MHE3 Clinical Trial - Overcoming Obstacles
For patients and families
In plain language
An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Overcoming Life's Hurdles: Mental health education, Overcoming Life's Hurdles: Resources in the community.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Mental Health Services, Community Mental Health Services, Community Health Services, Preventive Health Services. Basic parameters: 18 years — 65 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- United States
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Official title
A Promotora-centric Community Collaborative to Improve Connections to Mental Health Service
Overview
The goal of this clinical trial is to increase and strengthen connections between Latino/a individuals and mental health services. Through this intervention, the investigators aim to improve mental health literacy, decrease stigma, increase coping skills, and increase mental health help seeking, even before they are in crisis. Participants will be asked to participate in six educational sessions hosted by Promotores de Salud.
Interventions
- Behavioral Overcoming Life's Hurdles: Mental health education
The intervention group will cover educational topics around mental health including: mental health literacy, individual coping skills, stigma reduction strategies, resources for mental health support, and mental health rights. - Behavioral Overcoming Life's Hurdles: Resources in the community
The control group will cover topics including: mental health resources in the community, violence (i.e. domestic violence), employment and education opportunities, housing and tenant rights, immigration and acculturation, and community team building and empowerment.
Primary outcome measures
- Attitudes Toward Seeking Professional Psychological Help Scale - Short Form [Time frame: 6 month follow up]
Secondary outcome measures (4)
- Mental Health Service Use [Time frame: 3 month follow up and 6 month follow up.]
- Attitudes Toward Seeking Professional Psychological Help Scale - Short Form [Time frame: 1 week follow up and 3 month follow up.]
- General Self-Efficacy Scale [Time frame: 1 week follow up, 3 month follow up, and 6-month follow up.]
- Treatment Expectation Questionnaire [Time frame: 1 week follow up, 3 month follow up, and 6-month follow up.]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Has heritage or self-identifies as Hispanic and/or Latino/a
- Must speak English or Spanish
- Primary residence is in 95116, 95122, 95127, 95112, 95111, 95121,95148, or 95133 zip codes
Exclusion criteria
- Persons from the same household
- First degree family member
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: Yes
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Triple blind
- Primary purpose
- Other
Study locations
United States · 1 center
- Stanford University — Palo Alto
Identifiers
NCT: NCT06712147 · 77672 · 5R01MD018201-03