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Mental Health Screenings for African-American Children's Well-being

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Waitlist Available

Led By Joni Splett, Ph.D

Research Sponsored by University of Florida

Eligibility Criteria Checklist

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Must have

Timeline

Screening 3 weeks

Treatment Varies

Follow Up from first day of school in year 1 to last day of school in year 2

Awards & highlights

No Placebo-Only Group

Summary

This trial will compare two different school-based mental health screenings to see which one is more effective in getting elementary school students the mental health services they need.

Who is the study for?

This trial is for elementary school students at certain schools where the study is taking place. It's aimed to help African-American children with mental health needs. Children who are under the care of the state or any institution other than their family cannot participate.

What is being tested?

The study is testing two methods: one group will receive a basic mental health screening, while another group gets an enhanced screening process. The goal is to see which method leads to better access and use of mental health services.

What are the potential side effects?

Since this trial involves non-medical interventions like screenings, there aren't typical medical side effects. However, participants may experience emotional discomfort or stress during the mental health evaluation process.

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks3 visits

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~ from first day of school in year 1 to last day of school in year 2

Screening ~ 3 weeks

Treatment ~ Varies

Follow Up ~from first day of school in year 1 to last day of school in year 2

This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and from first day of school in year 1 to last day of school in year 2 for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

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

Primary study objectives

Mean change from baseline in student referral to a mental health intervention as measured by the number of students referred to mental health interventions each quarter

Secondary study objectives

Mean change from baseline in student disciplinary encounters as measured by the number of Office Discipline Referrals each quarter

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: EnhancedExperimental Treatment1 Intervention

The enhanced arm involves the enhancements to school-based mental health (SBMH) of the comparator arm with the addition of 3 additional empirically supported enhancements to mental health screening: 1) voluntary school teams will review screening and service receipt data disaggregated by racial/ethnic subgroups to identify and problem solve inequities; 2) Unintentional bias training for voluntary school teams, involving teaching participants to conceptualize prejudice as well as strategies to reduce bias; and 3) Mental Health Literacy training for voluntary school teams in awareness and understanding of students' mental health well-being and need for intervention.

Group II: ComparatorActive Control1 Intervention

The comparator arm enhances school-based mental health (SBMH) with universal screening and trains voluntary school teams to use the school-wide data to plan and make intervention referrals using an evidence-based in-service training and coaching model called Team-Initiated Problem Solving (TIPS).

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