The goal of this clinical trial is to increase and strengthen connections between Latino/a individuals and mental health services. Through this intervention, the investigators aim to improve mental health literacy, decrease stigma, increase coping skills, and increase mental health help seeking, even before they are in crisis. Participants will be asked to participate in six educational sessions hosted by Promotores de Salud.
Has heritage or self-identifies as Hispanic and/or Latino/a
Must speak English or Spanish
Primary residence is in 95116, 95122, 95127, 95112, 95111, 95121,95148, or 95133 zip codes
Persons from the same household
First degree family member
Parallel
Overcoming Life's Hurdles: Mental health education
BehavioralThe intervention group will cover educational topics around mental health including: mental health literacy, individual coping skills, stigma reduction strategies, resources for mental health support, and mental health rights.
Overcoming Life's Hurdles: Resources in the community
BehavioralThe control group will cover topics including: mental health resources in the community, violence (i.e. domestic violence), employment and education opportunities, housing and tenant rights, immigration and acculturation, and community team building and empowerment.
Attitudes Toward Seeking Professional Psychological Help Scale - Short Form
The ATSPPH-SF is scored 0 to 30. Items are rated on a Likert scale (e.g., strongly disagree to strongly agree), with higher scores indicating greater openness to seeking psychological help.
Mental Health Service Use
Measured through a study-specific, 9-item questionnaire. Self-rated mental health status question will use a multiple choice semantic differential scale ("excellent" to "poor"). Number of poor mental health days in the past month will use a numerical scale (0 to 30 days). Mental health help-seeking questions related to wanting, tried, and successfully seeing a mental health professional will use select all that apply time point response options ("never", "in the past 3 months", "within the last 4- 6 months", "over a year ago").
Attitudes Toward Seeking Professional Psychological Help Scale - Short Form
The ATSPPH-SF is scored 0 to 30. Items are rated on a Likert scale (e.g., strongly disagree to strongly agree), with higher scores indicating greater openness to seeking psychological help.
General Self-Efficacy Scale
Measured through a 10-item questionnaire; assesses the strength of an individuals belief of their ability to respond to novel or difficult situations to deal with any associated obstacles or setbacks. Items are rated on a 4-point Likert scale (e.g., 1 = Not at all true to 4 = Exactly true), with higher scores indicating stronger self-efficacy.
Treatment Expectation Questionnaire
Measured through a 6 item questionnaire; measure's a participants expectations about the effectiveness of their treatment. Items are rated on a Likert scale (e.g., from "not at all" to "very much"), and higher scores indicate stronger positive expectations about the treatment.
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Stanford University
Lead sponsor
National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)
Collaborator
