Train and EMPOWER A Community Health Workforce
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- Enrolling By Invitation
- 入组人数
- 250
- 试验地点
- 3
- 主要终点
- Job Placement
研究概览
简要总结
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.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Na
- 干预模型
- Single Group
- 主要目的
- Health Services Research
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •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
排除标准
- •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
研究组 & 干预措施
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.
干预措施: A semester-long course for training of students as CHWs with additional EMPOWER training for delivering a brief trans-diagnostic psychosocial intervention. (Other)
结局指标
主要结局
Job Placement
时间窗: 12 months after the intervention has ended
Data collected regarding career placement and/or further educational pursuits (i.e. MSW)
Community Health Worker certification plus EMPOWER
时间窗: Six months after consent/enrollment
Successful completion of the Special Topics course (to include EMPOWER training) which leads to CHW certification.
次要结局
- Behavioral Health Visits(Immediately after the intervention, an average of 10 months)
- Post-traumatic Stress Disorder(Baseline, an average of 5 months after the start of the intervention, and immediately after the intervention, an average of 10 months)
- Primary Care Visits(Immediately after the intervention, an average of 10 months)
- Anxiety(Baseline, an average of 5 months after the start of the intervention, and immediately after the intervention, an average of 10 months)
- Quality of Behavioral Health Visits(Immediately after the intervention, an average of 10 months)
- Acute Hospital Stays(Immediately after the intervention, an average of 10 months)
- Emergency Department Stays(Immediately after the intervention, an average of 10 months)
- Depression(Baseline, an average of 5 months after the start of the intervention, and immediately after the intervention, an average of 10 months)
- 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)
研究者
Katherine Sanchez
Research Center Director
Baylor Research Institute