
The review included research published between 2000 and 2014, and on the specific exclusion and inclusion criteria for the review; 13 studies were included in the review. Each study was assessed for its quality, where 54 per cent of them were Level One Evidence, the equivalent to a randomised control trial; 15 per cent were Level Two Evidence (that is, case–control trials without randomisation); and the remaining 31 per cent were Level Three Evidence (case reports).
Findings
The most popular ICT type was tailor-made project websites, for example, Vstreet.com (now closed) for young people deemed at risk; designed to teach life skills and build community. Or the MoodGYM platform, an online cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) programme. Next popular were computer hardware, mobile phones and general internet use. Examples included web-phone intervention where interventions took place for things like changing smoking behaviour or using mobile phones to maintain contact with homeless young people.
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