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ACTRN12620000088943
Prevention
Not Applicable
Government body,Australian National Health and Medical Research Council
Dr Thach Tran
Mental health problems are more prevalent among adolescents in low- and lower-middle income countries (LALMIC), where most of the world’s young people live, than in high-income countries. As yet, there is little recognition of mental health, and few mental health programs or services exist for adolescents in these settings. We have demonstrated that in Vietnam, one in seven young people attending secondary school had experienced suicidal thoughts or plans in the previous year, over a third (34%) .... Read more
Grade 10 student Studying in a selected class
Students whose parents do not give permission for them to participate. Students who do not wish to participate.
Yes
Sample Size 1084
Min. age 14 Years
Max. age 17 Years
Sex Both males and females
Condition category Mental health
Condition code Mental Health
Intervention code Behaviour , Prevention
Intervention name - Happy House The Resourceful Adolescent Program for adolescents (RAP-A) is a school-based program designed to promote factors that protect against adolescent depression and other mental health problems. It is a strengths-based program, focussed on developing strengths rather than on the pathology. The intervention for this trial is Happy House, the culturally-adapted RAP-A for adolescents in Vietnam. Happy House will be delivered through six workshop-style sessions, with a foc .... Read more
Control group Active
Participants in the control group will only receive the usual school curriculum.
Outcome: Depression, assessed using the Centre for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale Revised (CESD-R) Timepoint: Six months post-intervention
yes
All individual participant data collected during the trial will be shared after de-identification
Data will be available from 31/12/2021, with no determined end date
Anyone who wishes to access the data will be able to
The data will be available for analyses of any purpose