A Microfinance Intervention With or Without Peer Support to Improve Mental Health Among Transgender and Nonbinary Adults (the Creating Access to Resources and Economic Support Study): Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial (Q29821)
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- A Microfinance Intervention With or Without Peer Support to Improve Mental Health Among Transgender and Nonbinary Adults (the Creating Access to Resources and Economic Support Study): Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial.
- A Microfinance Intervention With or Without Peer Support to Improve Mental Health Among Transgender and Nonbinary Adults (the Creating Access to Resources and Economic Support Study)
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Transgender and nonbinary (TNB) people experience economic and psychosocial inequities that make them more likely to be subject to financial and mental health harms exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. (English)
BACKGROUND (English)
©Tonia C Poteat, Sari L Reisner, Andrea L Wirtz, Larissa Jennings Mayo-Wilson, Carter Brown, Wiley Kornbluh, Ash Humphrey, Nancy Perrin. Originally published in JMIR Research Protocols (https://www.researchprotocols.org), 26.08.2024. (English)
2024
Sustainable, multilevel interventions are needed to address these harms. (English)
BACKGROUND (English)
©Tonia C Poteat, Sari L Reisner, Andrea L Wirtz, Larissa Jennings Mayo-Wilson, Carter Brown, Wiley Kornbluh, Ash Humphrey, Nancy Perrin. Originally published in JMIR Research Protocols (https://www.researchprotocols.org), 26.08.2024. (English)
2024
The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic galvanized many TNB-led organizations to provide emergency financial and peer support for TNB people negatively impacted by the pandemic. (English)
BACKGROUND (English)
©Tonia C Poteat, Sari L Reisner, Andrea L Wirtz, Larissa Jennings Mayo-Wilson, Carter Brown, Wiley Kornbluh, Ash Humphrey, Nancy Perrin. Originally published in JMIR Research Protocols (https://www.researchprotocols.org), 26.08.2024. (English)
2024
However, the efficacy of these interventions has not been evaluated. (English)
BACKGROUND (English)
©Tonia C Poteat, Sari L Reisner, Andrea L Wirtz, Larissa Jennings Mayo-Wilson, Carter Brown, Wiley Kornbluh, Ash Humphrey, Nancy Perrin. Originally published in JMIR Research Protocols (https://www.researchprotocols.org), 26.08.2024. (English)
2024
The Creating Access to Resources and Economic Support (CARES) study seeks to assess the efficacy of feasible, acceptable, and community-derived interventions to reduce economic and psychological harms experienced by transgender people in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. (English)
BACKGROUND (English)
©Tonia C Poteat, Sari L Reisner, Andrea L Wirtz, Larissa Jennings Mayo-Wilson, Carter Brown, Wiley Kornbluh, Ash Humphrey, Nancy Perrin. Originally published in JMIR Research Protocols (https://www.researchprotocols.org), 26.08.2024. (English)
2024
The study aims to (1) compare the efficacy of microgrants with peer mentoring with that of microgrants without peer mentoring in reducing psychological distress, (2) examine mechanisms by which microgrants with or without peer mentoring may impact psychological distress, and (3) explore participants' intervention experiences and perceived efficacy. (English)
OBJECTIVE (English)
©Tonia C Poteat, Sari L Reisner, Andrea L Wirtz, Larissa Jennings Mayo-Wilson, Carter Brown, Wiley Kornbluh, Ash Humphrey, Nancy Perrin. Originally published in JMIR Research Protocols (https://www.researchprotocols.org), 26.08.2024. (English)
2024
We will enroll 360 TNB adults into an embedded, mixed methods, 3-arm, and 12-month randomized controlled trial. (English)
METHODS (English)
©Tonia C Poteat, Sari L Reisner, Andrea L Wirtz, Larissa Jennings Mayo-Wilson, Carter Brown, Wiley Kornbluh, Ash Humphrey, Nancy Perrin. Originally published in JMIR Research Protocols (https://www.researchprotocols.org), 26.08.2024. (English)
2024
Participants will be randomized 1:1:1 to arm A (enhanced usual care), which will receive a single microgrant plus monthly financial literacy education, arm B (extended microgrants), which will receive enhanced usual care plus monthly microgrants, or arm C (peer mentoring), which will receive extended microgrants combined with peer mentoring. (English)
