Clinical trial NCT06336980: Creating Welcoming Faith Communities for People With Serious Mental Illnesses
Official title: Creating Welcoming Faith Communities for Believers With Serious Mental Illnesses: Testing an Environmental, Behavior-Oriented Intervention
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: RECRUITING
Phase: NA
Conditions: Other
Keywords: inclusion
stigma reduction
faith communities
Lead sponsor: Temple University
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research
First posted: 2024-03-29
Enrollment: 700
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: NA
Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose: OTHER

Brief summary: The goal of this intervention study is to test a behavioral intervention to increase inclusionary practices toward individuals with serious mental illness in faith communities. The main questions it aims to answer are:

1. To determine if the behavior-based intervention leads to an increase in inclusionary practices (e.g., conducting outreach with mental health agencies).
2. To determine if the behavior-based intervention is effective in increasing inclusive practices by members and leaders of faith communities.
3. To determine if the intervention leads to a greater understand of mental illness and a decrease in stigmatizing beliefs by congregation members.
4. To determine if the intervention results in individuals with serious mental illness and their family members reporting less discrimination and increased inclusion.

Congregations will be asked to create an inclusion committee that will then work on developing systems and changing congregational practices to become more inclusive. All congregation members will be invited to a half-day training that will provide information on mental illness and inclusion, and will provide tips and strategies when they encounter situations or behaviors that are less familiar to them. All congregation members will be given the opportunity to participate in a survey about congregational practices.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* member or attendee of the faith community participating in the training

Exclusion Criteria:

* under the age of 18

Primary outcomes:
measure: Inclusionary practices
timeFrame: Will be measured once per month for the duration of the study up to one year.
measure: Indicators of Welcome
timeFrame: Survey will be administered 2 times at the baseline and 11-12 months later at the end of the study
measure: Mental Health Knowledge Questionnaire
timeFrame: Survey will be administered 2 times at the baseline and 11-12 months later at the end of the study
measure: Social Distance Scale
timeFrame: Survey will be administered 2 times at the baseline and 11-12 months later at the end of the study
measure: Community Attitudes Toward the Mentally Ill
timeFrame: Survey will be administered 2 times at the baseline and 11-12 months later at the end of the study
measure: Reported and Intended Behavior Scale
timeFrame: Survey will be administered 2 times at the baseline and 11-12 months later at the end of the study
measure: Sense of Belonging Scale
timeFrame: Survey will be administered 2 times at the baseline and 11-12 months later at the end of the study
Secondary outcomes:
measure: University of California Los Angeles Loneliness Scale
timeFrame: Survey will be administered 2 times at the baseline and 11-12 months later at the end of the study
measure: Lerman Quality of Life Interview
timeFrame: Survey will be administered 2 times at the baseline and 11-12 months later at the end of the study
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Philadelphia
country: United States
facility: Temple Univeristy
state: Pennsylvania
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