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_aKoziol-McLain, Jane
245 _aEvaluation of a healthy relationship smartphone app with Indigenous young people :
_bprotocol for a co-designed stepped wedge randomized trial
_cJane Koziol-McLain, Denise Wilson, Alain C Vandal, Moana Eruera, Shyamala Nada-Raja, Terry Dobbs, Michael Roguski & Te Wai Barbarich-Unasa
500 _aJMIR Research Protocols, 2021, 10(12)
520 _a Methods Results Discussion References Abbreviations Copyright Abstract Background: We co-designed a smartphone app, Harmonised, with taitamariki (young people aged 13-17 years) to promote healthy intimate partner relationships. The app also provides a pathway for friends and family, or whānau (indigenous Māori extended family networks), to learn how to offer better support to taitamariki. Objective: The aim of our taitamariki- and Māori-centered study is to evaluate the implementation of the app in secondary schools. The study tests the effectiveness of the app in promoting taitamariki partner relationship self-efficacy (primary outcome). Methods: We co-designed a pragmatic, randomized, stepped wedge trial (retrospectively registered on September 12, 2019) for 8 Aotearoa, New Zealand, secondary schools (years 9 through 13). The schools were randomly assigned to implement the app in 1 of the 2 school terms. A well-established evaluation framework (RE-AIM [Reach, Effectiveness, Adoption, Implementation, Maintenance]) guided the selection of mixed data collection methods. Our target sample size is 600 taitamariki enrolled across the 8 schools. Taitamariki will participate by completing 5 web-based surveys over a 15-month trial period. Taitamariki partner relationship self-efficacy (primary outcome) and well-being, general health, cybersafety management, and connectedness (secondary outcomes) will be assessed with each survey. The general effectiveness hypotheses will be tested by using a linear mixed model with nested participant, year-group, and school random effects. The primary analysis will also include testing effectiveness in the Māori subgroup. Results: The study was funded by the New Zealand Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment in October 2015 and approved by the Auckland University of Technology Ethics Committee on May 3, 2017 (application number: 17/71). Conclusions: This study will generate robust evidence evaluating the impact of introducing a healthy relationship app in secondary schools on taitamariki partner relationship self-efficacy, well-being, general health, cybersafety management, and connectedness. This taitamariki- and indigenous Māori–centered research fills an important gap in developing and testing strengths-based mobile health interventions in secondary schools. (Authors' abstract). Record #7529
650 _aADOLESCENTS
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650 _aDATING VIOLENCE
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650 _aINDIGENOUS PEOPLES
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650 _aINTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS
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650 _aINTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
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650 _aMĀORI
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650 _aONLINE TOOLS
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650 _aAUKATI TŪKINOTANGA
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650 _aPREVENTION
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650 _aRESEARCH METHODS
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650 _aSCHOOLS
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650 _aTECHNOLOGY
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650 4 _aTAITAMARIKI
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650 _aYOUNG PEOPLE
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651 4 _aNEW ZEALAND
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700 _aWilson, Denise
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700 _aVandal, Alain C.
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700 _aEruera, Moana
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700 _aNada-Raja, Shyamala
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700 _91061
_aDobbs, Terry
700 _92026
_aRoguski, Michael
700 _aBarbarich-Unasa, Te Wai
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773 0 _tJMIR Research Protocols, 2021, 10(12)
830 _aJMIR Research Protocols
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856 _uhttps://www.researchprotocols.org/2021/12/e24792
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