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HENKA: Growing in Emotional Well-being.

NCT07796867 · Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 1084

Last updated 2026-09-01

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Summary

HENKA is a universal, whole-community, school-based program that aims to promote emotional well-being and prevent mental health problems among adolescents enrolled in 1st to 3rd year of Secondary Education (ESO) in Catalonia, Spain (approximately 12 to 16 years old), through the development of resilience. The program targets adolescents, their families and school professionals. Its effectiveness is being evaluated through a non-randomized, two-arm, cluster-controlled quantitative phase (intervention schools compared to control schools), combined with a qualitative phase using focus groups. The study builds on the HENKA Pilot study (Ethics Committee code PIC-85-22), which assessed the feasibility of the evaluation process, including the validity of the assessment instruments and participants' viability and acceptability, before scaling up the program to a larger population.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Henka program

A universal, whole-community, school-based program to promote resilience and prevent mental health problems among adolescents. The program comprises eight approximately 55-minute classroom sessions covering self-efficacy/self-esteem, emotional self-regulation, assertiveness, interpersonal skills and mindfulness, delivered by teachers previously trained through the HENKA train-the-trainer program. In some sessions, teachers are accompanied by Community Emotional Well-being Representatives (RBEC), health professionals provided by the Department of Health who support classroom delivery and help identify and manage mental-health-related situations among students. Families are offered a parent workshop.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Health Departament (Catalonia)

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Education Department (Catalonia)

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Fundació Sant Joan de Déu

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
11 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-01-01
Primary Completion
2026-12-30
Completion
2026-12-30

Countries

  • Spain

Study Locations

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