Systems Aligning for Equity (SAFE) Spaces

Suicide Clinical Trial

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Official title:

Experimental Evaluation of a Multi-site Suicide Intervention for Youth During and After Residential Placement

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05658068
• Other study ID #: IRB-FY2019-3228
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: April 23, 2022
• Est. completion date: May 31, 2025

Study information

• Verified date: January 2024
• Source: New York University
• Contact: Shabnam Javdani, PhD
• Phone: (212) 992-9739
• Email: shabnam.javdani[@]nyu.edu
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The goal of this 2-arm cluster randomized clinical trial is to test whether an evidence-based staff training and coaching model specifically designed as a response to legal system-involved youths' and frontline staff's mental health needs can improve the safety and suicide outcomes, mental health challenges, and wellness and facility climate for youth and staff in facilities assigned to the intervention condition. Staff in facilities assigned to the intervention are eligible to receive evidence-based programming in suicide detection and prevention (Shield of Care; SOC) and wellness skill-building (Skills for Life) through training and personalized coaching. Multiple training sessions will be offered to small groups of staff in-person in residential facilities and paired with personalized in-person and virtual coaching. Staff and youth in all facilities will be asked to complete periodic surveys assessing experiences in the facility, suicide and safety knowledge and risk, and their mental health and wellness. Researchers will compare outcomes of staff in youth in facilities assigned to the intervention compared to facilities in the training-as-usual condition.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 800
• Est. completion date: May 31, 2025
• Est. primary completion date: August 1, 2024
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: N/A and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Placement in in ACS-run or contracted residential facilities enrolled in the study during the first 2 years of the intervention period

• Proficiency in English

Exclusion Criteria:

• Not placed in an ACS run-or contracted facility enrolled in the study during the study period

• Lack of proficiency in English.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Burnout, Professional
• Mental Disorder
• Mental Disorders
• Mental Health
• Self Harm
• Suicide

Intervention

Behavioral:
• SAFE Spaces training and coaching
Staff in facilities assigned to the intervention are eligible to receive evidence-based programming in suicide detection and prevention (Shield of Care; SOC) and wellness skill-building (Skills for Life) through training and personalized coaching. Multiple training sessions will be offered to small groups of staff in-person in residential facilities and paired with personalized in-person and virtual coaching.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	New York University	New York	New York

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
New York University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Decreases in Suicidal Ideation Questionnaire (Davis, 1992) and suicide subscale of Massachusetts Youth Screening Instrument (Grisso et al., 2001)	Change in suicide ideation, thoughts, and behaviors	1 year
Primary	Decreases on Self-Injurious Thoughts and Behaviors Interview (Nock et al., 2007)	Change in self-harm thoughts and behaviors	1 year
Primary	Decreases on internalizing and externalizing subscales of Massachusetts Youth Screening Instrument (Grisso et al., 2001)	Change in mental health correlates of suicide	1 year
Primary	Decreased burnout and increased job efficacy on the Professional Quality of Life measure (Stramm, 2016) and the Maslach Burnout Inventory	Change in staff burnout and job efficacy	1 year
Primary	Change in responses on the Inventory of Depression and Anxiety Symptoms (Watson et al., 2007)	Change in staff mental health	1 year
Primary	Increased suicide knowledge and response skills from Tennessee's state-wide gatekeeper training (Schut & Lockman, 2013)	Change in suicide knowledge and response skills	1 year
Primary	Increased self-harm knowledge response skills from Tennessee's state-wide gatekeeper training (Schut & Lockman, 2013)	Change in self-harm knowledge and response skills	1 year