A Promotora-centric Community Collaborative to Improve Connections to Mental Health Service
Overview
- Phase
- N/A
- Intervention
- Overcoming Life's Hurdles: Mental health education
- Conditions
- Not specified
- Sponsor
- Stanford University
- Enrollment
- 192
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Attitudes Toward Seeking Professional Psychological Help Scale - Short Form
- Status
- Recruiting
- Last Updated
- 26 days ago
Overview
Brief Summary
The goal of this clinical trial is to increase and strengthen connections between Latino/a individuals and mental health services. Through this intervention, the investigators aim to improve mental health literacy, decrease stigma, increase coping skills, and increase mental health help seeking, even before they are in crisis. Participants will be asked to participate in six educational sessions hosted by Promotores de Salud.
Investigators
Jennifer A. Newberry
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine
Stanford University
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Has heritage or self-identifies as Hispanic and/or Latino/a
- •Must speak English or Spanish
- •Primary residence is in 95116, 95122, 95127, 95112, 95111, 95121,95148, or 95133 zip codes
Exclusion Criteria
- •Persons from the same household
- •First degree family member
Arms & Interventions
Mental health use, education, and skill-building
Participants randomly assigned to this arm will attend a 6 week educational series that will cover topics around mental health. Data will be collected form participants at baseline (before the start of the first session), 1 week after the last session, and at 3- and 6- months after the sessions (follow ups).
Intervention: Overcoming Life's Hurdles: Mental health education
Resources in the community
Participants randomly assigned to this arm will attend a 6 week educational series that will cover topics on resources in the community. Data will be collected form participants at baseline (before the start of the first session), 1 week after the last session, and at 3- and 6- months after the sessions (follow ups).
Intervention: Overcoming Life's Hurdles: Resources in the community
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Attitudes Toward Seeking Professional Psychological Help Scale - Short Form
Time Frame: 6 month follow up
The ATSPPH-SF is scored 0 to 30. Items are rated on a Likert scale (e.g., strongly disagree to strongly agree), with higher scores indicating greater openness to seeking psychological help.
Secondary Outcomes
- Mental Health Service Use(3 month follow up and 6 month follow up.)
- Attitudes Toward Seeking Professional Psychological Help Scale - Short Form(1 week follow up and 3 month follow up.)
- General Self-Efficacy Scale(1 week follow up, 3 month follow up, and 6-month follow up.)
- Treatment Expectation Questionnaire(1 week follow up, 3 month follow up, and 6-month follow up.)