Implementing and Evaluating a Wellness and Social-Emotional Learning Program for Refugee Children During the COVID-19 Pandemic: EMPOWER (Emotions Program Outside the Clinic and Wellness Education for Refugees)
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 31
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Change in COVID-19 Knowledge
研究概览
简要总结
The overall goal of this overall goal is to pilot an adaptation of an established Social-Emotional Learning Program with novel wellness and COVID-19 safety components that are trauma-informed and culturally-specific in a resettled refugee community. In this pilot, "EMPOWER" (Emotions Program Outside the clinic and Wellness Education for Refugees), the study team will assess implementation outcomes (adoption, acceptability, and feasibility) of EMPOWER with refugee children and families during the COVID-19 pandemic through longitudinal evaluations and measurements of feasibility, acceptability, and attrition. The study team will also evaluate the impact of EMPOWER by assessing (a) children's social-emotional learning competence and (b) children's and family's COVID-19 knowledge.
详细描述
The major question that guides this research is: can an adaptation of an established Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) curriculum effectively improve Social-Emotional wellness for refugee children and their families? The hypothesis is that participation in this program will (a) improve children's SEL competence and (b) lessen stress and improve quality of life for refugee families.
The overall objective of this study is to establish and evaluate the preliminary efficacy and implementation of an adapted social-emotional learning (SEL) and Wellness Program for refugees: EMPOWER (Emotions Program Outside the clinic with Wellness Education for Refugees). To achieve the two aims of this study, the study team will conduct a wait-list controlled pilot to establish and evaluate the preliminary efficacy of participation in EMPOWER by assessing (a) children's SEL competence and (b) measures of mental health, stress, quality of life and wellness before and after participation in the program (Aim 1). Then, the study team will assess the implementation of EMPOWER with refugee children by using mixed methods to perform a summative evaluation of implementation outcomes-including fidelity, sustainability, and reach-in the Afghan refugee community (Aim 2).
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Non Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Prevention
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 5 Years 至 15 Years（Child）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •at least 1 year of schooling in the United States
- •must speak: Pashto, Dari or English
- •connected with the community organization: Elena's Light
排除标准
- •inability to meet any of the requirements of the inclusion criteria
研究组 & 干预措施
Intervention
The intervention arm will receive the EMPOWER curriculum between the pre- and post-evaluations.
干预措施: EMPOWER (Behavioral)
Waitlist
The waitlist control arm will receive the EMPOWER curriculum after the evaluations. They will receive a second set of evaluations at the same time as the "post" evaluations of the control arm.
干预措施: EMPOWER (Behavioral)
结局指标
主要结局
Change in COVID-19 Knowledge
时间窗: Baseline to 4 Weeks
Number Correct out of 5 (yes/no) COVID-19 Knowledge Questions. Score range 0-5, with 0 being the lowest score (incorrect for all questions), and 5 being the highest score (correct for all questions).
Change in Social Emotional Competence
时间窗: Baseline to 4 Weeks
Subscale from Trait Meta Mood Scale: Attention to Feelings Score, Maximum 35 (7 questions on a 1-5 Likert scale, with 35 being the highest score and 7 being the lowest score)
次要结局
- Change in Quality of Life(Baseline to 4 Weeks)
- Parent Afghan Symptom Checklist(Only asked of parents. To save time and build trust, this exploratory measure was not asked on follow-up because of participant burden for questions.)