HealthMatters@24/7 eLearning for People Supporting Adults With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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The barriers faced by people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) begin in their mid to late 20s and often mirror the experiences of older adults (50+) living in the U.S. While evidence for successful population-specific health promotion programs and training, such as the 12-Week HealthMatters Program has been documented, an urgent need exists for continuous, readily available, on-demand training in these programs. Online training can substantially aid the widespread translation of evidence-based programs into practice and policy. This proposal seeks to test the effectiveness of an enhanced mode of translating the HealthMatters program into practice through the use of an on-demand e-Learning platform (HealthMatters@24/7) for staff in community based organizations (CBOs) in one state; thereby advancing the science of translational research. HO1. More CBOs in the asynchronous training program will have developed Strategic Action Plans for Health and Wellness, established Wellness Committees, and have equal or more resources and improved culture for health promotion at 1 year compared to CBOs participating in the current live HealthMatters TtT Workshop webinar. HO2. Staff in the asynchronous training group will have improved levels of learner/instructor satisfaction (job productivity, job performance, job satisfaction, organizational commitment, convenience) toward the training immediately after completing the enhanced mode of training, HM@24/7 compared to staff trained using the current live HealthMatters TtT Workshop webinar.

Detailed Description
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The barriers faced by people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) begin in their mid to late 20s and often mirror the experiences of older adults (50+) living in the U.S. While evidence for successful population-specific health promotion programs and training, such as the 12-Week HealthMatters Program has been documented, an urgent need exists for continuous, readily available, on-demand training in these programs. Online training can substantially aid the widespread translation of evidence-based programs into practice and policy. Consistent with the mission of the Midwest Roybal Center for Health Promotion and Translation, our proposed study, HealthMatters@24/7 eLearning, is guided by the RE-AIM framework to evaluate the reach, efficacy, adoption, implementation, and maintenance of the HealthMatters Program for maximal positive impact on the health of people with IDD. The goal of HealthMatters@24/7 eLearning is to develop a low cost, readily accessible comprehensive staff training that will improve staff job performance, satisfaction, and organizational commitment to the provision of health friendly services while creating a productive and competitive workforce. These conditions will enable more community-based organizations to offer the program efficiently, thereby increasing access to HealthMatters among older adults with IDD.

Official Title
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HealthMatters@24/7 Asynchronous Health Promotion eLearning for People Supporting Adults With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Conditions
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Obesity, Hypertension, Hypercholesterolemia, Hyperglycemia

Intervention / Treatment
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* Other: Asynchronous, eLearning Intervention


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: Must work in a community based organization providing services to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities Must read english Must be over the age of 18 Exclusion Criteria: Do not work in a community based organization providing services to people with intellectual and developmental disabilities Do not read english Under the age of 18

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 18 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
Allocation: Non-Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Interventional Model Description: Methods: We will convert the evidence based HealthMatters Train the Trainer Workshop for Instructors, synchronous, live webinar training course into HealthMatters@24/7, an asynchronous, e-learning training course for staff to plan, conduct, and evaluate the HealthMatters Program for people with IDD in residential and day/employment community-based organizations (CBOs). Design. We will utilize a two-group (Table 1) pre-test/post test quasi-experimental design wherein the Experimental Group will receive HealthMatters@24/7 training and the Control Group will receive the customary real-time (live) webinar training (HealthMatters Train the Trainer Workshop).
Masking: None (Open Label)


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Experimental: Asynchronous, eLearning Intervention<br>Participants in the asynchronous, eLearning Intervention Group will participate in the on-demand HealthMatters Program Instructor Training Course that will be continuously and readily available. | Other: Asynchronous, eLearning Intervention<br>* 20 CBOs with 3-member team (n= 30) will be recruited and placed into either the experimental or the comparison group.<br>|
| Active Comparator: Synchronous, Live Webinar Comparison<br>Participants in the synchronous, Live Webinar Comparison Group will receive HealthMatters Program Instructor Training Course via a live instructor taught 3-part live webinar. | Other: Asynchronous, eLearning Intervention<br>* 20 CBOs with 3-member team (n= 30) will be recruited and placed into either the experimental or the comparison group.<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| online organizational HealthMatters Assessments (oHMA) | oHMA evaluates organizational needs and capacity for developing a health promotion plan including programs, services, environmental support, resources, and culture to provide health promoting activities. | 1 year | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Process Evaluation | Will evaluate participants ability to develop and implement Strategic Action Plans for Health and Wellness, Wellness Committees, and greater numbers of organizational resources for health promotion | 3 months | 
| 36-item Corporate eLearning Survey | Measures participants perception of on-job productivity, job performance, job satisfaction and organizational commitment. | 1 year | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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Health Services Research