An interactive videogame intervention targeting risk reduction and HIV prevention in younger adolescents.
PlayForward: Elm City Stories provides youth with knowledge about risk, decision-making, their health, and the skills to develop a better sense of future orientation, to navigate peer relationships, and understand the risks and benefits of their choices and behaviors.
Approximately 16 hours of unique gameplay.
PlayForward focuses on overall risk reduction, providing immersive, narrative-driven experiences designed to strengthen a sense of future orientation and problem-solving abilities and support positive youth development in the face of real-life challenges (ages 11-14, funded by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development).
