Clinical trial NCT05382416: Evaluation of the SHARE! Peer Toolkit Training
Official title: Evaluation of the SHARE! Peer Toolkit Training
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Mental Health
Lead sponsor: The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Emotional Health Association
name: California Department of Health Services
First posted: 2022-05-19
Enrollment: 272
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Intervention model description: SHARE! will advertise the availability of their Peer Toolkit training via their website, email distribution list, and to individuals who previously expressed interest. Participants who enroll in the study will be clustered by worksite. The worksites will be randomized to receive the training either first in the Summer or after follow-up data collection in the Fall.
Primary purpose: HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Brief summary: SHARE! the Self-Help and Recovery Exchange will engage peer workers in their Peer Toolkit training, which is designed to improve the performance of peer workers in their provision of peer support. The Peer Toolkit training currently has a waitlist of peer workers interested in taking the course for professional development purposes. These peer workers and their supervisors will be invited to complete a web-based survey at baseline and 4-month follow-up. Peer workers will be randomly assigned to enroll in the Peer Toolkit training immediately or after the follow-up survey. Analyses will compare participants who had the opportunity to complete the training to those still waiting to start the training. This study will inform the use of the Peer Toolkit as a training mechanism to build the capacity of peer workers in the mental health workforce.

Detailed description: SHARE! the Self-Help and Recovery Exchange will engage peer workers in their Peer Toolkit training, which is designed to improve the performance of peer workers in their provision of peer support. The training covers each of the 12 tools in the Peer Toolkit, which are taught through brief presentations followed by group discussions and interactive exercises to help people competently use each of the tools. The training is offered both online and in-person, requires 60 hours of time, and is typically completed over the course of 4 months. Participation in the training is optional.

The Peer Toolkit training currently has a waitlist of peer workers interested in taking the course for professional development purposes. These peer workers and their supervisors will be invited to complete a web-based survey at baseline and 4-month follow-up. Peer workers will be randomly assigned to enroll in the Peer Toolkit training immediately or after the follow-up survey. Analyses will compare participants who had the opportunity to complete the training to those who are still waiting to start the training. This study will inform the use of the Peer Toolkit as a training mechanism to build the capacity of peer workers in the mental health workforce.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Participants must be employed as a peer worker or as the supervisor of a peer worker participating in the study.
* Participants must be willing to attend the SHARE! Peer Toolkit Training, which takes 60 hours to complete.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Peer workers who do not receive pay and volunteer for less than 15 hours per week

Primary outcomes:
measure: Peer support skills as assessed by interview questions
timeFrame: 4 months
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Perceived empathic and social self-efficacy as assessed by a questionnaire
timeFrame: 4 months
measure: Empathic and social efficacy as assessed by a questionnaire
timeFrame: 4 months
measure: Job satisfaction as assessed by a questionnaire
timeFrame: 4 months
measure: Work-related burnout as assessed by a questionnaire
timeFrame: 4 months
measure: Perceived social support as assessed by a questionnaire
timeFrame: 4 months
measure: Social isolation as assessed by a questionnaire
timeFrame: 4 months
measure: Recovery as assessed by a questionnaire
timeFrame: 4 months
measure: Psychological well-being as assessed by a questionnaire
timeFrame: 4 months
measure: Work contributions as assessed by a questionnaire
timeFrame: 4 months
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Culver City
country: United States
facility: SHARE! the Self-Help and Recovery Exchange
state: California
Study officials:
affiliation: The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
name: Louis D Brown, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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