Hand in Hand, We Rise (Xie Shou Gong Jin)

Sponsor
Brown University
Study ID
NCT07722455
Status
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Conditions

  • Mental Health
  • Suicide
  • Suicide Awareness
  • Suicide Prevention

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
11 Years - N/A
Healthy Volunteers
Accepted

Interventions

  • Xie Shou Gong Jin — BEHAVIORAL
    Six schools will be randomly assigned in a 1:1 ratio to either the intervention group or the control group; the intervention group will simultaneously implement the "Youth Strengths \& Skills Curriculum (YSSC)" curriculum for students, "Life Gatekeeper" training for teachers, and mental health information dissemination for caregivers.
  • Regular psychoeducation class — BEHAVIORAL
    Psychoeducation classroom as usual in schools, provided by teachers to students as part of the regular school curriculum

Study Details

This study aims to conduct a cluster randomized controlled trial to assess the feasibility of implementing the "Hand in Hand, We Rise" (Xie Shou Gong Jin) multi-stakeholder collaborative school-based suicide prevention program in rural public junior high schools. Six schools will be randomly assigned in a 1:1 ratio to either the intervention group or the control group; the intervention group will simultaneously implement the "Youth Strengths \& Skills Curriculum (YSSC)" curriculum for students, "Life Gatekeeper" training for teachers, and mental health information dissemination for caregivers. The primary objectives are to evaluate recruitment, retention, adherence, implementation fidelity, acceptability, and safety within real-world school settings, and to preliminarily estimate changes in indicators such as suicidal ideation, depression, anxiety, loneliness, help-seeking attitudes, mental health stigma, self-esteem, school climate, and bullying. The findings will provide parameters and an implementation basis for a subsequent large-scale, multi-school cluster randomized controlled trial.

Key Dates

First listed
Jul 23, 2026
Start date
Aug 31, 2026
Status verified
Jul 2026
Primary completion
Jul 31, 2027
Completion
Jul 31, 2027

Study Design

Enrollment
1,680 participants (estimated)
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION

Arms

  • Experimental: Hand in Hand, We Rise
    Six schools will be randomly assigned in a 1:1 ratio to either the intervention group or the control group; the intervention group will simultaneously implement the "Youth Strengths \& Skills Curriculum (YSSC)" curriculum for students, "Life Gatekeeper" training for teachers, and mental health information dissemination for caregivers. Students' intervention (YSSC) includes a 6-session course, with each session delivered by school mental health teachers approximately every 2 weeks. Parents' intervention also includes 6-lesson course, with each lesson delivered approximately every 2 weeks. Teachers' intervention will be a 1-to-2-day(s) training delivered right after the randomization.
  • Active Comparator: Usual care
    Psychoeducation classroom education for students as usual

Primary Outcome Measure

Suicide Ideation Attributes Scale (SIDAS) [ Time Frame: Baseline, 4 months (post-intervention) and 8 months follow-up ]

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