Evaluating Outcomes for Youth Receiving Hospital-based Violence Prevention With and Without a Community-level Initiative

Violence in Adolescence Clinical Trial

Official title:

Evaluating Outcomes for Youth Receiving Hospital-based Violence Prevention With and Without a Community-level Initiative

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Terminated

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04192318
• Other study ID #: HM20017786
• Secondary ID: 1K01CE003160-01
• Status: Terminated
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: February 10, 2020
• Est. completion date: February 10, 2020

Study information

• Verified date: March 2022
• Source: Virginia Commonwealth University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this research study is to test if a hospital-based violence prevention strategy with a community-level initiative is effective for cross-cutting violence prevention in violently injured youth.

Description:

This study will test if youth who receive the Bridging the Gap (BTG) and Communities that Care (CTC Plus) will see greater improvements than youth who either receive BTG only, CTC Plus only or no intervention. This study will allow researchers to learn more about the intervention's effectiveness for a range of violent outcomes. It will also help researchers understand if violence prevention efforts affect other behaviors, such as drug use and rates of violent re-injury.

Participants will be asked to complete surveys about their behavior, personality, and experiences, and their parent/child's personality, behavior, and experiences. These surveys take about 45-60 minutes to complete. These questionnaires will be completed before the intervention has taken place and then again 6 months later. Participation in this study will last up to 6 months. Approximately 408 individuals will participate in this study.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Terminated
• Enrollment: 2
• Est. completion date: February 10, 2020
• Est. primary completion date: February 10, 2020
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 12 Years to 21 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Violently injured youth receiving treatment at VCU

2. Aged between 12 and 21 years old

3. Living in Richmond City

1. Parent/caregiver of the youth participant 2. Parent/caregivers must be 18 years old or older

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Non-English speaking

2. Ages <12 and >21 years

3. Prisoners are excluded

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Violence in Adolescence

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Bridging the Gap
Bridging the Gap is a hybrid model for violence prevention which integrates a hospital-based brief violence intervention (BVI) delivered to the patient while in hospital with a wrap-around community case management prevention strategy.

Other:
• Communities that Care (CTC)
In CTC programs stakeholders elect evidence-based prevention strategies that are most appropriate for their community. These evidence-based strategies target their community's specific needs, such as reducing risk factors while supporting and increasing protective factors.
• Treatment as usual
Treat and release

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Virginia Commonwealth University	Richmond	Virginia

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Virginia Commonwealth University	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Change in youth violence - self report	Self-report aggression	Baseline to 6 months
Primary	Change in youth violence - caregiver report	Caregiver-report of youth aggression	Baseline to 6 months
Primary	Change in youth dating violence	Self-report physical and psychological dating aggression	Baseline to 6 months
Primary	Change in youth sexual violence	Self-report sexual aggression	Baseline to 6 months
Secondary	Re-injury rate	Hospital records of number of youth participants who experienced another injury due to violence between the intervention and 6-month follow-up	6 months
Secondary	Community resources	Self-report: Number of community resources youth are engaging in	6 months
Secondary	Lost to follow-up rates	Study report: The number of youth who we are unable to complete the follow-up assessment for because they are unreachable or decline to continue participation.	6 months
Secondary	Change in trauma symptoms	Self-report trauma symptoms	Baseline to 6 months
Secondary	Change in substance use	Self-report of substance use	Baseline to 6 months
Secondary	Change in alcohol use	Self-report of alcohol use	Baseline to 6 months