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Feasibility Testing a Meditation App for Youth in the Legal System
Sponsor: University of Illinois at Chicago
Summary
This feasibility clinical trial aims to assess the feasibility of implementing a 1-month app-based meditation program with youth in the juvenile legal system. The primary questions it is designed to answer are: 1. Will youth adequately adhere to the 1-month meditation app? 2. Is it feasible to collect data remotely from youth on their self-reported cannabis use, sexual health, and mental health at baseline, 1, and 6 months?
Official title: Reducing HIV/Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI) Risk Behaviors Among Juvenile Offenders on Probation: A Mobile Mindfulness-Based Intervention
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
13 Years - 18 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
107
Start Date
2022-04-05
Completion Date
2025-10-15
Last Updated
2026-10-28
Healthy Volunteers
Yes
Conditions
Interventions
Bodhi AIM (intervention group)
Bodhi AIM (Action In Mindfulness) is a smartphone-based app that teaches users to establish a daily meditation practice via a 30-day "path," with each day consisting of a brief audio- or video-guided file. In addition to the 30 daily path files, users have access to a menu of "to go" audio-guided meditation practices that they may access any time to prepare for particular situations (e.g., attending a party).
HIB (control group)
HIB (Health In Balance) is a smartphone-based app that is matched to Bodhi AIM for time and structure, but includes health promotion content (e.g., educational information on substance use) in place of the meditation content featured in Bodhi AIM. Like Bodhi AIM, HIB includes a 30-day "path" of audio and video files, along with a menu of "to go" audio files that users may access any time to review key intervention concepts.
Locations (1)
University of Illinois at Chicago
Chicago, Illinois, United States