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Intervention to Address Disparate Mental Health Consequences of COVID-19 Pandemic on Latinx and African Newcomers

NCT05092542 · Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 1212

Last updated 2025-08-15

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Summary

This study tests the effectiveness of a community-based peer advocacy, mutual learning, and social support intervention (Refugee and Immigrant Well-being Project) to reduce several negative consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic that are disproportionately impacting Latinx and Black populations: psychological distress, financial problems, and daily stressors. In partnership with five community-based organizations that focus on mental health, legal, education, and youth issues with Latinx immigrants and African refugees, we will also be able to examine the effects of people's involvement with community-based organizations and local and state policy changes on their mental health, economic stability, stressors, and social support. This is important not only for Latinx and Black populations and the large number of immigrants and refugees in the United States and worldwide, but also because the intervention model and what we learn from this study have the potential to alleviate mental health disparities experienced by other marginalized populations who face unequal access to social and material resources, disproportionate exposure to trauma and stress, and worse consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Conditions

  • Mental Health Issue
  • Mental Health Disorder
  • Stress, Emotional
  • Economic Problems

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Refugee and Immigrant Well-being Project (RIWP)

6-month mental health intervention that pairs university students with newcomers to engage in mutual learning, resource mobilization, and social change efforts

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

    collaborator NIH

  • University of New Mexico

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
FACTORIAL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2021-10-18
Primary Completion
2025-07-31
Completion
2026-07-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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