HEALTHY (Health Education Adolescent Leadership Training to Help Youth) Leaders
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Stress
- Sponsor
- University of Rochester
- Enrollment
- 45
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Number of Participants Reporting Pediatric Symptoms as Assessed by the Pediatric Symptom Checklist-17 (PSC-17)
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 10 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
This project will measure baseline stress among a group of youth in foster and kinship care. The investigators will implement a pilot program to target stress reduction by using an evidence-based group therapy technique teaching mindfulness skills. The investigators hypothesize that the mindfulness skills will help youth to reduce stress, which will be measured using psychological and physiological techniques.
Investigators
Sandra Jee
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Principal Investigator
University of Rochester
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •ages 14-21 years at time of intervention being offered, offered to youth in out of home care (e.g. foster and kinship care)
Exclusion Criteria
- •severe developmental delay
- •non English speaking, not in age range
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Number of Participants Reporting Pediatric Symptoms as Assessed by the Pediatric Symptom Checklist-17 (PSC-17)
Time Frame: Baseline and week 10
Self Administered questionnaire to assess level of stress at baseline and week 10. PSC-17 is a one page behavioral assessment tool that can be completed in \<5 minutes and can assess the sub-domains of attention, externalizing problem and internalizing problems. Attention, externalizing and Internalizing domains are each scored on a scale from 0 (best) to 10 (worst), where a score \>= 7 indicates stress.