Enhancing Early Engagement (E3) in Mental Health Services Training for Children's Advocacy Center's Victim Advocates: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial

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dc.contributor.authorTaylor, E. K., Dopp, A. R., Lounsbury, K., Thompson, Y., Miller, M., Jorgensen, A., & Silovsky, J. F.
dc.date.accessioned2021-07-19T15:39:39Z
dc.date.available2021-07-19T15:39:39Z
dc.date.issued2021
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dc.description.abstractBackground: Child maltreatment is a major public issue in the United States, yet most children affected by abuse or neglect never engage in evidence-based practices (EBP) for child mental health. Children’s Advocacy Centers (CACs’) are uniquely situated to serve as Family Navigators who connect children impacted by maltreatment to appropriate EBPs. In fact, the CAC position of Victim Advocate mirrors the Mental Health Family Navigator national initiative. Methods: We developed, implemented, and will evaluate web-based and consultative training for Victim Advocates to enhance early engagement in services (E3 training). The interactive web-based training will embed key targets of knowledge and skills related to family engagement, trauma, and EBP services. Participating CACs will be randomized to E3 webinar-based training, E3 webinar plus consultation, or delayed training. The project will test the E3 training’s impact on key mechanisms of change (e.g., knowledge, skills) to improve rates of screening, referral, and access to EBP services. The feasibility of implementing the training program, and differential impact and costs by level of training will be examined. Discussion: The overarching goal of this project is to test a training that is readily implemented through CACs and examine the mechanisms for improving early engagement and, ultimately, child and adolescent mental health outcomes. Results and cost ndings will be used to plan a large-scale comprehensive, mixed-methods Hybrid Type II effectiveness-implementation and cost-effectiveness trial of Family Navigator E3 training. If outcomes are positive, considerable infrastructure exists to support the scale-up and sustainability of E3 training nationwide, by embedding the training in national CAC training protocols.en_US
dc.identifier.citationTaylor, E. K., Dopp, A. R., Lounsbury, K., Thompson, Y., Miller, M., Jorgensen, A., & Silovsky, J. F. (2021). Enhancing Early Engagement (E3) in Mental Health Services Training for Children's Advocacy Center's Victim Advocates: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-375263/latest.pdf
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11212/5174
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherResearch Squareen_US
dc.subjectchild abuseen_US
dc.subjectchildren's advocacy centersen_US
dc.subjectsexual abuseen_US
dc.subjectvictim advocatesen_US
dc.subjecttrainingen_US
dc.titleEnhancing Early Engagement (E3) in Mental Health Services Training for Children's Advocacy Center's Victim Advocates: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trialen_US
dc.typearticleen_US

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