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).
LCP (Low-Cost Private) Secondary Schools
Enrolled families earning <$10 daily
Located in greater Darjeeling
Principal must also be eligible to participate
Exclusion criteria will be set as each participant not meeting inclusion criteria as set for their group.
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Lead sponsor
University of North Bengal, India
Collaborator
Darjeeling Ladenla Road Prerna
Collaborator
Broadleaf Health and Education Alliance
Collaborator
University of Colorado, Denver
Collaborator
Doris Duke Charitable Foundation
Collaborator