R34 Family Navigator Enhancing Early Engagement
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R34 Family Navigator E3 Project: Enhance Early Engagement in Mental Health Services Through Children's Advocacy Center's Family Advocates
2 other identifiers
interventional
297
1 country
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Brief Summary
For the current study, the investigators will develop, implement, and evaluate web-based and consultative training for Family Advocates employed at Children's Advocacy Centers (CACs) across the United States to enhance children's early engagement in evidence-based mental health treatment. The interactive web-based training will embed key targets of knowledge and skills related to family engagement, trauma, evidence-based practices (EBP), and EBP services in the community. Seventy-five CACs who apply to participate in training will be randomized to a webinar-only training group, a webinar plus consultation training group, and a delayed (waitlist) control group. It is hypothesized that the Family Advocates and CAC Directors will report high levels of satisfaction with the training. More importantly, it is also hypothesized that webinar training will improve Family Advocates' knowledge, resulting in minor improvement in EBP engagement, while the addition of consultation in the second training group will lead to increased use of engagement skills, thereby resulting in greater improvement in family engagement in EBP.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach
participants targeted
Target at P75+ for not_applicable
Started Dec 2019
Typical duration for not_applicable
2 active sites
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Trial Relationships
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
Study Start
First participant enrolled
December 11, 2019
CompletedFirst Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
December 13, 2019
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
January 9, 2020
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
January 4, 2021
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
October 30, 2021
CompletedJanuary 13, 2021
January 1, 2021
1.1 years
December 13, 2019
January 11, 2021
Conditions
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (3)
Rate of child engagement in mental health services
Caregiver report (via Outcome Management System \[OMS\] survey on a yes/no item) if family attended the first appointment of mental health services they were referred to be the CAC.
Tracked over the course of one year for all families seen at the CAC.
Score on 45-item Knowledge Assessment
Questionnaire of knowledge-based multiple choice and true/false questions, assessing knowledge of evidence-based engagement skills, trauma, evidence-based treatments, and mental health screening, yielding a total correct out of 45
Through study completion, up to one year
Rate of evidence-based Engagement Skills survey
Advocate self-report of use of evidence-based engagement skills via a 39-item survey with skills utilized ranked on 5-point Likert scale (not at all to extensively); Caregiver report of advocate use of skills via three items on the OMS Survey, rating Advocate use of skills on a 4-point Likert scale (strongly agree to Strongly Disagree)
Through study completion, up to one year
Study Arms (3)
Webinar only
EXPERIMENTALParticipants in this arm will attend a webinar training program (3 webinars over the course of 4 to 8 weeks) to receive training in evidence-based engagement strategies, trauma, evidence-based practices, and mental health screening.
Webinar plus consultation
EXPERIMENTALParticipants in this arm will receive the same webinar training as subjects in arm 1, but they will also receive 10 consultation calls over the course of four months to further develop their skills in engaging families and screening for mental health services.
Delayed training group
NO INTERVENTIONThis group will not receive any training for the duration of the study year, in order to serve as a waitlist control group. They will be eligible to receive the training after the randomized control trial has been completed.
Interventions
Webinar-based training to provide information regarding evidence-based engagement strategies (e.g., motivational interviewing, McKay's engagement model), trauma, mental health screening, and identifying evidence-based mental health treatments for children.
10 consultation calls with experts in engagement, child trauma, and mental health screening to support the webinar training
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- Fully accredited by NCA
- Directly provides EBP for child mental health or has established and demonstrated linkages for services in the community
- Participates in OMS
- Has Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) or data sharing agreements with all referral sources
- Both CAC directors and Family Advocate(s) must demonstrate commitment to the training and data collection procedures.
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
- University of Oklahomalead
- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)collaborator
Study Sites (2)
National Children's Alliance
Washington D.C., District of Columbia, 20002, United States
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 73117, United States
Related Publications (1)
Taylor EK, Dopp AR, Lounsbury K, Thompson Y, Miller M, Jorgensen A, Silovsky JF. Enhancing Early Engagement (E3) in mental health services training for children's advocacy center's victim advocates: feasibility protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Pilot Feasibility Stud. 2021 Dec 6;7(1):212. doi: 10.1186/s40814-021-00949-2.
PMID: 34872619DERIVED
MeSH Terms
Conditions
Interventions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Officials
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Jane F Silovsky, Ph.D.
University of Oklahoma
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- NONE
- Purpose
- SCREENING
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- SPONSOR
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
December 13, 2019
First Posted
January 9, 2020
Study Start
December 11, 2019
Primary Completion
January 4, 2021
Study Completion
October 30, 2021
Last Updated
January 13, 2021
Record last verified: 2021-01