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Open Access 01-12-2018 | Study protocol

“EspaiJove.net”- a school-based intervention programme to promote mental health and eradicate stigma in the adolescent population: study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial

Authors: Rocío Casañas, Victoria-Mailen Arfuch, Pere Castellví, Juan-José Gil, Maria Torres, Angela Pujol, Gemma Castells, Mercè Teixidó, Maria Teresa San-Emeterio, Hernán María Sampietro, Aleix Caussa, Jordi Alonso, Lluís Lalucat-Jo

Published in: BMC Public Health | Issue 1/2018

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Abstract

Background

One half of adults who develop any mental disorder do so during adolescence. Previous literature showed that Mental Health Literacy (MHL) interventions impact mental health knowledge, reduce the associated stigma, and promote help-seeking among the adolescent population. However, evidence for the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of these programmes remains inconclusive. The aim of this paper is to present a study protocol that evaluates the effectiveness of the “EspaiJove.​net” programme. “EspaiJove.​net” consists of a universal MHL intervention designed to promote mental health knowledge, increase help-seeking, reduce the stigma associated with mental illness, and prevent mental disorders in Spanish school settings.

Methods

A school-based clustered randomised controlled trial (cRCT) design with 12 months of follow-up. Subjects: At least 408 secondary school students who attend the 3rd year of E.S.O (Compulsory secondary education for 13- to 14-year- olds) will be recruited from 8 schools within Barcelona city, Catalonia (Spain). Intervention: A dose-response intervention will be delivered with 4 arms: 1) Sensitivity Programme (SP) in Mental Health (1 h); 2) Mental Health Literacy (MHL) Programme (6 h); 3) MHL plus first-person Stigma Reduction (MHL + SR) (7 h); 4) Control group: waiting list.
Primary outcomes: 1) MHL: EspaiJove.​net MHL Test (EMHLT); 2) Stigma: Reported and Intended Behaviour Scale (RIBS) and Community Attitudes toward the Mentally Ill (CAMI). Others outcomes: 1) Acceptability of intervention; 2) Mental health symptoms and emotional well-being (SDQ); 3) States of Change Scale (SCS); 4) Bullying and Cyberbullying; 5) Quality of life (EQ-5D); 6) Help seeking and use of treatment; 7) Health benefits.

Discussion

Results would be informative for efforts to prevent mental disorders and promote mental wellbeing in secondary school students.

Trial registration

NCT03215654 (date registration July 12, 2017).
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Metadata
Title
“EspaiJove.net”- a school-based intervention programme to promote mental health and eradicate stigma in the adolescent population: study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial
Authors
Rocío Casañas
Victoria-Mailen Arfuch
Pere Castellví
Juan-José Gil
Maria Torres
Angela Pujol
Gemma Castells
Mercè Teixidó
Maria Teresa San-Emeterio
Hernán María Sampietro
Aleix Caussa
Jordi Alonso
Lluís Lalucat-Jo
Publication date
01-12-2018
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
BMC Public Health / Issue 1/2018
Electronic ISSN: 1471-2458
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-018-5855-1

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