Implementation Science to Improve School Ethos for Mental Health

NCT ID: NCT06488404

Last Updated: 2026-02-09

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
• Total Enrollment: 50 participants
• Study Classification: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2024-06-01
• Study Completion Date: 2026-05-31

Brief Summary

The objective of the study is to identify the challenges and opportunities existing within the school ethos in implementing evidence-based interventions to improve youth mental health and to identify the most appropriate implementation strategies for improving mental health among young people in schools at Chennai, a city in Southern part of India, a low- and middle- income country setting.

Detailed Description

The study team will approach the schools where the proposed study will take place and will obtain the needed permission to conduct the study in the school premises. Information about the study to all the potential participants will be disseminated through the school management. All the potential participants can approach the study team to learn more about the study and participate in the study. Potential participants approaching the study team will be explained in detail about the project and informed consent and /or assent will be obtained. The participants will be selected based on the proposed inclusion and exclusion criteria of the study.

After the recruitment of the participants, iIn-depth, semi-structured, individual interviews lasting approximately an hour will be conducted in either English or Tamil. This will be conducted by trained qualitative researchers. Interviews will be audiotaped and transcribed verbatim. A qualitative descriptive approach will guide all aspects of the qualitative methods we employ to derive a comprehensive description of participants' experiences that is both deep and meaningful. The IDI guide will be developed following an extensive literature search and discussions with experts in the field, for understanding the participants. The interviews will be conducted by two members of the research team. Face-to-face interviews or online interviews will be conducted after ensuring that the participant is comfortable, and all external disturbances will be taken care or minimized

Conditions

Mental Health Issue

Study Design

• Observational Model Type: CASE_ONLY
• Study Time Perspective: CROSS_SECTIONAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Students between 12-18 years of age
• Teachers 25-60 years of age
• Parents 25-60 years of age
• Management 25-60 years of age
• Mental health professionals 25-60 years of age
• School counsellors 25-60 years of age
• Education department - Government of Tamil Nadu 25-60 years of age
• Health department - Government of Tamil Nadu 25-60 years of age

Exclusion Criteria

• Not willing to provide informed consent
• Can not speak either English or Tamil (native language)

• Minimum Eligible Age: 12 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 60 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Fogarty International Center of the National Institute of Health

NIH

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Schizophrenia Research Foundation (SCARF India), Chennai, India

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role: collaborator

University of Pittsburgh

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Vishwajit Nimgaonkar, MD PhD

Professor

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Vishwajit L Nimgaonkar, MD, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Pittburgh

Locations

Schizophrenia Research Foundation (SCARF India)

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Countries

India

Other Identifiers

D43TW009114

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: secondary_id

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STUDY22120105

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id