Local Organizational Support and Development Networks for Public Mental Health System Workforce With Lived Experience
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Mental Health
- Sponsor
- The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
- Enrollment
- 366
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Mental Health Stigma
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 2 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
Emotional Health Association will engage Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health providers that employ peer workers in a training and technical assistance intervention designed to support, increase, and retain an effective peer workforce. This intervention consists of a Co-Learning Collaborative, several training sessions, and the creation of Implementation Teams. Peer workers will also be encouraged to attend Recovery International, an established network of self-help support groups for mental health. Dr. Louis Brown will lead an evaluation of the efficacy of the intervention. This study will inform the use of peer workers as a component of the mental health workforce.
Detailed Description
Evaluation of the the intervention with the peer workforce will be conducted through administration of web-based surveys of peer workers and peer supervisors at baseline and follow-up (10 months post-baseline). These two surveys will be administered to peer workers and peer supervisors at sites enrolled in the study. A letter of informational detailing the risks of participation will accompany the survey. Individuals who do not complete the web-based survey will be invited to complete a telephone interview with the same questions. Sites (where one or more peer supervisors and peer workers are located) will be randomized to either the intervention group or standard practice control group. The intervention group will engage in Co-Learning Collaborative, several training sessions, and the creation of Implementation Teams. Peer workers from the intervention group will also be encouraged to attend Recovery International, an established network of self-help support groups for mental health. Analysis of the surveys collected from both study groups will be conducted to assess the efficacy of the intervention and provide Emotional Health Association with a final report.
Investigators
Louis D. Brown
Assistant Professor
The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •All service providing sites within the Los Angeles Department of Mental Health will be invited to participate in the study. Sites not affiliated with the Los Angeles Department of Mental Health will be allowed to enroll in the study if they express interest but will not be actively recruited.
- •Participants must be a peer worker or supervisor of peer workers at a site participating in the study.
Exclusion Criteria
- •Peers who do not receive pay and volunteer for less that 15 hours per week.
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Mental Health Stigma
Time Frame: 10 months
This outcome will be assessed by asking the peer supervisor a set of 15 likert-scale questions about their feelings towards individuals with mental health issues. 1= Strongly Disagree 5= Strongly Agree
Peer-supportive organizational climate
Time Frame: 10 months
Peer-supportive organizational climate will be assessed by a set of 6 likert-scale questions that asks about the participant about his/her organization's administrative leadership and the support they provide. 1= Strongly Disagree (with positive statement about organization) 7= Strongly Disagree (with positive statement about organization)
Peer Worker Recovery
Time Frame: 10 months
This outcome will be assessed by a set of 24 likert scale questions that ask the participants how they feel about themselves and their lives. 1= Strongly Disagree (with positive statement about self) 5= Strongly Agree (with positive statement about self)
Secondary Outcomes
- Peer worker contributions (as rated by supervisor)(10 Months)
- Peer worker time spent on peer support activities(10 Months)
- Peer worker mental health problems(10 Months)
- Peer worker social support(10 Months)
- Supervisor's peer support attitudes(10 Months)
- Supervisor's job satisfaction(10 Months)
- Supervisor/peer worker relationship (as rated by supervisor)(10 Months)
- Peer worker job satisfaction(10 Months)
- Peer worker sick leave and disability days(10 Months)
- Recovery orientation of services(10 Months)
- Supervision quality (as rated by peer workers)(10 Months)
- Peer worker discrimination experience(10 Months)
- Peer worker work-related burnout(10 Months)
- Peer worker stress(10 Months)