- ICH GCP
- US Clinical Trials Registry
- Clinical Trial NCT03409809
Implementation Support for Prevention Program Delivery by College Peer Educators (PI)
Study Overview
Status
Conditions
Detailed Description
Several interventions for mental health problems are efficacious and effective, but few are routinely offered to college students, who represent 59% of young adults. This is regrettable because college students are at high risk for mental health problems (e.g., depression, substance abuse, eating disorders), and college counseling centers lack sufficient clinicians to offer individual therapy to all afflicted students and are not well positioned to deliver prevention programs. One solution for this service shortfall is to have peer educators deliver scripted group-based prevention programs, which can more efficiently reduce the burden of mental illness than individual therapy. Targeting college students is a cost-effective tactic for delivering prevention programs and has vast potential reach because 85% of colleges have peer educator programs. Peer educators have effectively delivered several prevention programs, sometimes producing larger effects than clinicians. This study will investigate 3 levels of implementation support (training, training with technical assistance, and training with technical assistance and quality assurance) and the impacts of differing levels of implementation support on program outcomes across 57 college campuses nationwide. Specifically we have five aims for this study:
Aim 1: Test whether greater implementation support is associated with graded increases in fidelity and competence in delivering the scripted prevention program. This will be assessed by an established procedure for reliably rating fidelity and competence of audio-recorded intervention sessions.
Aim 2: Test whether greater implementation support, which should increase fidelity and competence of intervention delivery, is associated with graded increases in student attendance of intervention sessions (recorded by the peer educators) and effectiveness of the prevention program (measured by pre-to-post changes in core outcomes assessed with anonymous surveys completed by group participants) and compared to parallel pre-to-post change data collected from students at the colleges before implementation is initiated.
Aim 3: Test whether greater implementation support is associated with graded increases in program reach (% of female students at each college who complete the prevention program during the 1-year implementation period) and sustainability (% of female students at each college who complete the prevention program during the subsequent 2-year sustainability monitoring period).
Aim 4: Test whether Consolidated Framework for Implementation of Research (CFIR) indices of perceived intervention factors, outer and inner setting factors, peer educator attributes, and process factors after the initial training correlate with fidelity, competence, attendance, effectiveness, and reach over the 1-year implementation period and with sustainability. We will test whether at the end of the initial implementation period the 3 conditions differ on relevant CFIR indices and on the progress and speed of implementation.
Aim 5: Compare the prevention program delivery cost in the 3 implementation conditions, and the relative cost-effectiveness of each condition in terms of attaining fidelity, competence, attendance, and effectiveness, reach, and sustainability, plus cost-savings from and reductions in waitlists and eating disorder prevalence at clinics.
Starting in March of 2020, virtually-hosted Body Project groups are being recommended to participating Peer Education teams in contexts where in-person groups can not be offered due to COVID-19 social distancing guidelines. Existing research indicates that virtual Body Project groups are a viable and effective alternative in-person groups.
Study Type
Enrollment (Actual)
Phase
- Not Applicable
Contacts and Locations
Study Locations
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California
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Stanford, California, United States, 94305
- Stanford University
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Oregon
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Eugene, Oregon, United States, 97403
- Oregon Research Institute
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Texas
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Austin, Texas, United States, 78712
- University of Texas at Austin
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San Antonio, Texas, United States, 78212
- Trinity University
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Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Description
Five Categories of Study Participant: (1) Peer Educator, (2) Peer Educator Supervisor, (3) Clinician, (4) Body Project Group Participant, (5) Usual Care Participant
Peer Educator
Inclusion Criteria:
- College undergraduate student Peer Educators with an interest in promoting body satisfaction
- Willing to attend a 2-day Body Project train-the-trainer (TTT) training
Exclusion Criteria:
- Undergraduate college students from a college or university* that does not have a formal Peer Education Program
Peer Educator Supervisor
Inclusion Criteria:
- College or University* staff members with an interest in promoting body satisfaction
- Willing to attend a 2-day Body Project train-the-trainer (TTT) training
Exclusion Criteria:
- Not a staff member
Clinician
Inclusion Criteria:
- Clinician working at a US College or University*
Exclusion Criteria:
- Not a clinician
Body Project Group Participant
Inclusion Criteria:
- College* students with an interest in promoting body satisfaction
Exclusion Criteria:
- Not a college student
- Usual Care Participant
Inclusion Criteria:
- College* students with an interest in promoting body satisfaction
Exclusion Criteria:
- Not a College* student
Current or past participant in a Body Project group
- Participating students and staff are randomized at the school level.
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: Prevention
- Allocation: Randomized
- Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
- Masking: Double
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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Experimental: Training Alone
This condition involves an intensive 2-day initial train-the-trainer workshop that simultaneously trains peer educators to deliver the intervention and campus supervisors to train and support future peer educators, plus the facilitator guide and facilitator support website.
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Level of Support: Intensive 2-day train-the-trainer workshop, facilitator guide and facilitator support website.
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Experimental: Training and Technical Assistance
This condition involves an intensive 2-day initial train-the-trainer workshop that simultaneously trains peer educators to deliver the intervention and campus supervisors to train and support future peer educators, plus the facilitator guide and facilitator support website.
This condition additionally contains a 1/2 day implementation training to articulate goals, needs, leadership structure, adoption options, recruitment strategies, and communication.
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Level of Support: Intensive 2-day train-the-trainer workshop, facilitator guide, and facilitator support website, plus half-day implementation training to further define goals, needs, leadership structure and strategy for adoption and recruitment.
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Experimental: Training, Tech. Assist., Qual. Assurance
This condition involves an intensive 2-day initial train-the-trainer workshop that simultaneously trains peer educators to deliver the intervention and campus supervisors to train and support future peer educators, plus the facilitator guide and facilitator support website.
