Healing Lodge First Face Training Evaluation Study

Cambridge Health Alliance

Status: Completed

Conditions: Self-harm; Trauma, Psychological; Depression/Anxiety; Addiction

Treatments: Behavioral: First Face for Mental Heatlh

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT06290180

1S06GM146095 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

13632

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to evaluate a culturally grounded training program, xaʔtus (meaning First Face) for Mental Health. This program will train community members in how to recognize and respond to youth and adults experiencing mental health crises and ways to serve as a bridge between these individuals and the help they need. All Healing Lodge staff are being asked to complete First Face training.

To evaluate First Face, the investigators will ask all trainees to complete surveys before and after training, and again 3 months later. These surveys will measure knowledge about mental health and addiction, as well as the ability and confidence to respond appropriately to mental health crises. The study will help the investigators understand whether the First Face training program influences mental health and attitudes, as well as responses to mental health crisis situations.

Full description

With funding from the National Institutes for Health, the investigators created First Face for Mental Health. First Face is a culturally-appropriate community-based mental health training that prepares trainees to provide assistance to someone having a mental health crisis. The more community members within Tribal nations who are trained in a culturally sensitive program to provide support to youth in recovery and members struggling with mental health problems or crises, the better positioned that community is to create a supportive recovery environment for its youth. The investigators are in the process of launching First Face trainings and evaluations among several Tribal communities. Additionally, they will be training staff from the Healing Lodge of the Seven Nations (HL) in the First Face program. This particular application concerns the evaluation of First Face training among HL staff. The investigators will measure primary and secondary outcomes at pre-training, post-training, and 3-month follow-up.

Enrollment: 92 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Employment at the Healing Lodge of the Seven Nations
• Selection to participate in First Face for Mental Health training

Exclusion criteria

° Previous completion of First Face for Mental Health training

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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92 participants in 1 patient group

Healing Lodge First Face Training Evaluation Study

Experimental group

Description:

All participants in this evaluation will be assigned to the First Face for Mental Health training condition. The investigators will use a pre-post design to measure change in relevant outcomes from pre-training, to post-training, to 3-months post-training.

Treatment:

Behavioral: First Face for Mental Heatlh