Delivering Church-based Interventions to Reduce Stigma and Mental Health Treatment Disparities Among Latinos

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

1713 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2020-02-09

Study Completion Date

2025-12-31

Brief Summary

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This study is a cluster randomized controlled trial of a Latino church-based intervention in Los Angeles and Riverside Counties. This study aims to leverage the collective resources of Latino religious congregations and the National Alliance on Mental Illness to test the effectiveness of a multi-component intervention directed at reducing stigma, increasing mental health literacy, and improving access to mental health services.

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Detailed Description

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This study is a cluster randomized controlled trial of a Latino church-based intervention in Los Angeles and Riverside Counties. This study aims to leverage the collective resources of Latino religious congregations and the National Alliance on Mental Illness to test the effectiveness of a multi-component intervention directed at reducing stigma, increasing mental health literacy, and improving access to mental health services. A total of 12 churches (6 intervention and 6 wait-list control) will be enrolled in the study. Churches within each study site, the Riverside County parishes and the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, will be matched in pairs based on size and geography. Three matched pairs from each study site will be randomly selected and then randomly assigned within each pair to intervention or control. The planned study will involve 2400 participants (1200 intervention and 1200 control) who will be part of congregations that are randomly assigned to receive the church-based intervention immediately or a wait list control condition. Participants will be assessed at baseline, 6-month follow-up, and 12-month follow-up to evaluate intervention effects on mental health service use and potential mediators (i.e., mental health literacy, stigma).

Conditions

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Help-Seeking Behavior Stigma, Social

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) of California has developed Mental Health 101, a suite of contact-based education programs tailored for culturally diverse populations including Latino populations. Another NAMI program, FaithNet, provides resources and training on how churches can shape norms and overcome shame and stigma related to mental illness and treatment. NAMI FaithNet also assists with facilitating linkages to mental health services from providing referrals to partner mental health agencies to forming multi-sector collaboratives of social service organizations, clergy, and mental health providers to create a more holistic, coordinated system of care. The multi-component, church-based, intervention will build on NAMI's existing resources, with tailoring for Latino church-based settings.

Primary Study Purpose

SUPPORTIVE_CARE

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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NAMI Mental Health 101 and NAMI FaithNet

Mental Health 101 and FaithNet

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

NAMI Mental Health 101 and NAMI FaithNet

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Congregants of Intervention Churches will receive:

1. NAMI Mental Health 101, a 60-90 minute, contact-based educational intervention
2. NAMI FaithNet which consists of congregational support and training to cultivate supportive environments within faith communities for those with mental health conditions and their families.

Wait-list Control

After the 12-month follow-up, wait-list control churches will be provided with the opportunity to receive Mental Health 101 and NAMI FaithNet interventions.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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NAMI Mental Health 101 and NAMI FaithNet

Congregants of Intervention Churches will receive:

1. NAMI Mental Health 101, a 60-90 minute, contact-based educational intervention
2. NAMI FaithNet which consists of congregational support and training to cultivate supportive environments within faith communities for those with mental health conditions and their families.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL