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Child and Adolescent Mental Health Literacy for Primary Schools Teachers. A Multicomponent Intervention

NCT06121739 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 105

Last updated 2024-09-05

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Summary

Child mental health (CMH) is crucial for lifelong well-being. Early prevention and intervention are vital for public health, yet Chile faces a high prevalence of CMH issues, particularly in children aged 4 to 11. Schools play a key role in addressing these problems, but there's a lack of coordination within the systems (Schools and Health Centers). This project aims to enhance children's mental health and the school community through a biopsychosocial approach, emphasizing social support.

The intervention consists of two parts:

1. Developing an online CMH literacy program for primary school teachers in Public Educational Establishments (EEPs). It's designed through collaboration with stakeholders, focusing on the specific needs of participating schools.
2. Enhancing the coordination of the CMH network in Valparaíso, involving community, health, and education stakeholders in two neighborhoods. This will be done by using "ECO Barrio Solidario" program and aligning it with local health initiatives.

The project spans two years and focuses on four EEPs in Valparaíso. In the first year, the literacy intervention is constructed in partnership with each school, including program objectives, methodology, and scope. An online platform with educational videos will be created. The "ECO-Barrio Network" will connect with local agencies involved in child MH. In the second year, the intervention will be implemented in four of the eight recruited schools, while the other four serve as a control group. Subsequently, the remaining four schools will receive the intervention. Evaluation will consider acceptability, feasibility, and effectiveness, assessing faculty CMH knowledge, timely research, and reduced wait times for healthcare and child protection services.

Conditions

  • Child Mental Health

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Child Mental Health Literacy Program

The workshop has a participant-oriented character, seeking to apply the more theoretical contents to the local school context. It has four units and a total of nine modules, each lasting 90 or 120 minutes, with reference material on an educational platform. The topics are : 1) the person behind the role of educator; 2) the school community and its influence on the healthy development of students; 3) the expected development and its alterations in the different evolutionary stages; 4) common and differential factors of child and adolescent mental health disorders; 5) Stigma in Mental Health; 6) screening, the first care, and use of devices for the prevention and treatment of mental health disorders in children and adolescents.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Universidad de Valparaiso

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
22 Years
Max Age
80 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-03-20
Primary Completion
2023-12-30
Completion
2024-01-20

Countries

  • Chile

Study Locations

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