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School-based psychosocial interventions on mental health among Chinese rural children with traumatic experiences: A protocol using cluster randomized controlled trial
Guo,Jing Liu,Xiaohan Huang,Ning Yang,Fan Bai,Yashuang Zhang,Bo Lodder,Paul
Guo,Jing
Liu,Xiaohan
Huang,Ning
Yang,Fan
Bai,Yashuang
Zhang,Bo
Lodder,Paul
Abstract
Background: The first aim of this study is to test the effectiveness of school-based psychosocial interventions for improving mental health in rural Chinese children with traumatic experiences. The second aim is to examine which individual, family and school related factors could explain the effectiveness of school-based psychosocial interventions. Third, we will investigate whether individual, family, and school related conditions play a moderator role on the effectiveness of school-based psychosocial interventions. Methods: This study will conduct a cluster randomized controlled trial (RCT) in a large sample of Chinese rural children. Four rural counties in Shandong (Central China), Henan (Central China), Inner Mongolia (Northern China), and Xinjiang (Western China) will be selected as study settings from which schools will be sampled. Each sampled school will be randomly allocated either the intervention groups or a control group. Randomization will be performed by the research member who is not involved in the intervention stage. In each school students in grade 5 or higher will be recruited to ensure that approximately 50 children aged 10 to 18 years will be included. In each county, one high school, one middle school, and one primary school will be randomly chosen as the intervention group, and the other three similar schools will be chosen as control (waiting list) groups. A standardized and uniform research protocol will be applied in all intervention schools. All school social workers and psychological teachers would receive one week of in-person training following procedures. School-based psychosocial interventions included 14 group sessions for 14 consecutive weeks. Discussion: This study would develop school-based mental health promotion policy recommendations to improve Chinese rural children's mental health. This study can provide solid evidence for the promotion of school-based intervention in general. Trial registration: ChiCTR2300069405, Registered on 15 March 2023.
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This work was supported by the International Institute of Population Health, Peking University Health Science Center (Number: JKGL202302), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Number: 82173636) and Beijing Social Science Foundation (Grant Number: 22JYA002).
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2023
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Mental Health, Rural children, School-based, Traumatic experiences
Citation
Guo, J, Liu, X, Huang, N, Yang, F, Bai, Y, Zhang, B & Lodder, P 2023, 'School-based psychosocial interventions on mental health among Chinese rural children with traumatic experiences : A protocol using cluster randomized controlled trial', BMC Psychology, vol. 11, 148. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-023-01182-7