SOVA Ambassadors Community Setting
SOVA Ambassadors Community Setting
The purpose of this study is to examine participant adherence to intervention feasibility and acceptability of intervention, attention control, and implementation strategy.
A 1:1 pilot randomized controlled trial of the SOVA Peer Ambassador Program compared to attention control: brief psychoeducational independent assignments (i.e. reading SOVA articles and responding to open-ended questions without content creation and without peer interaction) (N=40) and evaluate feasibility of implementation strategy.
Inclusion Criteria:
Can read and understand English
Has completed 6th grade
Scores at least 5 or greater on the PHQ-8 (depression) and/or 5 or greater on GAD-7 (anxiety) consistent with at least mild symptoms
Exclusion Criteria:
Has an intellectual or physical ability which prohibits reading text on the internet (can participate if able to use with assistance, e.g. can use text to speech)
No active email account (can participate if plans to create one)