Passport to Freedom: Health and Housing
- Conditions
- Trauma
- Interventions
- Behavioral: Passport to Freedom (P2F)
- Registration Number
- NCT04322903
- Lead Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
- Brief Summary
The purpose of the Passport to Freedom (P2F) Health and Housing is to provide formerly homeless women a supportive group to process the impact of trauma on the women's overall health and wellbeing, learn strategies to reduce the symptoms of trauma and stress, and increased ability to cope with everyday stress while maintaining permanent housing.
- Detailed Description
The proposed project will use a mixed method design to examine the feasibility and effectiveness of the Passport to Freedom (P2F) Program, an intervention for formerly homeless women currently housed through a supportive permanent housing program. P2F involves: three 2-hr sessions to promote physical and emotional wellbeing through mindfulness techniques and health promotion activities; two home visits to provide individualized sessions with a nurse and a community health navigator; and a follow-up session 4 weeks after intervention to discuss the women's perception of the intervention. By the end of the program, women will have improved emotional self-regulation in response to everyday stress, positive perception of managing women's overall health, and increased confidence in maintaining stable housing.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- WITHDRAWN
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- Not specified
- Women 18 years to 55 years, may be parents
- Able to read and write English
- Formerly homeless and currently living in permanent supportive housing through the Women's Housing Coalition Program.
- Under 18 years of age
- Inability to speak or write English
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- SINGLE_GROUP
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Trauma-informed mindfulness-based stress reduction program Passport to Freedom (P2F) The program includes three 2-hr sessions to promote physical and emotional wellbeing through mindfulness techniques and health promotion activities; two home visits to provide individualized sessions with a nurse and a community health navigator; and a follow-up session 4 weeks after intervention to discuss perception of the intervention.
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Change in stress as assessed by the Everyday Stressor Index At the time of consent and 4 weeks after intervention Women will report stress based on Pre/Post Everyday Stressor Index (ESI). The ESI uses a 1-4 Likert scale for 20 questions that assess role overload, financial concerns, parenting worries, employment problems and interpersonal conflict. Higher scores indicate a higher level of daily stress, lower scores indicate a lower level of daily stress.
Perception of the overall program as assessed by a semi-structured interview questions 4 weeks after the intervention Semi-structured interview questions
Change in confidence in managing health as assessed by the Perceived Health Competence Scale At the time of consent and 4 weeks after intervention Women will report confidence in managing health based on Pre/Post Perceived Health Competence Scale (PHCS) scores. The questionnaire uses the Likert strongly agree to strongly disagree scale to assess agreement with 8 belief statements. Higher scores indicate greater perceived health competence and lower scores indicate less perceived health competence.
Change in emotional response to stress as assessed by the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale At the time of consent and 4 weeks after intervention Women will report level of self-regulation of emotions based on Pre/Post Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale (DERS) scores. The scale uses a 1-5 Likert scale to assess frequency of emotional regulation. Higher scores indicate a greater difficulty with emotional regulation and lower scores indicate less difficulty with emotion regulation.
Perception of ability to maintain stable housing as assessed by a semi-structured interview questions 4 weeks after the intervention Semi-structured interview questions
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method