The goal of this clinical trial is to assess whether social-media style short-form health education videos can increase health care transition readiness, self-efficacy, emotional well-being, health literacy, and appointment attendance, compared with publicly available health education resources in adolescents with chronic illnesses. The main question it aims to answer is: -Hypothesize social media intervention will increase health care transition readiness, self-efficacy, emotional well-being, health literacy, and appointment attendance compared to publicly available health education website immediately post intervention and at 6 month follow up. Participants will be randomly assigned to one of the interventions and access the intervention for 20 minutes and complete 30-60 minutes of surveys.
Age range
12 Years – 17 Years
Sex
ALL
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Self-reported score with a range from 1-5, on the Transition Readiness Assessment Questionnaire (TRAQ).
Timeframe: Immediate post-treatment and 6-month follow-up.
Self-reported score ranging from 1 to 4, via the Generalized Self-Efficacy Scale (GSES).
Timeframe: Immediate post-treatment and 6-month follow-up.
Self-reported score ranging from 1 to 5, via the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule for Children and Adolescents (PANAS-C).
Timeframe: Immediate post-treatment and 6-month follow-up.
Self-report questionnaire with a score ranging from 10 to 40, via the Health Literacy for Youth.
Timeframe: Immediate post-treatment and 6-month follow-up.
Number of appointments attended divided by the number of appointments scheduled, producing a score ranging from 0 to 100%, via medical chart abstraction.
Timeframe: Comparing 6 months before intervention to 6 months after intervention.