Activate Teen
Goals
Improve adolescent experiences in healthcare settings.
Increase adolescents’ comfort discussing sensitive topics with healthcare providers.
Adolescents often have questions or concerns about their bodies and their health, but don’t feel comfortable discussing them with their healthcare provider. Activate Teen uses gamulation to demonstrate a confidential conversation between an adolescent and their provider, increasing their sense of autonomy regarding their health. Adolescents who complete the gamulation receive a kit [often via mail] containing health-related items and information. After completing the gamulation, adolescents are routed to a website that links them to reliable and medically-accurate resources.
Program Benefits
Increase adolescent autonomy in healthcare
Motivate adolescent to ask questions / seek information about their health
Enhance adolescent awareness of health related resources