METHODS (English)
©Tonia C Poteat, Sari L Reisner, Andrea L Wirtz, Larissa Jennings Mayo-Wilson, Carter Brown, Wiley Kornbluh, Ash Humphrey, Nancy Perrin. Originally published in JMIR Research Protocols (https://www.researchprotocols.org), 26.08.2024. (English)
2024
All intervention arms last for 6 months, and participants complete semiannual, web-based surveys at 0, 6, and 12 months as well as brief process measures at 3 and 6 months. (English)
METHODS (English)
©Tonia C Poteat, Sari L Reisner, Andrea L Wirtz, Larissa Jennings Mayo-Wilson, Carter Brown, Wiley Kornbluh, Ash Humphrey, Nancy Perrin. Originally published in JMIR Research Protocols (https://www.researchprotocols.org), 26.08.2024. (English)
2024
A subset of 36 participants, 12 (33%) per arm, will complete longitudinal in-depth interviews at 3 and 9 months. (English)
METHODS (English)
©Tonia C Poteat, Sari L Reisner, Andrea L Wirtz, Larissa Jennings Mayo-Wilson, Carter Brown, Wiley Kornbluh, Ash Humphrey, Nancy Perrin. Originally published in JMIR Research Protocols (https://www.researchprotocols.org), 26.08.2024. (English)
2024
Full recruitment began on January 8, 2024, and, as of July 26, 2024, a total of 138 participants have enrolled. (English)
RESULTS (English)
©Tonia C Poteat, Sari L Reisner, Andrea L Wirtz, Larissa Jennings Mayo-Wilson, Carter Brown, Wiley Kornbluh, Ash Humphrey, Nancy Perrin. Originally published in JMIR Research Protocols (https://www.researchprotocols.org), 26.08.2024. (English)
2024
Recruitment is expected to be completed no later than March 31, 2025, and the final study visit will take place in March 2026. (English)
RESULTS (English)
©Tonia C Poteat, Sari L Reisner, Andrea L Wirtz, Larissa Jennings Mayo-Wilson, Carter Brown, Wiley Kornbluh, Ash Humphrey, Nancy Perrin. Originally published in JMIR Research Protocols (https://www.researchprotocols.org), 26.08.2024. (English)
2024
This national, web-based study will demonstrate whether an intervention tailored to reduce material hardship and improve peer support among TNB adults will reduce psychological distress. (English)
CONCLUSIONS (English)
©Tonia C Poteat, Sari L Reisner, Andrea L Wirtz, Larissa Jennings Mayo-Wilson, Carter Brown, Wiley Kornbluh, Ash Humphrey, Nancy Perrin. Originally published in JMIR Research Protocols (https://www.researchprotocols.org), 26.08.2024. (English)
2024
Its equitable, community-academic partnership will ensure the rapid dissemination of study findings. (English)
CONCLUSIONS (English)
©Tonia C Poteat, Sari L Reisner, Andrea L Wirtz, Larissa Jennings Mayo-Wilson, Carter Brown, Wiley Kornbluh, Ash Humphrey, Nancy Perrin. Originally published in JMIR Research Protocols (https://www.researchprotocols.org), 26.08.2024. (English)
2024
ClinicalTrials.gov NCT05971160; https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT05971160. (English)
TRIAL REGISTRATION (English)
©Tonia C Poteat, Sari L Reisner, Andrea L Wirtz, Larissa Jennings Mayo-Wilson, Carter Brown, Wiley Kornbluh, Ash Humphrey, Nancy Perrin. Originally published in JMIR Research Protocols (https://www.researchprotocols.org), 26.08.2024. (English)
2024
DERR1-10.2196/63656. (English)
INTERNATIONAL REGISTERED REPORT IDENTIFIER (IRRID) (English)
no value
©Tonia C Poteat, Sari L Reisner, Andrea L Wirtz, Larissa Jennings Mayo-Wilson, Carter Brown, Wiley Kornbluh, Ash Humphrey, Nancy Perrin. Originally published in JMIR Research Protocols (https://www.researchprotocols.org), 26.08.2024. (English)
2024
Tonia C (English)
Poteat (English)
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Sari L (English)
Reisner (English)
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Andrea L (English)
Wirtz (English)
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Larissa Jennings (English)
Mayo-Wilson (English)
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Carter (English)
Brown (English)
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Wiley (English)
Kornbluh (English)
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Ash (English)
Humphrey (English)
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Nancy (English)
Perrin (English)
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12 September 2024
26 August 2024