Culture and Well-Being for Latinos

Description

The proposed K23 study is an intervention study using an experimental therapeutics approach. This pilot RCT asks: "Does SOCIAL-ENGAGE increase cultural-social engagement and decrease suicide risk among Spanish-speaking adults?" We will first optimize a behavioral intervention - SOCIAL ENGAGE (S-ENGAGE) - for target engagement using human-centered design approaches with Spanish-speaking adults at risk for suicide (n=5) and then conduct a pilot RCT (n=60) to test target engagement (cultural-social engagement) and clinical impact (suicide risk) of S-ENGAGE with this population. The ultimate goal is for S-ENGAGE to be offered as a suicide prevention program for Hispanics at risk for suicide.

Conditions

Social Isolation, Loneliness, Suicidal Ideation

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

The proposed K23 study is an intervention study using an experimental therapeutics approach. This pilot RCT asks: "Does SOCIAL-ENGAGE increase cultural-social engagement and decrease suicide risk among Spanish-speaking adults?" We will first optimize a behavioral intervention - SOCIAL ENGAGE (S-ENGAGE) - for target engagement using human-centered design approaches with Spanish-speaking adults at risk for suicide (n=5) and then conduct a pilot RCT (n=60) to test target engagement (cultural-social engagement) and clinical impact (suicide risk) of S-ENGAGE with this population. The ultimate goal is for S-ENGAGE to be offered as a suicide prevention program for Hispanics at risk for suicide.

Culture and Well-Being for Latinos: Study Protocol for Cultural-Social Engagement and Suicide Among Hispanics (K23MH125078)

Culture and Well-Being for Latinos

Condition
Social Isolation
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Rochester

University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States, 14642

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Identify as Hispanic/Latino adult (age 18+);
  • * Primary Spanish-Speaker;
  • * Patient in the UR health system;
  • * Low cultural-social engagement (i.e., score ≤ 2 on the adapted Berkman-Syme Social Network Index);
  • * Elevated suicide risk (i.e., presence of passive or active suicide ideation in the past month on the Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale \[C-SSRS\]).
  • * Medical or psychiatric comorbidities that impair ability to consent (e.g., active psychotic or manic episode, cognitive impairment).

Ages Eligible for Study

18 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

University of Rochester,

Study Record Dates

2025-07-31