@article{ref1,
title="Universal, school-based mental health program implemented among racially and ethnically diverse youth yields equitable outcomes: building resilience for healthy kids",
journal="Community mental health journal",
year="2023",
author="Chandrasekhar, Jessica L. and Bowen, Anne E. and Heberlein, Erin and Pyle, Emily and Studts, Christina R. and Simon, Stacey L. and Shomaker, Lauren and Kaar, Jill L.",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="Although suicide is a leading cause of mortality among racial and ethnic minority youth, limited data exists regarding the impact of school-based mental health interventions on these populations, specifically. A single-arm pragmatic trial design was utilized to evaluate the equity of outcomes of the universal, school-based mental health coaching intervention, Building Resilience for Healthy Kids. All sixth-grade students at an urban middle school were invited to participate. Students attended six weekly sessions with a health coach discussing goal setting and other resilience strategies. 285 students (86%) participated with 252 (88%) completing both pre- and post-intervention surveys. Students were a mean age of 11.4 years with 55% identifying as girls, 69% as White, 13% as a racial minority, and 18% as Hispanic. Racial minority students exhibited greater improvements in personal and total resilience compared to White students, controlling for baseline scores.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0010-3853",
doi="10.1007/s10597-023-01090-5",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10597-023-01090-5"
}