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Civic Engagement Intervention for Mental Health Wellness (I-ACTED Trial)

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Recruiting

Led By Parissa J Ballard, PhD

Research Sponsored by Wake Forest University Health Sciences

Eligibility Criteria Checklist

Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial

Must have

Currently enrolled Middle or High School student

Be younger than 65 years old

Timeline

Screening 3 weeks

Treatment Varies

Follow Up 1 year following baseline

Awards & highlights

No Placebo-Only Group

Summary

This trial will test whether taking part in an action civics curriculum has an effect on young people's health and wellbeing.

Who is the study for?

This trial is for middle or high school students enrolled in a course with a teacher from a school that's participating in the study. It's designed to see how being involved in an action civics curriculum impacts their health and wellbeing.

What is being tested?

The I-ACTED study is testing whether taking part in an Action Civics program can influence young people's mental wellness, social interactions, and attitudes towards health. Students will complete surveys during class time and online at later dates.

What are the potential side effects?

Since this trial involves educational activities rather than medical treatments, traditional physical side effects are not expected. However, there may be psychological impacts due to increased civic engagement.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

You may be eligible if you check “Yes” for the criteria below

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I am a student in Middle or High School.

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~ 1 year following baseline

Screening ~ 3 weeks

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~1 year following baseline

This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and 1 year following baseline for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Study objectives can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.

Primary study objectives

Youth Inventory of Involvement (activism, political engagement, and leadership items)

Secondary study objectives

Community Connection Scale

Questionnaire from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health

Other study objectives

Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression (CES-D)

Social wellbeing-Purpose tool

Social wellbeing-School Absences

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Awards & Highlights

No Placebo-Only Group

All patients enrolled in this study will receive some form of active treatment.

Trial Design

2Treatment groups

Experimental Treatment

Active Control

Group I: Action Civics programExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

Students in this arm will take part in an Action Civics (AC) program. AC delivers action civics programming to young people from diverse backgrounds nationwide. AC offers a school-based action civics curriculum in which classes collectively choose a local issue, learn strategies and skills for taking civic action, develop an action plan, and take action on their selected local issue. Students, as a class, tackle topics ranging from health-related (e.g., health of school lunches) to safety-related (e.g. lack of crosswalks) to community social issues (e.g., community-police relations).

Group II: No Action Civics programActive Control1 Intervention

Students in this arm will receive no intervention.

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