Recruiting

DECIDE Training

Sponsor:

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Code:

NCT07098260

Conditions

Mental Health Disorders

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18 - 64

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

DECIDE for MOM Provider Training

Study Details

Brief summary:

Appropriate training for perinatal mental health care is an important public health concern as mental health disorders are common pregnancy complications. Perinatal and mental health care providers report the difficulty of treating perinatal individuals due to insufficient information available regarding mental health treatment decisions, differences in beliefs and attitudes, and concerns about adverse effects on patients, such as self-harm and suicide. Effective shared decision-making skills can improve perinatal and mental health care providers' competencies to meet the unique decision needs of perinatal individuals, particularly those with mental health disorders. The proposed project titled "DECIDE to Improve Maternal Mental Health Care Delivery" aims to adapt the DECIDE Provider Training developed by Dr. Alegria and her team,1 to improve the rapid and wide dissemination and implementation of DECIDE in meeting the mental health needs of perinatal individuals. DECIDE stands for Decide the problem; Explore the questions; Closed or open-ended questions; Identify the who, why, or how of the problem; Direct questions to your health care professional; Enjoy a shared solution. The DECIDE provider training was developed based on theories of intergroup contact in social psychology and a patient-centered framework.28-30 DECIDE teaches mental health providers how to improve perspective-taking, reduce attributional errors, and increase receptivity to the client population.1,15-17 The proposed project will (1) make content adaptation (i.e., adding topical training content to fit perinatal mental health care) and process adaption (i.e., creating asynchronous training modules to reduce the burden for care providers) to the DECIDE Provider Training and (2) assess the acceptability, appropriateness, and usability of adapted DECIDE provider training for rapid and wide dissemination and implementation of DECIDE in maternal mental health care delivery.

Conditions

Mental Health Disorders

Study ID

NCT07098260

Start date

Feb 14, 2025

Status verified date

Oct, 2025

Completion date

Dec 31, 2026

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Jun 30, 2026

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18 - 64

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Perinatal or mental health care providers who currently provide perinatal mental health care within health systems
  • Ages between 18 and 64
  • Must be able to understand the training content in English and comfortably complete the assessments and share feedback in English

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Healthcare providers who do not practice as part of a healthcare system
  • Healthcare providers who do not practice in the U.S.
  • Healthcare providers who do not currently provide perinatal mental health care

Study Design

Enrollment

35 participants

Anticipated

Intervention Model

Single group

Primary purpose

Health Services Research

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Intervention Providers

The intervention targets nurses, midwives, primary care doctors, social workers, psychologists, case managers, counselors, peer specialists, and other obstetrics and gynecology care providers who provide perinatal health, mental health and or behavioral health care in hospitals or other healthcare organizations (e.g., home visit programs, State Medical Assistance and health services programs, Federally Qualified Health Centers). These providers receive an asynchronous online training that teaches them to communicate more effectively with their perinatal mental health care patients in order to improve shared decision making.

Interventions

DECIDE for MOM Provider Training

Participants will take an asynchronous online DECIDE for MOM provider training (approximately 2 hours). DECIDE stands for Decide the problem; Explore the questions; Closed or open-ended questions; Identify the who, why, or how of the problem; Direct questions to your health care professional; Enjoy a shared solution. The 5 modules will cover shared decision-making, perspective-taking, patient activation, attributional errors, and being a responsive provider to perinatal individuals.

Primary outcome measure

  • Acceptability, Feasibility, and Appropriateness Scale (AFAS) [ Time Frame: Immediately after and 1 month after the training ]
  • Training Experience [ Time Frame: Immediately after the training ]
  • Focus groups [ Time Frame: 1 month after the training ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Christina D Kang-Yi, Ph.D.

856-566-7091christina.kangyi@rutgers.edu

Locations

Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey

Recruiting

Piscataway, New Jersey, United States, 08854

Contacts

Christina D Kang-Yi, Ph.D.

856-566-7091christina.kangyi@rutgers.edu

More Information

Sponsor

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Last update posted

Nov 3, 2025

Last verified

Oct, 2025

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey on 2025-11-03.