Qoyangnuptu: Peer Mentor
ConditionMental Health Wellness 1
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18-30
SponsorNorthern Arizona University
About this trial
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn about the impacts of participating in a peer mentor program in a Southwestern Tribal Community. The main questions it aims to answer are:
* In American Indian/Alaska Native communities with unique cultural characteristics, how should a youth-focused sociotechnical behavioral health intervention be designed to encourage sustained engagement and positively impact indicators of behavioral health?; * How can interactive technical interventions be designed to best support sustained community engagement in a challenged network environment?
Participants will:
* Be trained as peer mentors * Be trained in how to use the QI App to communicate with mentees * Guide daily conversation prompts with a group of 3 mentees via the QI App * Provide daily encouragement to mentees to engage with mindfulness activities on the QI App
Eligibility criteria
This trial accepts healthy volunteersQualifiers
Member of Southwestern Tribal Community
Has a smartphone
Has access to the Internet with the smartphone at least once per day
Disqualifiers
Has not completed GED/High School Diploma
Trial design
Design model
Single group
Treatments tested in this trial
Peer Mentors
BehavioralPeer mentors provide daily guidance and encouragement to mentees via smartphone app based on training.
Treatment groups
4 Participants
are divided into 1 treatment groupGroup A: Peer MentorsExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
1
To measure the acceptability of the Peer Mentorship Program
Through qualitative interviews, the investigators will determine the acceptability of the Peer Mentorship Program. 4 participants will be interviewed after they have participated in the Peer Mentorship Program as Peer Mentors for 6 weeks.
Time frame
Baseline, 6 weeks after starting as a mentor, 12 weeks after starting as a mentorSecondary outcomes
1
Impact of participation in Peer Mentorship Program as Peer Mentor on attitudes towards seeking professional mental health assistance.
Measured by the Attitudes Towards Seeking Professional Psychological Help - Short Form Scale before participating as a Peer Mentor, 6 weeks into participating as a Peer Mentor, and 12 weeks after starting as a peer mentor. The Attitudes Towards Seeking Professional Psychological Help is a 10-item measure used to assess attitudes towards seeking professional psychological help on a 4-point Likert scale, ranging from 0 to 3. Higher total score indicates more positive attitudes towards seeking seeking professional psychological help and is associated with lower levels of stigma against mental illness.
Time frame
Baseline, 6 weeks after starting as a mentor, 12 weeks after starting as a mentor2
Impact of participation in Peer Mentorship Program as Peer Mentor on measures of depression.
Patient Health Questionnaire-9 before participating as a Peer Mentor, 6 weeks into participation as a Peer Mentor, and 12 weeks after starting as a peer mentor. The Patient Health Questionnaire-9 is a 9-item measure used to assess frequency that a participant experiences depressive symptoms. Each item is score on a 4-point scale from 0 ("not at all") to 3 ("every day"). Higher total scores indicate more frequent experience of depressive symptoms.
Time frame
Baseline, 6 weeks after starting as a mentor, 12 weeks after starting as a mentor3
Impact of participation in Peer Mentorship Program as Peer Mentor on measures of stress.
Perceived Stress Scale 4 before participating as a Peer Mentor, 6 weeks into participation as a Peer Mentor, and 12 weeks after starting as a peer mentor. The Perceived Stress Scale 4 measures participant perceptions of their thoughts and feelings over the past month on 4 items. Each item is scored on a 5-point scale from from 0 ("Never") to 4 ("Very Often"). Higher scores indicate higher levels of stress.
Time frame
Baseline, 6 weeks after starting as a mentor, 12 weeks after starting as a mentor4
Impact of participation in Peer Mentorship Program as Peer Mentor on measures of mindfulness.
State Mindfulness Scale Physical Activity before participating as a Peer Mentor, 6 weeks into participation as a Peer Mentor, and 12 weeks after starting as a peer mentor. The State Mindfulness Physical Activity scale is a 12 item measure with six items assessing state mindfulness of the mind (i.e., thoughts and emotions) and six items assessing state mindfulness of the body (i.e., movement, body sensations, muscle engagement). The response scale is 0 - 4, with anchors of Not at all (0) and Very much (4). Initial evidence supports a bi-factor structure of the measure in which both a general state mindfulness factor and two specific factors (mind and body) are supported. The bi-factor structure supports the use of using a single score to capture overall state mindfulness, but also the use of two scores capture mindfulness of the mind and mindfulness of the body.
Time frame
Baseline, 6 weeks after starting as a mentor, 12 weeks after starting as a mentorSponsors and contacts
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Northern Arizona University
Lead sponsor
University of Colorado, Denver
Collaborator
Source ClinicalTrials.gov