This condition additionally contains a 1/2 day implementation training to articulate goals, needs, leadership structure, adoption options, recruitment strategies and communication.
Furthermore, this condition will have 1 year of technical assistance, coaching, and quality assurance to enhance implementation skills and sustainability.
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Level of Support: As for "Training and Technical Assistance" arm, plus 1-year of technical assistance, coaching, and quality assurance to enhance skills for implementation and sustainability.
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Fidelity of Program Implementation as assessed by 25-item Session Adherence Scale (Stice et al., 2013a)
Time Frame: 12 months
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Peer educators' adherence to scripted intervention manual and accuracy of script delivery as coded through evaluation of audio-recorded sessions by two clinicians independently coding a random selection of sessions using the Session Adherence Scale.
Coders will indicate the extent to which peer leaders adhere to the 25 total total necessary components of the 4-session intervention script using a scoring guide ranging from 10 (indicating no adherence) to 100 (indicating perfect adherence) with a possible total score range of 250 to 2500.
Inter-rater agreement for Session Adherence Scale has been found to be .92
(Stice et al., 2013a).
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12 months
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Competence of Program Implementation as assessed by 12-item Group Leader Competence Scale (Stice et al., 2013a)
Time Frame: 12 months
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Peer educators' competence with intervention delivery as assessed by 12-item Group Leader Competence Scale measuring various indicators of a competent group facilitator (e.g.
leaders allot equal speaking time for all members.)
Coders will indicate the extent to which peer leaders show competence in their delivery of the scripted intervention across 12 items using a scoring guide ranging from 10 (indicating poor competence) to 100 (indicating superior competence) with a possible total score range of 120 to 1200.
Inter-rater agreement for Group Leader Competence Scale has been found to be .96
(Stice et al., 2013a).
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12 months
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Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Attendance
Time Frame: 12 months
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Attendance levels of participants as recorded by peer educators
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12 months
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Reach
Time Frame: 12 months
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Percentage of students who complete the prevention program at 1 year post-educator training
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12 months
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Sustainability
Time Frame: 24 months
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Percentage of students who complete the prevention program during the subsequent 2-year sustainability monitoring period
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24 months
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Delivery Cost
Time Frame: 12 months
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Dollar amount delivery cost for each arm of the implementation support model
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12 months
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Relative Cost-Effectiveness
Time Frame: 12 months, 24 months
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Relative cost-effectiveness of each arm of the implementation support model
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12 months, 24 months
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Perceived Characteristics of the Intervention as measured by the 28-item Provider Intervention Adoption Scale
Time Frame: 1 Week or less post training
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Perceived Characteristics of the Intervention as measured by the 28-item Provider Intervention Adoption Scale.
Respondents will indicate their level of agreements with the 27 items using a 5-point Likert-type scale ranging from 1 ("Strongly Disagree") to 5 ("Strongly Agree) with a possible score ranging from 27 to 135.
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1 Week or less post training
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Project Knowledge
Time Frame: Baseline, 1 week or less post-training, 12 months
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Peer educators' declarative project knowledge as measured by the 20-item Body Project Knowledge Scale.
Peer educators will indicate whether the statements in this scale are "true" or "false," with a possible score ranging from 0 for no correct replies to 20 for every answer correct.
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Baseline, 1 week or less post-training, 12 months
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Provider Attitudes Towards Evidence-Based Interventions
Time Frame: Baseline, 1 week or less post-training, 12 months
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Provider Attitudes Towards Evidence-Based Interventions as measured by the 50-item Evidence-Based Practice Attitude Scale (EBPAS-50), which will assess provider attitudes toward adopting evidence-based intervention (Aarons, 2004); it has four subscales: Appeal (intuitive appeal of evidence-based interventions), Requirements (likelihood of adopting evidence-based interventions given supervisor, organizational, or system requirements), Openness (general openness to new practices), and Divergence (perceived divergence between research developed interventions and current practice), which sum up to a total score representing respondents' global attitude toward adopting and using evidence-based practice.
Respondents will indicate the extent to which they agree with each item on a 5-point Likert scale ranging from 0 (Not at all) to 4 (Very great extent).
A higher total score indicates a more positive attitude toward adopting and using evidence-based practice.
23 items are reverse-scored.
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Baseline, 1 week or less post-training, 12 months
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Implementation Progress
Time Frame: Baseline, 12 months
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Implementation Progress as measured by the Prevention Implementation Progress Scale
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Baseline, 12 months
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Peer Educator Self-Efficacy
Time Frame: Baseline, 1 week or less post-training, 12 months
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Peer Educator Self-Efficacy as measured by the 14-item Peer Educator Self-Efficacy Questionnaire.
Respondents will degree of confidence on a 6-point scale ranging from 1 (No Confidence) to 6 (Complete Confidence).
Scores will range from 14 (no demonstrated peer educator self-efficacy) to 84 (high peer educator self-efficacy.)
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Baseline, 1 week or less post-training, 12 months
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Inner Setting
Time Frame: Baseline, 12 months
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Inner Setting sub domains assessed using the Team Climate Inventory
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Baseline, 12 months
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Outer Setting
Time Frame: Baseline
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Evaluate presence or absence of formal policies related to evidence-based programs, fiscal and other organizational resources for peer educators based on two coded interviews
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Baseline
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Collaborators and Investigators
Sponsor
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Eric Stice, PhD, Stanford University
Study record dates
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Study Start (Actual)
Primary Completion (Actual)
Study Completion (Actual)
Study Registration Dates
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Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (Estimated)
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More Information
Terms related to this study
Additional Relevant MeSH Terms
Other Study ID Numbers
- MH112743
Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)
Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?
Drug and device information, study documents
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product
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