A New Clinical Model for the Engagement of Latinx Youth With Suicidal Behavior
Start Date
3/28/2024
Completion Date
1/1/2027
Summary
This study will test a model of providing treatment to Latinx/Hispanic youth, who experience suicidal thoughts and behavior, and their caregivers. An affirmative and culturally relevant treatment will be provided to all youth and half of the families will be assigned to the additional support of a community health worker (CHW). Youth symptoms and family engagement to treatment will be followed for nine months. The potential benefit of adding the CHW intervention will be assessed.
Detailed Description
The objective of this proposal is to test a New Clinical Model to engage Latinx/Hispanic (L/H) youth and their caregivers in a culturally centered, evidence-based treatment for suicidal behaviors (SB). The Socio-Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Suicidal Behavior (SCBT-SB) is an affirmative and culturally relevant treatment with empirical evidence supporting its use for L/H youth with suicidality. The New Clinical Model consists of the addition of community health workers (CHWs) to the SCBT-SB. CHWs are trusted members of their communities who provide education and connection to resources to L/H families in their native language. A community based participatory research approach is proposed and the Socio-Cultural Framework for Health Service Disparities will be the theoretical model used.
Eligibility Criteria
Age Range: 12 years to 18 years
Interventions
Socio-Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Suicidal Behavior (SCBT-SB)
SCBT-SB + CHW
Conditions
Locations
Bradley Hasbro Children's Research Center
Providence, Rhode Island 02903
United States