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Youth Promotion of Resilience Involving Mental E-health
Sponsor: University of British Columbia
Summary
There is a critical gap in access to mental health promotion, prevention and support among youth worldwide, especially in low and middle-income countries like Vietnam. The Y-PRIME Study aims to respond to this gap by co-designing with Vietnamese youth a mobile app that delivers life skills and self-management skills intervention to promote mental well-being in grade 10 Vietnamese students. Working with the Vietnam Youth Advisory Council (V-YAC) to adapt and co-design the intervention and app ensure that the intervention will be culturally appropriate and relevant to Vietnamese youth. The goal of the current phase is to test this intervention with grade 10 students across three provinces (Hanoi, Thai Binh, and Hung Yen) to assess: 1. Whether the app helps to improve mental well-being and resilience among youth in Vietnam and helps to reduce factors that might increase the risk of poor mental well-being, like stress related to school and other pressures 2. Whether the app can be delivered in Vietnamese schools 3. Whether Vietnamese youth and school staff think the app is appropriate and appealing for youth in order to scale-up the model across the country The control group (meaning they do not have access to the app-based intervention) will complete the outcome survey at baseline, 6 months, and 12 months. After 12 months, they will gain access to the intervention app (at the same time as the experimental group) but no more data will be collected. The intervention group will use the app at their own pace for 1 year while completing the same survey at baseline, 6 months, and 12 months marks. Afterwards, students and school health staff will be invited to a focus group discussion to talk about their experience using the app.
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
15 Years - 16 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
1800
Start Date
2025-01-10
Completion Date
2028-03-31
Last Updated
2025-03-25
Healthy Volunteers
Yes
Interventions
Intervention app
The app-based intervention, co-designed with the V-YAC, aims to introduce life skills and self-management skills to promote general mental well-being and resilience among Vietnamese youth. With this app, youth users will have a fun and safe space to learn and practice six life skills areas (Problem-solving, Social Media and Well-being, Communication and Interpersonal Skills, Realistic Thinking, Coping with Emotions and Stress, and Goal Setting). Lessons (in the form of short texts) and activities (ex. multiple choice activities, blank worksheets, reflection questions) were adapted from evidence-based interventions developed in other contexts to be culturally appropriate to the Vietnamese youth context. Youth users are free to explore the app at their own pace. Gamification features will also allow youth users to collect points in the app for completing each lesson, activity, or challenge.
Locations (1)
Institute of Population, Health, and Development, Vietnam
Hanoi, Vietnam