Trial Summary
What is the purpose of this trial?The purpose of this study is to compare two versions of school-based mental health screening to improve the receipt of mental health services among elementary school students.
Eligibility Criteria
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.Inclusion Criteria
School intervention teams at study school
Students at study school
Exclusion Criteria
Students who are wards of the state or any other institution, agency, or entity
Participant Groups
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.
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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Name withheld to protect anonymity of study siteJacksonville, FL
Name withheld to protect anonymity of study siteGainesville, FL
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Who Is Running the Clinical Trial?
University of FloridaLead Sponsor
Patient-Centered Outcomes Research InstituteCollaborator