Integration of a Culturally Responsive Family Peer Delivered Engagement Strategy in Coordinated Specialty Care
Washington State University
Summary
Family members/support persons' engagement in mental health services has been linked to reduced burden and stress and improves engagement and outcomes in individuals in the early stages of psychosis. The goal of FAMES is to address low family member/support person engagement in services. FAMES will also address disparities in coordinated specialty care (CSC) by using a culturally responsive family engagement strategy to be delivered by family peers.
Description
The overall goal of this mixed-methods, clustered stepped-wedged designed study is to examine the effectiveness of a family peer implemented in coordinated specialty care programs at engaging family members in services. The use of a family peer is anticipated to increase family member participant's feelings of connectedness, self-efficacy, and motivation which will in turn improve family member participants engagement in scheduled coordinated specialty care services such as family psychoeducation. Recruitment will consist of dyads compromised of a family member support person and a correspond…
Eligibility
- Age range
- 18+ years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- No
Family Member / Support Person Inclusion Criteria: * Family member/support person of an individual enrolled in coordinated specialty care services for less than or equal to 6 months. * 18 years of age or older. * During the active implementation period (FAMES) did not participate in the attention control condition. Exclusion Criteria: * If they do not understand the consent process. * If they do not speak and/or understand English or Spanish. Primary Service User Inclusion Criteria * enrolled in coordinated specialty care services for less than or equal to 6 months. * 15 years of age or o…
Interventions
- BehavioralFAMES
225 dyads (family member/support persons and individuals receiving services for psychosis) will be recruited over a period of 30 months. Family member/support persons will be connected to a family peer for a period of 12 weeks who will use the cultural formulated interview to develop rapport and identify unique cultural needs which can inform treatment and resource identification. Participants will receive brief contact, family psychoeducation, and be connected to an online family resource group where they can receive additional support from certified peers and other family member/support persons.
- BehavioralControl
participants will receive 12 weeks of automated communication which contain positive messaging, appointment reminders, links to community resources, and coping skills.
Locations (4)
- Deschutes County Behavioral Health EASABend, Oregon
- Comprehensive HealthcarePasco, Washington
- Lucid LivingTacoma, Washington
- Comprehensive HealthcareYakima, Washington