NCT05391711

Culturally Smart Relationships Study

Evaluation of a Cultural Humility and Social Justice Training Program for Volunteer Mentors of Youth of Color

• Status: Active Not Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 800 (estimated)
• Sponsor: University of Illinois at Chicago · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 9 Years – 17 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The aim of this study is to examine whether and how the provision of a cultural humility and social justice training and support program to volunteer mentors can change their interactions with youth, improve the effectiveness of programs and foster positive outcomes for low-income youth of color. Mentor-youth dyads (N=240) will be randomly assigned either to an intervention that includes cultural humility and social justice training and enhanced support or to a control group. Survey and interview data will be collected from a variety of sources, including mentors, youth, parents and case managers. Case records about mentor-youth dyads will also be collected.

Detailed description

The aim of this study is to examine whether and how the provision of a cultural humility and social justice training and support program to volunteer mentors can change their interactions with youth, improve the effectiveness of programs and foster positive outcomes for low-income youth of color. The study's specific aims are to investigate: 1. The impact of a cultural humility and social justice training and supports for BBBS mentors of youth of color on: 1. mentor's cultural humility and social justice knowledge, attitudes and approach to their mentoring relationships, 2. the quality of the mentor-youth relationships, and 3. youth's developmental outcomes 2. The processes through which the intervention achieves the above effects. The study is being conducted in partnership with Big Brothers Big Sisters of America (BBBSA) and participants will be recruited from 7 BBBSA affiliates located in different regions of the U.S. Participants will include 240 mentor-youth dyads and their case managers and youth's parents. Youth will be low-income, youth of color between the ages of 9 and 17 years. Mentor-youth dyads will be randomly assigned either to an intervention that includes cultural humility and social justice trainings and enhanced support or to a control group (business as usual). Mentors will complete survey measures at baseline, 4 months and 12 months. Youth and case managers will complete survey measures at baseline and 12 months, while parents complete a baseline survey. Program case records will be examined as well. A subset of mentor-youth dyads (n=24) and their case managers and parents will participate in a qualitative longitudinal study. The qualitative methods will include two individual interviews of youth and mentors, a virtual dyadic interview of the mentoring dyad, interviews with parents and case managers as well as recorded supervisory contacts with mentors.

Conditions

• Racism

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Culturally Smart Relationships	Mentors assigned to the intervention will receive the following trainings and support: 1. Online Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI) trainings (self-paced) 2. Culturally Smart Relationships Training (live, virtual) 3. JEDI enhanced monthly supervision from case managers 4. Monthly emails with activity suggestions for mentors and youth

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-02-16
• Primary completion: 2025-01-31
• Completion: 2025-01-31
• First posted: 2022-05-26
• Last updated: 2024-09-27

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States