Train and EMPOWER A Community Health Workforce
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Enrolling By Invitation
- Sponsor
- Baylor Research Institute
- Enrollment
- 250
- Locations
- 2
- Primary Endpoint
- Community Health Worker certification plus EMPOWER
Study Overview
Brief Summary
The investigators propose a multi-step approach to improve access to mental health care. The plan focuses on three goals: increasing diversity in the mental health workforce, bringing more expertise into the community, and strengthening the community's ability to address the factors that impact mental health.
To do this, the TEACH study team will work with students from underrepresented groups at a minority-serving institution (MSI). Students will be provided the opportunity to obtain their CHW Certification while receiving course credit for their degree. Students will then be eligible to participate in an internship to utilize their skills. The TEACH study team will help these students with their training, supervision, and ongoing support. These students will then be able to work with their communities to tackle common mental health issues and the social factors that contribute to those problems.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Na
- Intervention Model
- Single Group
- Primary Purpose
- Health Services Research
- Masking
- None
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 18 Years to — (Adult, Older Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria
- •Must be enrolled as a UTA undergraduate student with unmet internship hours
- •Must be aged 18 and over
- •Must be able to provide informed consent.
- •Must have successful completion of the UTA CHW/EMPOWER course (Phase 2) and/or State of Texas CHW certification (for non-EMPOWER-trained CHWs) at the start of internship
Exclusion Criteria
- •Under 18 years
- •Not enrolled as an undergraduate student at UTA
- •Unable to provide informed consent
- •Non-successful completion of EMPOWER course and/or State of Texas CHW certification at the start of internship
Arms & Interventions
EMPOWER-trained CHWs
Undergraduate students at the University of Texas at Arlington will engage in a semester-long course for training of students as CHWs with additional EMPOWER training for delivering a brief trans-diagnostic psychosocial intervention. CHW certified students will then engage in an internship at Baylor Scott and White Health.
Intervention: A semester-long course for training of students as CHWs with additional EMPOWER training for delivering a brief trans-diagnostic psychosocial intervention. (Other)
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Community Health Worker certification plus EMPOWER
Time Frame: Six months after consent/enrollment
Successful completion of the Special Topics course (to include EMPOWER training) which leads to CHW certification.
Secondary Outcomes
- Internship completion(Two semesters after the completion of the CHW course)
- Behavioral Activation (BA) competencies(Upon completion of the BA training as measured during the internship)
Investigators
Katherine Sanchez
Research Center Director
Baylor Research Institute