The proposed project is to develop a Pediatric-Mental Health Digital Toolkit (P-MHDT) Toolkit to support innovative child mental health preventive interventions in FBO settings. This project focuses on developing a P-MHDT and carrying out a pilot feasibility evaluation in real world settings. A group of Mental Health Professionals (MHPs)/ Community Healthcare Workers (CHWs) will be trained and the P-MHDT Toolkit intervention will be tested in 6 Faith Based Organizations (FBOs) in Uganda.
The specific aims of this proposed study include: Aim 1. To develop a P-MHDT (by employing qualitative focus-group interviews and user-centered design to enhance usability). Aim 2. To train mental health professionals and community health workers (CHWs) for the P-MHDT approach of child mental health promotion in Uganda (including monitoring impacts of training on CHWs' program implementation competency). Aim 3 (11-24 month). To estimate impacts of the P-MHDT on FBOs and families (i.e., caregivers' mental health literacy, practices, and children's mental health) when implemented in the real world FBO settings.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
319
Faith base outreach groups will be trained in P-MHDT
COmmon health workers will be trained in P-MHDT
New York University Langone Health
New York, New York, United States
Aggression measured by parent report
Time frame: 24 Months
Anxiety measured by parent report
Time frame: 24 Months
Depression measured by parent report
Time frame: 24 Months
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