Clinical trial NCT05451225: Survey of Correction Officers Before and After a Targeted Education Campaign
Official title: Reducing Duration of Untreated Psychosis Through Early Detection in a Large Jail System - Surveys of Correction Officers
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Work-Related Condition
Keywords: Correction Officers
Lead sponsor: Columbia University
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Vera Institute of Justice
name: University of Illinois at Chicago
name: University of South Florida
name: National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
First posted: 2022-07-11
Enrollment: 451
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 21
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: NA
Intervention model: SEQUENTIAL
Intervention model description: Feasibility and Acceptability Study
Primary purpose: HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Brief summary: The investigators will implement a multifaceted Target Education Campaign (TEC) within the three jails about recognizing early psychotic symptoms and referring to the Correctional Health Services. This campaign will include print materials and targeted trainings for Correction Officers. To develop all aspects of the TEC, the investigators will convene a workgroup, meeting biweekly for the first 6 months, including the entire investigative team, as well as experts at the Center for Practice Innovations (CPI). Depending on the nature of agreed-upon educational materials, the investigators will use specific areas of expertise at CPI for development. Materials will provide specific, actionable, and persuasive messaging about: (1) how to identify select signs of psychosis, (2) how to refer to the Specialized Early Engagement Support Service (SEESS) (in year 2), and (3) the effectiveness of early treatment through coordinated specialty care for early psychosis. Messaging will be continuous in the three jails.

Detailed description: Because Correction Officers in the three jails of interest are critically positioned to influence pathways to care, print materials will be supplemented with professional outreach and education by the SEESS. Roll-call is the approved venue by which all ongoing education happens for Correction Officers. Roll-calls take place at the beginning of each shift (7am, 3pm, 11pm) every day of the week in the same location and last \~ 15 - 20 minutes; all staff starting that shift attend. During roll-call, brief messages (2-3 minutes) will be delivered by the Controlling Captains, which is the standard practice for communicating important information to Correction Officers. Both daytime and overnight shifts will receive the targeted training for the 24 months of the TEC.

The investigators will collect pre-TEC (baseline) and during-TEC (at 6 months and 12 months) data from Correction Officers through brief surveys, which will be used to test changes in mean scores for knowledge, behavioral expectations, and self-efficacy, which are three key constructs from Social Cognitive Theory.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Correction Officers;
* over the age of 21

Exclusion Criteria:

* children under the age of 21 years

Primary outcomes:
measure: Correction Officers' Knowledge at Baseline
timeFrame: Baseline
measure: Correction Officers' Knowledge at 6 Months
timeFrame: 6 months
measure: Correction Officers' Knowledge at 12 Months
timeFrame: 12 months
measure: Correction Officers' Behavioral Expectations at Baseline
timeFrame: Baseline
measure: Correction Officers' Behavioral Expectations at 6 Months
timeFrame: 6 months
measure: Correction Officers' Behavioral Expectations at 12 Months
timeFrame: 12 months
measure: Correction Officers' Self-Efficacy at Baseline
timeFrame: Baseline
measure: Correction Officers' Self-Efficacy at 6 Months
timeFrame: 6 months
measure: Correction Officers' Self-Efficacy at 12 Months
timeFrame: 12 months
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: New York
country: United States
facility: Columbia University
state: New York
Study officials:
affiliation: Columbia University
name: Michael T. Compton, MD, MPH
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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