Web-based Intervention for Disaster-Affected Youth and Families

A single disaster, terrorist attack, or other large-scale incident can adversely affect thousands of youth and families. Immediate consequences may include unmet basic needs and high economic burden, particularly among underserved populations. Disasters also can dramatically affect family roles and relationships over time (e.g., family routines, marital stress, parent-child interactions). Whereas most youth are resilient in the aftermath of disasters (i.e., do not develop serious mental health or health-risk problems), the prevalence of various problems of public health significance (e.g., PTSD, depression, substance abuse) clearly increases in this population. This underscores the need for effective, widely accessible, culturally-appropriate and cost-efficient interventions that foster resilience or rapid recovery relative to the health effects of disasters. Yet, few evidence-informed resources are available to youth and families to facilitate post-disaster resilience and recovery. Primary aims of this project are: (a) to develop a Web-based intervention for disaster-affected adolescents and parents targeting prevalent health-related correlates of disasters (i.e., development phase), (b) to conduct a randomized controlled population-based study to examine feasibility and preliminary efficacy of the intervention (i.e., randomized controlled trial [RCT] phase) and cultural relevance (i.e., perceived applicability of the intervention to one's cultural group), and (c) to refine the intervention based on RCT-phase data.

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Key information

Conditions

Mental Health Wellness 1

Age range

12 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

adolescent between the ages of 12-17 and primary caregiver,
residence in study identified location(s) at time of disaster,
home internet connectivity

Exclusion criteria

adolescent's primary caregiver not available,
no adolescents in home,
not residing in location at time of disaster,
poor or no internet connectivity

Treatment and study plan

Bounce Back Now Website

Behavioral

Bounce Back Now is a web-based psychoeducation and self-help website

Primary outcomes

Change in adolescent mental health symptoms

Time frame: baseline, 4 month followup, and 12 month followup
Change in parent mental health symptoms

Time frame: baseline, 4 month followup, 12 month followup
Change in parent-child conflict

Time frame: baseline, 4 month followup, 12 month followup
Change in parent-child relationship quality

Time frame: baseline, 4 month followup, 12 month followup

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Medical University of South Carolina

Other

Collaborators

National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

Registry information

Important dates

Study start: 2010
Primary completion: 2013
Study completion: 2014
First posted: May 25, 2012
Registry last updated: Oct 6, 2014

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