Amudhan 2021.
| Study name | Project SUMS (Scaling Up of Mental Health in Schools): design and methods for a pragmatic, cluster‐randomized waiting‐list‐controlled trial on integrated school mental health intervention for adolescents |
| Methods |
Study design: cluster‐RCT Country: India |
| Participants | Students studying in 6–8 grade Inclusion criteria: a. all children enrolled in class 6th and 7th grade of the participating higher‐primary public schools Exclusion criteria: a. children who did not give informed assent; b. children whose parents/guardians did not provide written informed consent; c. children who were absent for the baseline assessment even after two attempted visits; d. children aged > 15 years at enrolment. Stated purpose: to assess the effectiveness of evidence‐informed integrated school mental health intervention (SUMS) in promoting mental health knowledge, positive attitudes towards mental illness, and behaviours for First Aid in Mental Health amongst adolescent school children |
| Interventions |
Intervention: SUMS intervention (MHP + MHL + MH‐FA) The Scaling Up of Mental Health in Schools intervention is a classroom‐based teacher‐led integrated school mental health intervention that will promote positive mental health, mental health literacy and behaviours for First Aid in Mental Health amongst school‐going adolescent school children. The SUMS intervention takes the form of a classroom‐ready resource (the curriculum resource guide) designed to be delivered by usual classroom teachers to students in grades 6 and 7 (ages 12 to 15 years). The curriculum resource guide contains 10 modules categorized under 3 units (Mental Health Promotion, Mental Health Literacy and First Aid in Mental Health). Control: Usual care (control‐schools will continue to provide regular teaching as usual of the existing course to their students. The control group will receive the interventions at the end of the 12‐month follow‐up assessment in intervention‐schools). |
| Outcomes |
Participants' outcomes of interest for this review
Economic outcomes Nil Time points: baseline, post‐intervention (12‐month follow‐up) |
| Starting date | Recruitment after March 2022 |
| Contact information | Senthil Amudhan, sam_mmc1999@yahoo.co.in |
| Notes |
Source of funding: Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi, India under “Call for concept proposals for identifying Young and Middle level Faculty to participate in Research Methodology Workshop” Prospective trial registration number: Clinical Trials Registry‐India: CTRI/2019/07/020394 |