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NCT number NCT05185453
Other study ID # STUDY21030140
Secondary ID 1K23HD098277-01
Status Completed
Phase N/A
First received
Last updated
Start date May 24, 2022
Est. completion date July 11, 2023

Study information

Verified date July 2023
Source University of Pittsburgh
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This pilot community-partnered cluster-randomized trial will examine the feasibility and acceptability of a social network-based youth violence prevention program called Strengthening Connections for Change for youth ages 13-17 and their key adult supports.


Description:

This pilot community-partnered cluster-randomized trial will examine the feasibility and acceptability of a social network-based youth violence prevention program called Strengthening Connections for Change for youth ages 13-17 and their key adult supports. Set in four lower resource Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania neighborhoods, this study brings together youth ages 13-17 and their self-identified key adult supports to focus on leadership, strengthening intergenerational networks, community engagement, and violence prevention.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Completed
Enrollment 76
Est. completion date July 11, 2023
Est. primary completion date July 11, 2023
Accepts healthy volunteers Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Gender All
Age group 13 Years and older
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria: Youth: - Participants must be ages 13-17 (inclusive) - Participants must speak English Adults - Participants must be ages 18 or older - Participants must speak English Exclusion Criteria: Youth: - Not ages 13-17 (inclusive) - Do not speak English Adults - Less than 18 years of age - Do not speak English

Study Design


Intervention

Behavioral:
Strengthening Connections for Change
Strengthening Connections for Change is a 12-session curriculum designed to strengthen adolescent-adult support networks, build leadership skills, foster community engagement, and challenge attitudes and behaviors that foster violence involvement. During the program, youth ages 13-17 years invite their self-identified key adult supports to jointly participate in programming including youth-focused, adult-focused and jointly focused activities. Towards the end of programming participants design and carry out a community project to strengthen intergenerational connections and promote community engagement.
Job Readiness Training
Job Readiness Training uses a group discussion format to learn specific skills to prepare for employment including developing goals, seeking jobs, preparing for interviews, and so forth.

Locations

Country Name City State
United States University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Pennsylvania

Sponsors (3)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
University of Pittsburgh Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Other Change in social network composition Participants will complete an abbreviated social network survey that asks them to identify key sources of emotional and instrumental support, and to characterize the nature of these relationships (network size, network density, mean link strength). Baseline, end of program (12 weeks)
Other Change in violence perpetration Summary score of past 30-day youth violence perpetration adapted from the Aggressive Behavior--SAGE Baseline survey (9 items, each measured on a 5-point frequency scale from 0 times to 7 or more times). Violence perpetration items will be added to create a summary violence perpetration score with 1 point for each response of at least 1 time (possible range: 0-9; lower score indicates better outcome). Baseline, end of program (12 weeks)
Other Change in violence victimization Summary score of past 30-day youth violence victimization adapted from the Victimization--Problem Behavior Frequency Scale (9 items, each measured on a 5-point frequency scale from 0 times to 7 or more times). Violence victimization items will be added to create a summary violence victimization score with 1 point for each response of at least 1 time (possible range: 0-9; lower score indicates better outcome). Baseline, end of program (12 weeks)
Other Change in attitudes towards violence Modified from the Children's Perception of Environmental Violence Scale, 6 items assessed on 5-point Likert scale, calculated as a mean score (possible range 1-5; lower score indicates better outcome). Baseline, end of program (12 weeks)
Other Change in coping Modified from the Healthy Pathways Child-Report Scales: Active Coping Scale, 7 items assessed on 5-point Likert scale, calculated as a mean score (possible range 1-5; higher score indicates better outcome). Baseline, end of program (12 weeks)
Other Change in future orientation Modified from the California Healthy Kids Survey, 7 items assessed on 5-point Likert scale, calculated as a mean score (possible range 1-5; higher score indicates better outcome). Baseline, end of program (12 weeks)
Primary Participant Attendance Attendance recorded at beginning and end of each session. Calculated as a proportion of total number of sessions attended (possible session attended #: 0-12 for youth participants and 0-9 for adult participants; possible proportion attended range: 0-1). through intervention completion, 12 weeks
Primary Participant Overall Satisfaction with Curriculum Content and Format assessed by researcher-generated Likert-scale items At the end of the program, participants will be asked about how satisfied they were overall with the topics discussed and format of the program using 5-point Likert scale items. Means score will be calculated across the items (possible range: 1-5; higher score means higher satisfaction). end of program (12 weeks)
Secondary Participant Satisfaction With Weekly Session Content assessed by researcher-generated Likert-scale items At the end of each weekly session, participants will be asked about how satisfied they were with the topics discussed for that session using 5-point Likert scale items. Means score will be calculated (possible range: 1-5; higher score means higher satisfaction). weekly for 12 weeks
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