The effectiveness of providing training and ongoing support to foster cultural humility in volunteers serving as mentors to youth of color: a mixed-methods study protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The aim of this randomized control trial is to test the impact of providing additional training and support to volunteers who are paired with youth of color in the Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS) community-based mentoring program. The aim of the intervention activities is to enhance the capacity of mentors to have more culturally responsive and informed interactions with their mentees of color, thereby strengthening the youth's ethnic/racial identity and abilities to both cope with experiences of racism and contribute to causes that advance social justice.

Methods

Recruitment started in June 2022, with a goal of enrolling 240 dyads (i.e., "matches"), each consisting of a volunteer mentor and a youth of color aged 9- to 17-years old with whom they were paired throu

SUBMITTER: Sanchez B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11761719 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature