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- Clinical Trial NCT03043417
Stigma Intervention Among Primary Health Workers in Toronto
Exploring Stigma, Discrimination, and Recovery-based Perspectives Toward Mental Illness and Substance Use Problems
Study Overview
Status
Conditions
Intervention / Treatment
Detailed Description
The Office of Transformative Global Health at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), with funding provided by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), has developed and will be implementing a three year anti-stigma study. This project is a randomized control study which compares the effectiveness of an anti-stigma intervention in three Toronto community health centres. Six centres were selected and randomized so that three receive the intervention and the other three do not. The goal is to determine if the intervention impacts service providers' attitudes and behaviours towards people with mental health problems and addictions. Additionally, the study measures client's perceptions of stigma in order to see if they believe stigma has been reduced or eliminated. The interventions incorporate the following components: innovative contact-based training, raising awareness, recovery-based arts, and a thorough analysis of each centre's policies and procedures.
Innovative contact-based training utilizes an adult education model and focuses on the results of a preliminary situational assessment conducted at each site. Emphasis is placed on concurrent disorders, cultural issues, and inter-professional collaboration. Four three-hour workshops were held at each intervention CHC throughout the project period and included a needs-based curriculum, contact-based education to reduce prejudice and social intolerance, and culturally competent care for vulnerable populations. Raising awareness includes various forms of media such as posters to increase awareness about stigma.
Recovery-based arts was geared towards a local team of leaders who selected one art form for their CHC and were taught by an art expert. Approximately ten service users with a mental health and/or substance abuse problem were invited to participate along with three staff members. After 10 bi-weekly art workshops, staff and clients will showcase their work at each CHC. Finally, an analysis of policies and procedures have been conducted by research staff. This determines what already exists and using an anti-stigma/pro-recovery approach to identify strengths and areas for improvement. Program and policies were studied to identify unintended positive and negative impacts using a modified version of the Health Equity Assessment Tool. Features of the Quality Rights Tool Kit were also used. Recommendations from this process will be developed and shared with each CHC.
Study Type
Enrollment (Anticipated)
Phase
- Not Applicable
Contacts and Locations
Study Locations
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Ontario
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M2N5E6
- Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
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Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Genders Eligible for Study
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- Staff - all staff, no matter their position, is asked to participate.
- Clients - individuals reporting current or past mental illness and/or substance use problems (MHSUD) AND have received services or participate in any programming at the CHC
Exclusion Criteria:
- Staff - no exclusion criteria
- Clients - Clients under the age of 18 years, clients who do not have a MHSUD, or clients that are not safely able to participate.
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
- Allocation: Randomized
- Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
- Masking: None (Open Label)
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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Experimental: CHC's given the intervention
Three CHC sites where all staff receive all components of the intervention.
Training, Media, Art workshops, and a Policy analysis as well as survey completion.
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CHC's NOT given the intervention
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No Intervention: CHC's with NO intervention
Three CHC sites where all staff and a selection of clients complete surveys but receive no intervention.
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Opening Minds Scale for Health Care Providers (OMS-HC)
Time Frame: 2 years
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The OMS-HC is a 20-item Canadian scale that was developed specifically to measure stigma among healthcare providers toward individuals with mental illness.This scale has good internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha = 0.82), satisfactory test-retest reliability, intra-class correlation (0.66; 95% CI: 0.54-0.75)59
and sensitivity to change.
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2 years
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Mental Illness: Clinicians Attitudes Scale (MICA)
Time Frame: 2 years
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MICA is a 16-item scale that was also designed to measure attitudes among healthcare workers toward individuals with mental illness.The MICA scale has good internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha = 0.79), with a test-retest reliability (concordance) of 0.80 (95% CI: 0.68-0.91).
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2 years
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Modified Borgadus Social Distance Scale
Time Frame: 2 years
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The Modified Borgadus Social Distance Scale is based on the Borgadus Social Distance Scale.Our study will use a modified six-item version of this scale, focusing specifically on persons with one key mental illness (schizophrenia) and one key addiction (heroin dependence).
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2 years
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Collaborators and Investigators
Collaborators
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Akwatu A Khenti, MA, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Publications and helpful links
Study record dates
Study Major Dates
Study Start
Primary Completion (Anticipated)
Study Completion (Anticipated)
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
First Posted (Estimate)
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (Actual)
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
Last Verified
More Information
Terms related to this study
Keywords
Additional Relevant MeSH Terms
Other Study ID Numbers
- 0512014
Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)
Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?
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