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Step 1: Be Aware, Anxiety Prevention Intervention

NCT07044752 · Status: ENROLLING_BY_INVITATION · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 50

Last updated 2025-07-01

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Summary

Youth of color, particularly in urban communities, face disproportionate anxiety levels due to systemic inequities, including exposure to violence, economic instability, and neighborhood disadvantage. Despite increased need, these communities often lack accessible, culturally relevant mental health interventions. This study presents a protocol for a community-driven anxiety prevention intervention tailored to urban youth of color using community-based participatory research (CBPR) methods. The intervention, co-developed with community partners and youth includes five structured weekly sessions on psychoeducation, coping skills, and role-playing exercises. Facilitators trained in social work or psychology will deliver the intervention, with at least one facilitator from the target community ensuring cultural relevance. Recruitment will occur through collaboration with a local high school, with counselors identifying high-risk youth. Data from pilot interventional trial will be collected at baseline, post-intervention, and a three-month follow-up using validated measures such as the Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7) scale. This study highlights community-based participatory research approach in addressing mental health disparities among urban youth. By incorporating community perspectives, the intervention ensures cultural alignment. Findings will inform future adaptations of community centered anxiety interventions and contribute to knowledge on improving mental health accessibility for marginalized youth. If effective, this model could be expanded to support youth in other under-resourced communities.

Conditions

  • Moderate Anxiety

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Anxiety Prevention Intervention

community and school based, delivered by peers from the community to educate and lower anxiety symptoms among youth

BEHAVIORAL

Anxiety Intervention

5-session social and behavioral intervention about managing anxiety symptoms

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Yale University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Ijeoma Opara, PhD · Yale University

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
13 Years
Max Age
21 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-05-07
Primary Completion
2025-08-30
Completion
2025-08-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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