Evaluation of the SHARE! Peer Toolkit Training

NCT05382416 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: HSC-SPH-22-0294
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 272
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

SHARE! the Self-Help and Recovery Exchange will engage peer workers in their Peer Toolkit training, which is designed to improve the performance of peer workers in their provision of peer support. The Peer Toolkit training currently has a waitlist of peer workers interested in taking the course for professional development purposes. These peer workers and their supervisors will be invited to complete a web-based survey at baseline and 4-month follow-up. Peer workers will be randomly assigned to enroll in the Peer Toolkit training immediately or after the follow-up survey. Analyses will compare participants who had the opportunity to complete the training to those still waiting to start the training. This study will inform the use of the Peer Toolkit as a training mechanism to build the capacity of peer workers in the mental health workforce.

Conditions

Mental Health

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Peer support skills as assessed by interview questions

  Assessed by a set of 6 interview questions that ask participants to describe what they would do in six peer support situations. Each question is rated from 1 to 9-total score is calculated as the average of the scores on all questions, and total score ranges from 1 to 9, with 1 indicating poor peer support skills and 9 indicating exceptional peer support skills.

  4 months

Secondary Outcomes (9)

• Perceived empathic and social self-efficacy as assessed by a questionnaire

  4 months

• Empathic and social efficacy as assessed by a questionnaire

  4 months

• Job satisfaction as assessed by a questionnaire

  4 months

• Work-related burnout as assessed by a questionnaire

  4 months

• Perceived social support as assessed by a questionnaire

  4 months

Study Arms (2)

Peer Toolkit Training

EXPERIMENTAL

Participants assigned to this arm will attend online or in-person trainings on the SHARE! Peer Toolkit, which requires 60 hours of time to be completed over 10 weeks.

Behavioral: SHARE! Peer Toolkit Training

Wait-list Control

NO INTERVENTION

The wait-list control will continue practice as usual and not receive peer toolkit training until after the follow-up data collection.

Interventions

SHARE! Peer Toolkit Training BEHAVIORAL

The SHARE! Peer Toolkit training is designed to improve the performance of peer workers in their provision of peer support. The training covers each of the 12 tools in the Peer Toolkit, which are taught through brief presentations followed by group discussions and interactive exercises to help people competently use each of the tools. Training sessions are typically two hours each, three times per week for 10 weeks.

Peer Toolkit Training

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Participants must be employed as a peer worker or as the supervisor of a peer worker participating in the study.
• Participants must be willing to attend the SHARE! Peer Toolkit Training, which takes 60 hours to complete.

You may not qualify if:

• Peer workers who do not receive pay and volunteer for less than 15 hours per week

Sponsors & Collaborators

• The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston: lead
• Emotional Health Association: collaborator
• California Department of Health Services: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

SHARE! the Self-Help and Recovery Exchange

Culver City, California, 90230, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Psychological Well-Being

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Personal Satisfaction; Behavior

Study Officials

• Louis D Brown, PhD

  The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Masking Details: Data collection and analysis will occur without knowledge of participant intervention condition.
• Purpose: HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Associate Professor

Model Details: SHARE! will advertise the availability of their Peer Toolkit training via their website, email distribution list, and to individuals who previously expressed interest. Participants who enroll in the study will be clustered by worksite. The worksites will be randomized to receive the training either first in the Summer or after follow-up data collection in the Fall.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: May 16, 2022
• First Posted: May 19, 2022
• Study Start: May 19, 2022
• Primary Completion: April 1, 2023
• Study Completion: April 1, 2023
• Last Updated: April 11, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-04

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will share
• Shared Documents: STUDY PROTOCOL, SAP, ICF, CSR, ANALYTIC CODE
• Time Frame: De-identified data from published studies will be available after publication
• Access Criteria: Please contact the Principal Investigator for more information.

Locations

US (1)