Intervention to Prevent Behavioral Health Symptoms Among Pandemic Affected Children

Summary

Racial and ethnic minority children who live in socioeconomically disadvantaged communities are disproportionately impacted by pandemic and climate-induced disasters. Although effective interventions have been designed to treat mental health related symptoms in post-disaster settings, accessible, empirically supported prevention interventions are needed to prevent the onset of mental and behavioral health issues among these children. Building on our preliminary findings, the proposed study examines the efficacy and implementation of a COVID-19 adapted disaster focused prevention intervention, Journey of Hope-C19, in preventing behavioral health and interpersonal problems among racial and ethnic minority children who live in low-resource high poverty communities.

Conditions

• Emotional Distress
• Prosocial Behavior
• Pandemic, COVID-19
• Coping Skills
• Social Support

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

JoH-C19

Journey of Hope- COVID 19 (JoH-C19) includes eight, 1-hour consecutive sessions delivered in groups of 8 children during the school day and in after school settings. The 1.5 hour JoH-C19 caregiver workshop is delivered with groups of 8 parents prior to the child JoH-C19 curriculum

BEHAVIORAL

Switch off Get Active

Switch off Get Active covers 4 topics, and its eight, 1- hour sessions are delivered in groups of 8 children. The 1.5 hour Switch Off Get Active caregiver workshop is delivered with groups of 8 parents prior to the Switch off Get Active child curriculum

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Save the Children

  collaborator OTHER

• Care Connections Mental Wellness and Learning Center

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Dickinson Independent School District

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Bay District Schools

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• University of Houston

  collaborator OTHER

• Baylor College of Medicine

  collaborator OTHER

• University of South Florida

  collaborator OTHER

• National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

  collaborator NIH

• Coalition for Compassionate Schools

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Boys and Girls Club of Manatee County

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Communities in Schools of Galveston County

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Communities in Schools Palm Beach

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Communities in Schools Gulf South

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• R'Club Child Care Inc.

  collaborator OTHER

• Boys and Girls Clubs of Tampa Bay

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Tara Leytham Powell, PhD · University of Illinois Urbana Champaign

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

8 Years

Max Age

14 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2022-11-15

Primary Completion

2026-05-15

Completion

2027-05-15

Countries

• United States

Study Locations