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- US Clinical Trials Registry
- Clinical Trial NCT04554420
Promoting Youth Mental Health in Inequitable Contexts: Applying Participatory Action Research
Study Overview
Status
Intervention / Treatment
Detailed Description
In order to effectively prevent mental distress and promote well-being for youth of color in urban contexts with significant health inequities and mental health stigma, more innovative and participatory models are critical. Youth participatory action research (YPAR), is a framework outlining engagement of youth with researchers more equitably as co-constructors of knowledge and promoting positive development of core competencies in youth to foster their growth as change agents. YPAR is especially valuable for youth of color, to build competencies (e.g., critical consciousness, research and advocacy skills) critical for tackling health inequities and systems change. The proposed study will be conducted in partnership with the Community Healing and Trauma Prevention Center (CHTPC), a community grass roots organization of the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, charged with designing educational and creative spaces for prevention and healing of trauma in the community, with youth positive development as one of its key priorities. Guided by YPAR, this mixed-method, pre-post evaluation study will develop a YPAR-Mental Health (MH) curriculum and evaluate its feasibility, youth responsiveness, and association with positive youth developmental outcomes related to YPAR and mental health with youth of color (ages 14-17) from high schools in South Los Angeles (SPA-6). The study will comprise two phases: Phase 1 - Development and Refinement of YPAR-MH Curriculum, and Phase 2 - Pilot Testing, Implementation and Evaluation of YPAR-MH Curriculum. During phase 1, a team of the PI, CDU graduate students, King/Drew Magnet High School students, and CHTPC staff will develop the curriculum. Input for refinement of the curriculum will be offered by a team of youth experts, including: a) community youth advocates, b) clinical psychologist with youth mental health expertise, and c) community psychologist with YPAR expertise. A set of four focus groups will be conducted with youth (4-6 youth per focus group, 14-17 years of age) to further improve the curriculum to assure "youth responsiveness".
During phase 2, a total of 20 youth will participate in the pilot testing of the YPAR-MH curriculum. After further refining the curriculum given lessons learned from the pilot testing, a total of 50 youth will participate in the finalized curriculum implementation. A pre-post curriculum survey will be conducted for all youth. Additionally, a set of four focus groups with youth participating in the finalized curriculum will be conducted to evaluate their qualitative experiences, satisfaction with curriculum, and learning of curriculum material. There are two specific aims, objectives and hypotheses which will be tested:
Specific Aim 1: To develop and refine a YPAR-MH curriculum, guided by youth community, research, and clinical experts. Four focus groups will be conducted with a maximum total of 24 youth to assess the youth responsiveness of the curriculum. A qualitative thematic analysis of the focus group data will be conducted and the findings will be used to further refine the curriculum.
Specific Aim 2: To finalize and evaluate the curriculum with a pre-post survey and focus groups.
Objective 1: Conduct pilot testing of curriculum with 20 youth to further improve and finalize curriculum.
Objective 2: Implement the finalized curriculum with 50 youth and examine the change in youth outcomes pre to post curriculum based on evaluation survey and four focus groups.
Hypothesis 2a: Youth will experience a significant positive improvement from pre to post curriculum for YPAR related outcomes: critical consciousness, research self-efficacy, and ethnic/racial identity.
Hypothesis 2b: Youth will experience a modest positive improvement from pre to post curriculum for mental health related outcomes: anxiety and depression, stress, and resilience.
Study Type
Phase
- Not Applicable
Contacts and Locations
Study Contact
- Name: Noe R Chavez, PhD
- Phone Number: (224) 241-7451
- Email: noechavez@cdrewu.edu
Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- High school age youth, 14-17 years old
- Youth living in South Los Angeles
Exclusion Criteria:
- Not meeting the age range of 14-17 years old
- Youth not living in South Los Angeles
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: Prevention
- Allocation: N/A
- Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
- Masking: None (Open Label)
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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Experimental: Youth Participatory Action Research-Mental Health Curriculum
Youth will be engaged with youth participatory approaches in learning about the intersection of mental health and systemic/community level issues.
