Actively Recruiting
WHO Mental Health Gap Action Program (mhGAP) for Improving Child Mental and Behavioral Disorder Service Quality in China
Led by Sun Yat-sen University · Updated on 2025-05-16
375
Participants Needed
9
Research Sites
65 weeks
Total Duration
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AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if the adapted mhGAP intervention guide (mhGAP-IG) can improve quality of child mental and behavioral disorders (CMBDs) services in China. It will also learn about the implementation of the mhGAP-IG delivered by kindergarten teachers. The main questions it aims to answer are: * Does the adapted mhGAP-IG reduce the symptom severity among children with CMBDs between two and sis years old? * Does the adapted mhGAP-IG reduce psychological distress among caregivers of children with CMBDs? * Does the adapted mhGAP-IG improve mental and behavioral health serivces capacity among kindergarten teachers in China? * How is the feasibility, acceptablity, and what are barriers and facilitators of implementation? Researchers will compare the adapted mhGAP-IG to child healthcare as usual to see if the adapted mhGAP-IG can improve quality of child mental and behavioral disorders services in China. Participants (kindergarten teachers) will: * Complete questionnaires and scales at baseline and at 3-, 6-, 9- and 12- months of intervention; * Receive mhGAP-based trainings; * Deliver long-term child mental and behavioral disorders services (including screenings, referals, follow-up, and physcosocial interventions) to children with CMBDs. Participants (children/caregivers) will: * Complete questionnaires and scales at baseline and at 3-, 6- and 12- months of intervention. * Accept long-term CMBDs management (including screenings, referals, follow-up management, and physcosocial interventions) from mhGAP-trained kindergarten teachers.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
WHO Mental Health Gap Action Program (mhGAP) for Improving Child Mental and Behavioral Disorder Service Quality in China
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Child aged 2 to 6 years
- Child screened positive by the mhGAP-IG screening tool
- Child will stay in Zhongshan City for the next year
- Kindergarten teachers with at least one year of work experience in selected kindergartens
- Kindergarten teachers available to participate in the mhGAP training
You will not qualify if you...
- Child has physical or mental conditions requiring hospital admission
- Child received CMBDs services from specialized mental health workers in the past 6 months
- Child or caregivers with deafness or blindness
- Child or caregivers unavailable or unwilling to participate
- Kindergarten teachers who have received mhGAP training before
- Kindergarten teachers planning long-term leave in the next year
- Kindergarten teachers unwilling to participate
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 9 locations
1
Zhongshan Zhengfa Kindergarten
Zhongshan, Guangdong, China, 528403
Actively Recruiting
2
Zhongshan Xiaolan Huasheng Kindergarten
Zhongshan, Guangdong, China, 528415
Actively Recruiting
3
Zhongshan Dongfeng Deshan Kindergarten
Zhongshan, Guangdong, China, 528425
Actively Recruiting
4
Zhongshan Huangpu Boya Oriental Pearl Kindergarten
Zhongshan, Guangdong, China, 528429
Actively Recruiting
5
First Kindergarten in Zhongshan Torch High-Tech Industrial Development Zone
Zhongshan, Guangdong, China, 528437
Active, Not Recruiting
6
Third Kindergarten in Zhongshan Torch High-Tech Industrial Development Zone
Zhongshan, Guangdong, China, 528437
Active, Not Recruiting
7
Xiao Yin Kindergarten in Zhongshan Torch High-Tech Industrial Development Zone
Zhongshan, Guangdong, China, 528437
Active, Not Recruiting
8
Zhangjiabian Kindergarten in Zhongshan Torch High-Tech Industrial Development Zone
Zhongshan, Guangdong, China, 528437
Active, Not Recruiting
9
Shaxi Xin Shimen Kindergarten in Zhongshan City.
Zhongshan, Guangdong, China, 528471
Active, Not Recruiting
Research Team
W
Wen Chen, Professor
CONTACT
M
Meng Zheng
CONTACT
How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
NONE
Allocation
NA
Model
SEQUENTIAL
Primary Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Number of Arms
1
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