Improving mental health literacy in adolescents through community health worker home visits: a cohort-nested randomized controlled trial in Burkina Faso, Ghana, and Tanzania

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

DRKS

Registry ID

DRKS00037671

Enrollment

3300

Registered

2025-08-18

Start date

2025-09-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-10-06

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Conditions

Mental health literacy

Interventions

Group 1: Mental Health Curriculum. This is an education intervention that provides information on the following topics: i) Mental health, ii) Stress and stress response, iii) Building resilience, iv)

only those assigned to Arm 1 will be eligible for this nudge intervention arm.

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

13 Years to 19 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: - Minors under 18 years old: Parents or guardians must provide written informed consent, and the minor participant must provide informed assent. - Adults (18 years of age and above) must provide written informed consent. - Study participants must be residents of the study area.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Participants who do not meet the above-listed criteria will be excluded.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Mental health literacy (adapted UMHL-A, Universal Mental Health Literacy scale for Adolescents)	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Depressive (PHQ-9), anxiety (GAD-7) and suicide symptoms as well as coping skills (KIDCOPE), resilience (Connor Davidson) and self-efficacy (GSE)	—

Countries

Burkina Faso, Ghana, Tanzania

Contacts

Public ContactIrene Brandt

Heidelberg Institute of Global Health (HIGH)

irene.brandt@uni-heidelberg.de496221565344

Outcome results

None listed

Source: DRKS (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026