Improving Mental Health and Well-Being for Child Care Providers

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What this research studies

Many essential workers, like child care providers, experience significant stress that affects their health and well-being. Traditional stress management programs can be hard to access due to time and resource limitations. This project offers a new, fully online program called Stress Management and Resilience Training (SMART) that can be completed from anywhere. It involves brief weekly learning sessions and short daily practices designed to be easy to fit into a busy schedule. The goal is to see if this remote approach can effectively improve mental health for this important workforce.

Why it matters

Where this research is happening

• Univ of North Carolina Chapel Hill
  Chapel Hill, United States Active

Researchers

• Principal investigator: Jones, Deborah J — Univ of North Carolina Chapel Hill
• Study coordinator: Jones, Deborah J

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About this research

1. This is an active NIH-funded research project — typically early-stage science, not a clinical trial accepting patient enrollment.
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