Effects of Youth Mental Health First Aid (YMHFA) on South Asian American Adults Working With South Asian American Youth
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- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Youth Mental Health First Aid.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Waitlist Control, Experimental. Basic parameters: from 18 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
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Official title
Effects of Youth Mental Health First Aid Training
Overview
This study aims to adapt the Youth Mental Health First Aid training to better meet the needs of South Asian American adults who support South Asian American youth. Focus groups will help identify what changes are needed. Based on that input, the training will be updated and then tested to see how well it helps adults improve their knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors toward mental health and supporting the mental health of South Asian American youth.
Detailed description
Youth Mental Health First Aid (YMHFA) USA is a public education program which introduces participants to the unique risk factors and warning signs of mental health problems in adolescents, builds understanding of the importance of early intervention, and teaches individuals how to help an adolescent in crisis or experiencing a mental health challenge. Mental Health First Aid uses role-playing and discussion to demonstrate how to assess a mental health crisis, select interventions and provide initial help, and connect young people to professional, peer, social, and self-help care.
The goal of YMHFA is to ensure everyone in America has at least one First Aider in their close circle of friends, family and peers. Every 1 in 15 people should be certified to identify, understand and respond to signs and symptoms of mental health and substance use challenges.
Though YMHFA has trained more than 4 million First Aiders and there is ample research done on how the training can improve knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors of those working with youth, little to no research has demonstrated the impacts of the training for South Asian American (SAA) adults working with SAA youth.
This project is investigating the cultural adaptation of YMHFA for the SAA community, specifically looking to reflect the values and perspectives embedded within the culture/community, challenges SAA youth are experiencing, and the various cultural factors/considerations that may facilitate/hinder help-seeking when needed. This information will be gathered by conducting focus groups with SAA adults and SAA youth to understand their experiences, how one conceptualizes mental health, what challenges they have experienced or observed, and seek their feedback on some aspects of the training for adaptation consideration. Upon completion of the focus groups, the transcripts will be reviewed and thematized to inform the final adaptations implemented.
Additionally, survey data will be collected from participants before and one month after completing the training to better understand how the adapted training may improve mental health knowledge, help-seeking attitudes and behaviors, and the utilization of the skills taught within the training for SAA adults working with SAA youth.
The findings will provide implications for the role cultural adaptation may play for YMHFA and other mental health/well-being trainings. Moreover, the findings can help to shed light on ways in which we can better approach this community and SAA youth when it comes to mental health conversations, supporting their needs, and encouraging professional and/or informal support. Finally, we hope the adaptations identified can inform additional tools and resources the National Council for Mental Wellbeing may provide to YMHFA instructors who may also train other SAA individuals/communities/organizations.
Interventions
- Other Youth Mental Health First Aid
This Youth Mental Health First Aid training has been adapted for South Asian American adults working with South Asian American youth. This training is a full-day, 5.25 hour blended course (some self-paced work and some live, virtual participation).
Primary outcome measures
- Mental Health Literacy Scale (MHLS) [Time frame: From enrollment to before participating in the Youth Mental Health First Aid (YMHFA) training and one month after participating in the YMHFA training.]
- Confidence in Helping Skills [Time frame: From enrollment to before participating in the YMHFA training and one month after participating in the YMHFA training.]
- Intentions to engage in Mental Health First Aid behaviors [Time frame: From enrollment to before participating in the YMHFA training and one month after participating in the YMHFA training.]
- Mental Health Service Use (MHSU) [Time frame: From enrollment to before participating in the YMHFA training and one month after participating in the YMHFA training.]
- Engagement in MHFA behaviors (ALGEE) [Time frame: From enrollment to before participating in the YMHFA training and one month after participating in the YMHFA training.]
- Depression Anxiety Stress Scale (DASS-21) [Time frame: From enrollment to before participating in the YMHFA training and one month after participating in the YMHFA training.]
- Barriers to Access to Care Evaluation (BACE v3) [Time frame: From enrollment to before participating in the YMHFA training and one month after participating in the YMHFA training.]
Secondary outcome measures (1)
- Acceptability [Time frame: This will only be collected one month after participating in the YMHFA training.]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- South Asian American adults (18+) working with South Asian American youth (between 8-18 years old)
- Have not taken and completed YMHFA training before
Exclusion criteria
- Identify outside of being a South Asian American adult (18+)
- Have taken and completed YMHFA training before
- Mental health professionals/those with a mental health background
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: Yes
Study design
- Allocation
- Non-randomized
- Model
- Single group
- Masking
- Open label
- Primary purpose
- Supportive care
Study locations
United States · 1 center
- UMD College of Education — College Park
Identifiers
NCT: NCT07135479 · 1366194