strengths and weaknesses of our intervention. Study Hypothesis: Education via AR interventions are an acceptable alternative to adolescents

Eligibility

Sex: Both males and femalesMin Age: 13 Yearss

Plain Language Summary

Simplified for easier understanding

Teenagers and young adults face many pressures around smoking, nutrition, alcohol, and physical activity — choices that can set the course for their long-term health. Most health education for adolescents is delivered through printed posters or standard presentations. This study explores whether delivering health information through augmented reality (AR) — a technology that overlays digital content onto the real world through a smartphone — is an engaging and effective way to reach young people. Researchers developed an AR health education poster using an app called Zappar, with input from adolescents themselves. The study involves interviews with teenagers (aged 13–18), their parents, and health professionals to understand people's opinions on digital health education and what they think works or does not work about this particular AR approach. You may be eligible to participate if you are an adolescent aged 13 to 18 years (with parental or caregiver consent), a parent or caregiver of someone in that age range, or a health professional (doctor, nurse, or allied health professional) with at least 12 months of practice experience. All participants must be able to communicate in English.

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Interventions

This novel AR intervention will be demonstrated via a recorded video of the primary investigator accessing the AR poster via Zappar. The participants will not use the AR intervention themselves as part of our study. The content covered during the demonstration will be purely how to access the educational content. Video will normally be displayed via Zoom call, but in the case of an audio only interview, a link to an online video of the demonstration will be provided. A preliminary questionnaire will be available to complete prior to interviews. Preliminary interview is expected to take 20 minutes, 25 minutes if questionnaire completion required, demonstration is expected to take less than 5 minutes, followed by a post test interview of approximately 30 minutes, including verbally running through the follow up questionnaire. All interviews will be conducted remotely, either via Zoom call or telephone. All interviews will be conducted by the primary investigator.