Recruiting

Behavioral Health

Sponsor:

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Code:

NCT05639465

Conditions

Emotional Distress

Prosocial Behavior

Pandemic, COVID-19

Coping Skills

Social Support

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 8 - 14

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Interventions

JoH-C19

Switch off Get Active

Study Details

Brief summary:

Racial and ethnic minority children who live in socioeconomically disadvantaged communities are disproportionately impacted by pandemic and climate-induced disasters. Although effective interventions have been designed to treat mental health related symptoms in post-disaster settings, accessible, empirically supported prevention interventions are needed to prevent the onset of mental and behavioral health issues among these children. Building on our preliminary findings, the proposed study examines the efficacy and implementation of a COVID-19 adapted disaster focused prevention intervention, Journey of Hope-C19, in preventing behavioral health and interpersonal problems among racial and ethnic minority children who live in low-resource high poverty communities.

Conditions

Emotional Distress

Prosocial Behavior

Pandemic, COVID-19

Coping Skills

Social Support

Study ID

NCT05639465

Start date

Nov 15, 2022

Status verified date

Jan, 2026

Completion date

May 15, 2027

Anticipated

Primary completion date

May 15, 2026

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 8 - 14

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • child experienced the COVID-19 pandemic and an additional large-scale disaster
  • child score is 5 or above on the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire
  • child is in 3- 8th grade at enrollment
  • the parent or guardian must complete informed consent and child assent
  • child must speak English or Spanish.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • child is currently receiving treatment for a diagnosed mental health condition
  • children who are not able to interact with other students in a group work format, regardless of IEP status

Study Design

Enrollment

800 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Prevention

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: JoH-C19

After initial randomization, some participants will be assigned to receive JoH-C19

active comparator: Switch off Get Active

After initial randomization, some participants will be assigned to receive Switch Off Get Active

Interventions

JoH-C19

Journey of Hope- COVID 19 (JoH-C19) includes eight, 1-hour consecutive sessions delivered in groups of 8 children during the school day and in after school settings. The 1.5 hour JoH-C19 caregiver workshop is delivered with groups of 8 parents prior to the child JoH-C19 curriculum

Switch off Get Active

Switch off Get Active covers 4 topics, and its eight, 1- hour sessions are delivered in groups of 8 children. The 1.5 hour Switch Off Get Active caregiver workshop is delivered with groups of 8 parents prior to the Switch off Get Active child curriculum

Primary outcome measure

  • Changes in Responses to Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire [ Time Frame: T1 (pre-intervention), T2 (2 months; post intervention), T3 (8 months (6 months post intervention); T4 (14 months (12 months post-intervention)). ]
  • Changes in Responses to Pediatric Symptom Checklist-Externalizing Subscale [ Time Frame: T1 (pre-intervention), T2 (2 months; post intervention), T3 (8 months (6 months post intervention); T4 (14 months (12 months post-intervention)). ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Tara Leytham Powell, PhD

2173000917tlpowell@illinois.edu

Locations

Boys and Girls Club of Manatee County

Recruiting

Bradenton, Florida, United States, 34207

Contacts

Tara Powell, PhD

2173000917tlpowell@illinois.edu

R'Club Child Care, Inc.

Recruiting

St. Petersburg, Florida, United States, 33709

Contacts

Tara Powell, PhD

1 217 300 0917tlpowell@illinois.edu

Communities in Schools Gulf South

Recruiting

New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, 70179

Contacts

Tara Powell, PhD

2173000917tlpowell@illinois.edu

Dickinson Independent School District

Recruiting

Dickinson, Texas, United States, 77539

Contacts

Tara Powell, PhD

2173000917tlpowell@illinois.edu

Communities in Schools of Galveston County

Recruiting

La Marque, Texas, United States, 77568

Contacts

Tara Powell, PhD

2173000917tlpowell@illinois.edu

More Information

Sponsor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Last update posted

Jan 23, 2026

Last verified

Jan, 2026

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign on 2026-01-23.