Teachers Leading the Front Lines - Adolescent

Recruiting · NCT06248203 · Interventional (participants receive a specific treatment) · Lead sponsor: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

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Depression Anxiety

Interventions studied

Enhanced Usual Care (EUC)Tealeaf-Mansik Swasta (Tealeaf) as adapted for Adolescents

What this trial is about

Purpose: The purpose of this research is to pilot test a novel, alternative, potentially sustainable system of teacher-delivered, task-shifted adolescent mental health care. Participants: Principals of 60 rural, low-cost private secondary schools of the Darjeeling Himalayas will be invited to participate as a school and an individual. Teachers will be approached individually. Two students per teacher who meet inclusion criteria will be randomly chosen for enrollment. Procedures: This is a RE-AIM (Reach, Effectiveness, Adoption, Implementation, Maintenance) guided, mixed methods CRCT, clustered at schools, of Tealeaf-A's Reach, Adoption \& Implementation (Primary Outcomes, implementation-based), as well as evaluating for preliminary indicators of Effectiveness \& Maintenance (Secondary Outcomes, clinically-based).

Who can take part

Age range

13 Years and older

Sex

All (male and female)

Healthy volunteers

No - a diagnosis or condition is required

Phase

Not applicable (e.g. observational or device study)

Study type

Interventional (participants receive a specific treatment)

Inclusion criteria

Schools:
LCP (Low-Cost Private) Secondary Schools
Enrolled families earning \<$10 daily
Located in greater Darjeeling
Principal must also be eligible to participate
Principals:
\>18 years old
Employed at enrolled school
Not suspected or convicted of child maltreatment
Teachers:
\>18 years old
Employed at enrolled school
Not suspected or convicted of child maltreatment
Students:
Age 13 - 17 years
Student of enrolled teacher
Borderline or clinical Total Problem or subscale score of YSR (Youth Self-Report) and TRF (Teacher's Report Form)
Each student has a lead teacher (2/teacher), with their other teachers also involved
Guardians
\>18 years old
Guardian of enrolled student
Not suspected or convicted of child maltreatment

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria will be set as each participant not meeting inclusion criteria as set for their group.

Where it is running

2 locations listed.

Darjeeling Ladenla Road Prerna - Darjeeling, West Bengal, India
Darjeeling Ladenla Road Prerna - Darjeeling, West Bengal, India

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