A Psychosocial Program Impact Evaluation in Jordan

NCT ID: NCT03012451

Last Updated: 2021-01-15

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

817 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2015-04-30

Study Completion Date

2017-04-30

Brief Summary

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The study aims to deliver a robust pre-post evaluation of the wellbeing impacts of an innovative, brief, and scalable psychosocial intervention, delivered to refugee youth living in urban settlements in Jordan. The study was conducted using two waves of data collection: the first featured an intervention and a matched control group, the second featured a full randomized control trial.

Detailed Description

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This study will provide a robust evaluation of the Mercy Corps 'Advancing Adolescents, No Lost Generation' program that targets stress alleviation in refugee youth (12-18 years) with specific measures of psychosocial stress, biological stress, and cognitive function.

Conditions

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Stress, Psychological Mental Health Impairment

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Advancing Adolescents

Received structured eight-week psychosocial sessions

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Advancing Adolescents

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The "Advancing Adolescents" programme is a structured 8-week psychosocial intervention for adolescents in humanitarian crises, based on profound stress attunement processes. It features three elements that are widely viewed as important to support youth adjustment in contexts of complex emergencies: (i) safety: establishment of a 'safe space' within the community as a base for activities and site of protection; (ii) support: facilitation of social support and self-expression; and (iii) structured activities: access to scheduled group activities.

Control

Controls wait-listed for the intervention, matched for age and urban residence

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Advancing Adolescents

The "Advancing Adolescents" programme is a structured 8-week psychosocial intervention for adolescents in humanitarian crises, based on profound stress attunement processes. It features three elements that are widely viewed as important to support youth adjustment in contexts of complex emergencies: (i) safety: establishment of a 'safe space' within the community as a base for activities and site of protection; (ii) support: facilitation of social support and self-expression; and (iii) structured activities: access to scheduled group activities.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Eligible and enrolled in Mercy Corps Advancing Adolescents program
* Syrian refugee and Jordanian host-community youth residing in 4 urban centers in northern Jordan

Exclusion Criteria

* Not available for study recruitment (started sessions or deferred sessions before study start date).
Minimum Eligible Age

12 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Queen Margaret University

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of Western Ontario, Canada

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Harvard University

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of Florida

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Yale University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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catherine panter-brick, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Yale University

Locations

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Yale University

New Haven, Connecticut, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

References

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Panter-Brick C, Dajani R, Eggerman M, Hermosilla S, Sancilio A, Ager A. Insecurity, distress and mental health: experimental and randomized controlled trials of a psychosocial intervention for youth affected by the Syrian crisis. J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 2018 May;59(5):523-541. doi: 10.1111/jcpp.12832. Epub 2017 Oct 2.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 28967980 (View on PubMed)

Related Links

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http://www.elrha.org/map-location/yale-psychosocial-call2/

Save the Children Fund Enhancing Learning and Research for Humanitarian Assistance

Other Identifiers

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1502015359

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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