Tertulias Social Isolation Women's Groups Study

Completed · Not applicable · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Social Isolation, Depression

In brief

This study will use a multi-level, community-engaged approach to implement "TERTULIAS" ("conversational gatherings" in Spanish). The intervention uses an innovative, culturally and contextually situated peer support group design that was developed by the investigators to improve health outcomes and reduce health disparities for female mexican immigrant (FMI) participants in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The study will use a rigorous, transdisciplinary, QUAL⇒QUANT, mixed-method research design. The investigators will document results of the intervention on the primary hypotheses of a decrease in depression, and increases in resilience and social support, as well as on the secondary hypotheses of decreased stress (including the use of innovative testing of hair cortisol as a biomarker for chronic stress), and an increase in social connectedness and positive assessment of knowledge and empowerment gained through the TERTULIAS intervention.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT04254198

Run by

University of New Mexico

People needed

241

Starts

2020-07-01

Expected to finish

2024-08-30

Last updated by the study team

2025-12-01

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 90. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Over age 18
• Female immigrant
• Born in Mexico
• Reports household income under 250% Federal Poverty Level
• Speaks Spanish fluently

You may not qualify if…

• prisoners
• individuals unable to consent
• children

Where it is running

• Centro Savila — Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
• One Hope Centro De Vida Health Center — Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States

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