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Make a Start Game Pre-test Brief
Background
Health Communication Partnership (HCP) and Joint Clinical Research Centre (JCRC) are
developing the “Make a Positive Start Game” to be used in entertaining while educating
HIV positive adolescents aged 15 - 19. The game covers a number of themes including:
HIV treatment,adherence, prevention of re infection and transmission.
Before finalising the development of the game HCP and JCRC would like to arrange a
pre-test exercise with selected adolescents in Kampala to establish if they can easily play
the game ,whether they understand its contents and information and can easily relate to
the game. The pre-test exercise will also seek views from the audiences on how the game
can be improved.
Pre-test Methodology
The mobilized adolescents will be allowed time to play the game after which they will be
arranged into focus group discussions and asked questions about the game and its
contents. The FGDs will be arranged according to gender .i.e. the male respondents will
participate in the male FGD and vice versa.
The FGDs will be conducted by the same sex research assistants . The research assistants
will be recruited from the pool used by HCP and will be young graduates. Before
conducting the FGDs the research assistants will be trained on how to play the game and
how to conduct the FGDs. During the training they will also be introduced to the FGD
tools.
Note: The research assistants will also be involved in playing of the game with the
mobilized adolescents.
Mobilization of Adolescents
The adolescents to participate in the pre-test exercise will be mobilized through HCP
partner organization working in the area of HIV/AIDS and these will include, JCRC,
Infectious Disease Institute and the Network for Young Positives. Each organization will
invite 10 – 12 adolescents in equal gender proportions using the following criteria;
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Must be able to express them selves in English/ Literate
Aged between 15 – 19 years
PLHAs
Both male and female
Must be comfortable with talking about HIV related issues
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A total of 36 will be invited for the pre-test exercise
The partner organisations will also be requested to arrange venues where the pre-tests
will take place.
Proposed Questions
Before Playing the Game
1. Why do you want to play this game?
After Playing the Game
2. Did you experience any problems in playing or understanding the game? If YES
please specify:
3. Was the game of any use for you? Please specify why/why not:
4. How did you benefit from playing the game?
Probe:
a) Did the game trigger any questions and debates? If YES please specify
b) Did the game give you any information you haven’t had before playing?
Which?
c) What did you like about the game and why?
5. What did you expect but was not obtained from playing the game?
a) Are there any topics / issues that are not adequately covered in the game?
6. What did you NOT like about the game and why?
7. Do you think that playing this game you will change your behaviour? How? If not
why?
Timeline
Activity
By whom
Date
Drafting methodology/ brief
& Budget
Approval of methodology
Mobilization of Pre-test
Respondents
Training
of
Research
Assistants
Conducting of the Pre-test
Analysis of FGD findings
and Report writing.
Final Report
Emma
March 18
Robert/ Ruth/ Cheryl
Emma
March 18
March 19 – 20
Emma
March 23
Emma / Ruth/ Joseph
March 23
Emma/
Research March 24 – 25
Assistants
Emma
March 27
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