Improving the health and well-being of care leavers Not Applicable
Conditions
Interventions
The LIFT training - overview
The LIFT training is a brief, bespoke programme designed to assist Personal Advisors to support care leavers to better address their physical and mental health and well-be
Sponsors
University of Bristol
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Care leavers aged over 16 years at baseline 2. Allocated to a Leaving Care team for the first time in a four-month period beginning 2 months prior to baseline data collection.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Care leavers living in foster care (other than 'Staying Put' foster care) 2. Care leavers in a residential or secure setting of any kind 3. Care leavers with an allocated social worker for reasons other than being a care leaver e.g. as a result of being a parent themselves 4. Care leavers deemed by the local authority to present a risk to themselves or to research staff.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Feasibility measured using the recruitment and retention rates of personal advisors and care leavers, the completion of training by personal advisors in the intervention group, the proportion of care leavers and personal advisors who complete the study assessments, the ability to blind outcome assessors and the potential floor/ceiling effects in our proposed outcomes measures at baseline, post-training (for intervention PAs) and 24- and 48-weeks post-intervention | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Care Leaver’s Well-being status measured using 4 separate questions about personal well-being (not combined into a single scale), based on those used by the ONS at baseline, and 24 and 48 weeks 2. Care Leavers’ Physical health status measured using 4 questions about physical health from the Census at baseline, and 24 and 48 weeks 3. Care Leavers’ Quality of life measured using one of the following measures at baseline and again at 24 and 48 weeks (one in each Local Authority in this feasibility study in order to assess which is most acceptable): 3.1. Recovering Quality of Life (ReQoL) 20-item questionnaire (ReQoL20) 3.2. ReQoL 10-item questionnaire (ReQoL10) 3.3. EuroQol Group health-related quality of life in cost-effectiveness analysis comprising five dimensions (EQ-5D-5L) 4. Confidence in health professionals measured using the Revised Perceived Efficacy in Patient-Physician Interactions Questionnaire (PEPPI-10) at baseline, 24 and 48 weeks 5. Perceptions of PA empathy measured using 5 questions regarding perceptions of the personal advisor's empathic qualities developed for this purpose at baseline, 24 and 48 weeks 6. Psychological Coping (Mastery) measured using the Pearlin Mastery Scale questionnaire baseline, 24 and 48 weeks 7. Health service usage will be measured using an adapted version of the Client Service Receipt at baseline and at two monthly intervals | — |
Countries
England, United Kingdom
Outcome results
None listed