A School-based Intervention Project to Increase Completion of Upper Secondary School in Norway

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

3500 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2016-02-01

Study Completion Date

2020-02-12

Brief Summary

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Drop out from upper secondary school represents a risk for the future health and wellbeing of young people. Strengthening of psychosocial aspects of the learning environment may be an effective strategy to promote completion of upper secondary school. The COMPLETE study is a school based cluster randomized controlled trial (RCT) evaluating two school-based interventions, namely the Dream School Program (DSP) and the Mental Health Support Team (MHST) among 1st grade upper secondary school students in four counties in Norway. The interventions aim to improve psychosocial learning environments and subsequently school achievements and decrease drop-out and absence.

Specifically, the COMPLETE study will

1. Evaluate whether the DSP alone

1. increases completion
2. increases presence
3. improves school achievements
4. improves mental health and wellbeing
2. Evaluate whether the DSP and the MHST combined

1. increase completion
2. increase presence
3. improve school achievements
4. improve mental health and wellbeing

The COMPLETE study will also evaluate the effect of the DSP and MHST combined and the DSP alone against secondary outcomes of school satisfaction and loneliness.
3. Evaluate through a process evaluation whether the interventions were implemented in line with guidelines for each of the interventions, and whether the degree of program fidelity has influenced the effect of the interventions on the primary and secondary outcomes.

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Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Drop Out Absence Academic Achievement/Average Grade Mental Health

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Dream School Program (DSP)

The Dream School Program is a whole school program, involving staff and students, with the aim of creating learning environments where students are confident and experience a sense of belonging, and where mental health is promoted.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Dream School Program

Intervention Type OTHER

The Dream School program is a whole school program, involving staff and students, with the aim of creating learning environments where students are confident and experience a sense of belonging, and where mental health is promoted.

DSP and Mental Health Support Team

A combination of the universal Dream Schoop Program (see description above) and the selective/indicative intervention Mental Health Support Team which is aimed at specific students at risk of dropping out of upper secondary school. It is a systematization of the student services through

1. Co-location of services and staff working in services
2. "One open door" to increase accessibility to the services and staff for students
3. Focus on the transition from lower to upper secondary school
4. Close follow-up of students at risk to ensure tailored help to each student
5. Early intervention and follow up when students starts being absent from school

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Dream School Program

Intervention Type OTHER

The Dream School program is a whole school program, involving staff and students, with the aim of creating learning environments where students are confident and experience a sense of belonging, and where mental health is promoted.

Mental Health Support Team

Intervention Type OTHER

MHST is also a whole school project but aimed at specific students at risk of dropping out. It is a systematisation of the student services through

1. Co-location of services and staff working in services
2. "One open door" to increase accessibility to the services and staff for students
3. Focus on the transition from lower to upper secondary school
4. Close follow-up of students at risk to ensure tailored help to each student
5. Early intervention and follow up when students starts being absent from school This work demands cross- and multidisciplinary collaborations within the MHST, between MHST and school leadership, and between lower and upper secondary schools.

Control

The control group are upper secondary schools who run classes and the school as usual, and do not introduce new programs similar to the Dream School or Mental Health Support Team during the project period.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Dream School Program

The Dream School program is a whole school program, involving staff and students, with the aim of creating learning environments where students are confident and experience a sense of belonging, and where mental health is promoted.

Intervention Type OTHER

Mental Health Support Team

MHST is also a whole school project but aimed at specific students at risk of dropping out. It is a systematisation of the student services through

1. Co-location of services and staff working in services
2. "One open door" to increase accessibility to the services and staff for students
3. Focus on the transition from lower to upper secondary school
4. Close follow-up of students at risk to ensure tailored help to each student
5. Early intervention and follow up when students starts being absent from school This work demands cross- and multidisciplinary collaborations within the MHST, between MHST and school leadership, and between lower and upper secondary schools.

Intervention Type OTHER

Other Intervention Names

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Drømmeskolen (Norwegian name) Nærværsteam (Norwegian name)

Eligibility Criteria

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Exclusion Criteria

* Schools previously or currently involved in either of the Dream School Program or the Mental Health Support Team or similar programs or research projects.

Minimum Eligible Age

15 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes