Trial of a Health Promoting School Approach to Positive Youth Development and Wellness Promotion (TRUST)

University of Minnesota (UMN)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Community Based Participatory Research Methods; Adolescent Health; Adolescent School Connectedness

Treatments: Other: Delayed Intervention; Other: Intervention

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT02840383

1U01MD010586-01 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

1601S82061

Details and patient eligibility

About

Assess the effects of a school-based multi-component intervention on school connectedness, school engagement, and developmental assets through a group randomized, participatory trial.

Full description

Health Promoting Schools intervention including pilot-tested teacher professional development, student-defined enhanced environment, and parent-defined enhanced community/family connection. The Coalition will finalize the intervention using a phased intervention map that integrates community perspectives with theoretical approaches to evidence based practices. The study aims will be accomplished through a group randomized trial in 10 urban schools with diverse populations representing approximately 1,900 students.

Aim 1: Assess the effects of a school-based multi-component intervention on school connectedness, school engagement, and developmental assets through a group randomized, participatory trial.

Hypothesis 1a: Students in the intervention schools will experience improved school connectedness, engagement and developmental assets compared to the control group.

Aim 2: Assess the effects of a school-based multi-component intervention on emotional well-being, tobacco and other substance use, and academic outcomes through a group randomized, participatory trial.

Hypothesis 2a: Students in the intervention schools will experience improved emotional well-being, course completion, attendance, and decreased disciplinary action and substance use compared to the control group.

Aim 3: Evaluate the relationships between participatory factors , school intervention implementation, and study outcomes.

Exploratory hypothesis 3a: Perceptions of quality of collaborative processes will be associated with degree of school intervention implementation and study outcomes.

Exploratory hypothesis 3b: School capacities and context will be associated with school intervention implementation and study outcomes.

Exploratory hypothesis 3c: School capacities and context will mediate the relationship between quality of collaborative processes and school intervention implementation.

Enrollment: 811 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 14 to 16 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 9th grade students
• enrolled in the school at the time of randomization

Exclusion criteria

• Being unable to participate in the survey

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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811 participants in 2 patient groups

Delayed Intervention

Active Comparator group

Description:

Schools not receiving intervention until two years after implementation.

Treatment:

Other: Delayed Intervention

Intervention

Experimental group

Description:

Schools receiving intervention at the beginning of study.

Treatment:

Other: Intervention