Study Recruitment Flyer titled "Seeking Study Participants: Understanding How Mental Health Professionals Provide Care to Black Caribbean Communities" that lists Twanna Hodge's email and a QR code to more study information

Invitation to Participate in a Research Study: Understanding How Mental Health Professionals Provide Care to Black Caribbean Communities

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Twanna Hodge, a member of the CEDI Lab, is conducting a research study called “Understanding How Mental Health Professionals Provide Care to Black Caribbean Communities: A Phenomenological Study.” This research study examines mental health professionals’ experiences providing care to English-speaking Black Caribbean communities. Understanding mental health professionals’ experiences could lead to reshaping mental health education, policy, and promotion to address health disparities and combat the sociocultural stigma around mental health for English-speaking Black Caribbean communities.

She is looking for participants who are:

  • at least 18 years of age

  • speak English

  • a licensed mental health professional who practices in the contiguous United States of America, Jamaica, or Trinidad and Tobago

  • current licensure status or professional credentials

  • currently provides professional mental health services to English-speaking Black/Afro-Caribbean immigrants in the United States OR to people of African descent in Trinidad or Jamaica

Participants will be asked to complete a 4-question online screening questionnaire that will take less than 5 minutes and a 13-question demographic questionnaire that will take 10 minutes or less. If ineligible based on the screening survey, they cannot access the demographic survey or will be invited for an interview. Permission to audio-video record is required for participation. Then, they will participate in a 90-minute virtual interview via Zoom. Afterward, they will receive a $50 US Visa digital gift card for participating in the interview.

The University of Maryland’s Institutional Review Board approved the study, protocol number 2195613-1. Participation is confidential. If you have any questions, please get in touch with her at tkhodge@umd.edu.