针对移民青年社会资本的数字增强型指导：混合方法试点研究和随机对照试验方案

Digitally Enhanced Mentoring for Immigrant Youth Social Capital: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Pilot Study and a Randomized Controlled Trial.

作者信息

Radlick Rebecca Lynn, Svedberg Petra, Nygren Jens M, Przedpelska Sarah, Gammon Deede

机构信息

Norwegian Research Centre, Bergen, Norway.

School of Health and Welfare, Halmstad University, Halmstad, Sweden.

出版信息

JMIR Res Protoc. 2020 Mar 17;9(3):e16472. doi: 10.2196/16472.

DOI:10.2196/16472

PMID:32181746

原文链接:https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7109612/

Abstract

BACKGROUND

There are large disparities between immigrants and native Norwegians in domains such as health, education, and employment. Reducing such disparities is essential for individual and societal well-being. Social capital is associated with positive effects on these domains, and mentoring programs have the potential to boost social capital. However, few studies have assessed mentoring as a social capital intervention among youth or the potential barriers and facilitators of implementing digitally augmented mentoring.

OBJECTIVE

The goal of this paper is to describe a protocol for assessing the implementation and effectiveness of a digitally augmented mentoring program for immigrant youth as a health intervention to promote social capital. The two-stage analytical framework for a pilot study followed by a randomized controlled trial (RCT) is presented. The pilot aims to assess program fidelity and make necessary intervention adjustments before the RCT. The RCT aims to assess the effects of the implemented intervention program on social capital and the relationship between program fidelity and effects.

METHODS

Both the pilot and RCT will use mixed methods with a process evaluation approach used to structure the intervention and a pre-post test survey component to measure social capital and fidelity of program implementation. Interviews will also be used to enrich the quantitative data from the survey.

RESULTS

The pilot study is scheduled to begin in fall 2019. Based on data analyses in spring 2020, potential adjustments will be made to the intervention, with findings used in preparation for the full-scale RCT study.

CONCLUSIONS

Digitally enhanced mentoring programs may be a helpful intervention for providing immigrant youth with tools for increasing their social capital and indirectly improving health outcomes. This protocol provides new knowledge about the implementation and evaluation of such programs.

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摘要

背景

移民与挪威本土居民在健康、教育和就业等领域存在巨大差异。减少这些差异对个人和社会福祉至关重要。社会资本对这些领域有积极影响，而指导计划有可能提升社会资本。然而，很少有研究评估指导作为青年社会资本干预措施的情况，或实施数字增强型指导的潜在障碍和促进因素。

目的

本文的目标是描述一项评估数字增强型指导计划对移民青年作为促进社会资本的健康干预措施的实施情况和有效性的方案。提出了先进行试点研究然后进行随机对照试验（RCT）的两阶段分析框架。试点旨在评估计划的保真度，并在RCT之前进行必要的干预调整。RCT旨在评估实施的干预计划对社会资本的影响以及计划保真度与效果之间的关系。