Study to Prevent Behavioral Health Symptoms in Children Affected by Pandemics
This study is testing two programs, "Journey of Hope-COVID 19 (JoH-C19)" and "Switch off Get Active," to see if they can prevent emotional and behavioral problems in children who have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and other large-scale disasters. These programs involve group sessions for children and workshops for their parents. We are looking for children aged 8 to 14 years old who have experienced the COVID-19 pandemic and another major disaster, and who score 5 or higher on a specific questionnaire (Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire). Children must be in 3rd to 8th grade and speak English or Spanish. The study will measure success by looking at changes in children's emotional and behavioral health over 14 months. The current status of this study is unclear.
- Study design
- This interventional study plans to enroll 800 participants. It is not specified if the study is randomized or blinded.
- What's involved
- Participants will attend eight 1-hour sessions for children and a 1.5-hour workshop for caregivers. Their emotional and behavioral health will be assessed at the start, 2 months, 8 months, and 14 months after the intervention.
- Compensation
- Not stated in the trial record.
- Follow-up
- Participants will be followed for 14 months after the intervention to measure changes in their emotional and behavioral health.
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Intervention to Prevent Behavioral Health Symptoms Among Pandemic Affected Children
At a glance
Conditions
Where it's being run
9 sites across 3 statesStudy leadership
- Tara Leytham Powell, PhD · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · University of Illinois Urbana Champaign
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What this trial measures
- Changes in Responses to Strengths and Difficulties QuestionnaireT1 (pre-intervention), T2 (2 months; post intervention), T3 (8 months (6 months post intervention); T4 (14 months (12 months post-intervention)).
Measures children's psychological symptoms and impairments used for children between the ages of 4 to 16. The questionnaire is both parent and youth report and is comprised of five subscales including emotional symptoms, conduct problems, hyperactivity, peer relationship problems, and prosocial behavior. Total difficulty scores which include emotional symptoms, conduct problems, hyper-activity and peer relationship problems subscales range from 0-40. The pro-social behavior subscale ranges from 0-10.
- Changes in Responses to Pediatric Symptom Checklist-Externalizing SubscaleT1 (pre-intervention), T2 (2 months; post intervention), T3 (8 months (6 months post intervention); T4 (14 months (12 months post-intervention)).
Parent report measure of emotional and behavioral problems in children. The questionnaire is comprised of three subscales: internalizing, attention, and externalizing. The externalizing subscale will be used for this study. This subscale includes 7-items and the subscale scores range from 0-14.