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The mental health curriculum will focus on enhancing the knowledge, critical consciousness (i.e., exploration of systemic/racial problems), research self-efficacy, and other skills of youth to integrate their lived experiences and identity to learning about the intersection of system and community level issues in mental health.
Activities will center on participatory action approaches to engaging youth in culturally/community responsive ways.
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Critical Consciousness Scale - Assessing change from pre-intervention to immediately post-intervention
Time Frame: Measure will be implemented pre-intervention and immediately post-intervention
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Measure assesses capacity to critically analyze socio-political conditions, endorsement of social equity, and action to change perceived inequities; Subscale/Sample Item/Number of Items: a) Critical reflection perceived inequality: "Poor children have fewer chances to get a good high school education" (n=8), b) Critical reflection egalitarianism: "Group equality should be our ideal" (n=5), c) Critical action socio-political participation: "Participate in a discussion about a social or political issue (n=9); 6 point Likert- type (Strongly disagree to Strongly agree)
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Measure will be implemented pre-intervention and immediately post-intervention
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Research Self-Efficacy - Assessing change from pre-intervention to immediately post-intervention
Time Frame: Measure will be implemented pre-intervention and immediately post-intervention
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Measure assesses perceived self-efficacy to conduct and analyze research; Sample item/Number of items: "I believe I can master research related knowledge" (n=4); 5 point Likert-type (Strongly disagree to Strongly Agree)
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Measure will be implemented pre-intervention and immediately post-intervention
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Multigroup Ethnic Identity Measure - Assessing change from pre-intervention to immediately post-intervention
Time Frame: Measure will be implemented pre-intervention and immediately post-intervention
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Measure assesses multiple dimensions of ethnic/racial identity, including the following; Subscale/Sample items/Number of items: a) Ethnic behaviors: "I participate in cultural practices of my own group" (n=4), b) Affirmation and belonging: "I have a lot of pride in my ethnic group" (n=6), c) Ethnic identity achievement: "In order to learn more about my group, I have often talked to other people about my group" (n=4); 4 point Likert-type (Strongly disagree to Strongly agree)
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Measure will be implemented pre-intervention and immediately post-intervention
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Revised Child Anxiety and Depression Scale-Short Version - Assessing change from pre-intervention to immediately post-intervention
Time Frame: Measure will be implemented pre-intervention and immediately post-intervention
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Measure assesses anxiety and depression in the general population/non-clinical of youth; Subscale/Sample items/Number of items: a) Anxiety: "Worries about things" (n=15), b) Depression: "Feels worthless" (n=10); 4 Likert-type (Never to Always)
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Measure will be implemented pre-intervention and immediately post-intervention
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Adolescent Distress-Eustress Scale - Assessing change from pre-intervention to immediately post-intervention
Time Frame: Measure will be implemented pre-intervention and immediately post-intervention
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Measure assesses distress (negative stress) and eustress (positive stress) in adolescents; Subscale/Sample items/Number of items: a) Distress: "I felt overwhelmed" (n=5), b) Eustress: "I felt motivated" (n=5); 5 point Likert-type (Not like me to Very much like me)
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Measure will be implemented pre-intervention and immediately post-intervention
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Child and Youth Resilience Measure-28 - Assessing change from pre-intervention to immediately post-intervention
Time Frame: Measure will be implemented pre-intervention and immediately post-intervention
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Measure assesses resilience in youth; Subscale/Sample items/Number of items: a) Individual: "I cooperate with people around me" (n=11), b) Caregiving: "My caregivers watch me closely" (n=7), c) Contextual: "I am treated fairly in my community" (n=10); 5 point Likert-type (Does not describe me at all to Describes me a lot)
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Measure will be implemented pre-intervention and immediately post-intervention
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Collaborators and Investigators
Collaborators
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Noe R Chavez, PhD, Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science
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More Information
Terms related to this study
Other Study ID Numbers
- U54MD007598 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)
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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