title: LifeChanger: A Pilot Study of a Game-Based Curriculum for Sexuality Education.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess the feasibility and acceptability of a game-based sexuality education curriculum.
  
  
  METHODS
  Curriculum evaluation used descriptive statistics, observation, and qualitative and quantitative data collection.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study was conducted in eighth grade classrooms in Chicago, Illinois.
  
  
  METHODS
  Students from 3 eighth grade classrooms from a school using a game-based curriculum.
  
  
  METHODS
  The intervention had 11 modules and used an ecological model informed by the extant literature. The intervention was developed by the Game Changer Chicago Design Lab and featured a card game designed with youth participation.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study outcomes of interest included learning, feasibility, and acceptability of the curriculum.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Students highly rated frank conversation via "Ask the Doctor" sessions and role-playing. Students raised concerns about the breadth of activities, preferring to explore fewer topics in greater depth.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A game-based curriculum was feasible, yet students placed the highest value on frank discussion about sexuality.
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois. Electronic address: mgilliam@babies.bsd.uchicago.edu.
authors.forename: Melissa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gilliam
authors.affiliation: Department of English Language and Literature, University of Chicago, Chicago, Ilinois.
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Jagoda
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Heathcock
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Orzalli
authors.affiliation: Chicago, Illinois.
authors.forename: Carolyn
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Saper
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.
authors.forename: Jessyca
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Dudley
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.
authors.forename: Claire
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wilson
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002641:Chicago; D003142:Communication; D003479:Curriculum; D005260:Female; D000068957:Games, Recreational; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010865:Pilot Projects; D012574:Schools; D012736:Sex Education / Q000379:methods*; D012725:Sexual Behavior / Q000523:psychology; D019529:Sexuality / Q000523:psychology; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*
keywords: Adolescent; Digital media; Games; Health; Sexuality education