A Mental Health Services Engagement Program for Racial and Ethnic Minority Young Adults
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18-34
SponsorNew York University
About this trial
Researchers aim to test a brief culturally-responsive young adult orientation program for community mental health services. They will conduct a 24-month randomized trial with 80 young adults from racial and ethnic minority groups in a community-based mental health clinic.
Eligibility criteria
This trial does not accept healthy volunteersQualifiers
Aged 18-34
From groups other than non-Hispanic White
Enrolled in services at the partnering clinic site
Disqualifiers
Cognitive impairments (i.e., young adult cannot understand consent process)
Unable to comprehend and speak English
Trial design
Design model
Factorial
Treatments tested in this trial
Just Do You
BehavioralJust Do You Core Intervention utilizes creative arts and a provider team of a licensed clinician and professional peer to increase young adult engagement in adult outpatient mental health programs. Content addresses recovery, advantages of using mental health services, working with providers, stigma, and mental health literacy.
Component A
BehavioralContent addresses participant cultural identities and how they may be barriers and facilitators to on-going engagement with services.
Component B
BehavioralContent addresses identity-based motivations for on-going engagement with services and hope for the future.
Component C
BehavioralContent addresses community and environmental barriers and facilitators to on-going engagement with services and self-efficacy.
Treatment groups
80 Participants
are divided into 8 treatment groups8
Treatment groupsSee each treatment group below.
Group A: Just Do YouActive comparator 1 intervention
Group B: Just Do You-AExperimental treatment 2 interventions
Group C: Just Do You-BExperimental treatment 2 interventions
Group D: Just Do You-CExperimental treatment 2 interventions
Group E: Just Do You-ABExperimental treatment 3 interventions
Group F: Just Do You-ACExperimental treatment 3 interventions
Group G: Just Do You-CBExperimental treatment 3 interventions
Group H: Just Do You-ABCExperimental treatment 4 interventions
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
1
Participant acceptability questionnaire
Self-report measure for assessing intervention acceptability from the perspectives of intervention recipients. Based on the theoretical framework of acceptability. Items are scored from 1 to 5. Possible total scores range from 9 to 45, with higher scores indicating greater acceptability.
Time frame
Immediately after the intervention2
Qualitative interviews
Interviews with participants to assess acceptability of Components A, B, and C
Time frame
Immediately after the intervention3
Intervention adherence
Provider reported rate of intervention components completed by participants.
Time frame
Baseline through study completion, an average of 2 years; repeated measure to assess change through study completionSecondary outcomes
1
Service utilization
Provider reported service utilization. Total number of contacts between participant and service providers starting 1 month before baseline though 3-month follow up to assess change in participant engagement.
Time frame
Assessed 3 months after baseline2
Client Engagement in Child Protective Services Scale
This scale is altered to measure young adult engagement in mental health services. The scale includes 8 questions and responses will be summed. The range for the scale is 8 to 40, with higher scores indicating higher levels of engagement.
Time frame
Assessed immediately after the intervention and 3 months after baselineSponsors and contacts
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Source ClinicalTrials.gov