Health and Wellness in Healthcare Providers Post-disaster

Summary

The purpose of this evaluation is to understand the impact of mental health and psychosocial support (MHPS) programming that AmeriCares (a non-profit disaster response organization) is currently providing to healthcare and social service providers in Southeast Texas and Puerto Rico. The MHPS services are designed to provide skills to reduce stress, improve coping and reduce symptoms of burnout (compassion fatigue).

Conditions

• Intervention 1: Resilience and Coping for Healthcare Group
• Intervention 2: Resilience and Coping for Healthcare Plus Additional Services
• Waitlist Control Group

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

RCHC

The RCHC group will receive a three hour psychoeducational intervention on common stress responses among healthcare providers and coping skills. They will also receive a booster session one month later which will reinforce these skills.

BEHAVIORAL

RCHC+

The RCHC group will receive a three hour psychoeducational intervention on common stress responses among healthcare providers and coping skills. They will also receive a booster session one month later which will reinforce these skills. This intervention group will also receive on-going support groups and one on one counseling as needed.

OTHER

Waitlist control

This group will served as the control group and will receive treatment as usual until the end of the study. At the end of the study they will have the opportunity to take part in the RCHC or RCHC+

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Americares

  collaborator OTHER

• Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans

  collaborator OTHER

• Colorado State University

  collaborator OTHER

• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Tara Powell, PhD · University of Illinois at Chicago

Study Design

Allocation

NON_RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Model

FACTORIAL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2018-07-01

Primary Completion

2019-04-30

Completion

2019-06-30

Countries

• United States
• Puerto Rico

Study Locations