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NCT ID: NCT06440460 Enrolling by invitation - Anxiety Disorders Clinical Trials

Intergenerational Study of War-Affected Youth

ISWAY
Start date: May 27, 2024
Phase:
Study type: Observational

War-related violence is a leading driver of mental disorders and illness affecting children in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Parents exposed early in life to war-related violence and loss are at risk for mental health problems and may pass risks to their offspring. The study posits that war-related trauma alters the stress-response circuitry in ways that endure into adulthood and affect the next generation. This will be the first investigation in a 20-year longitudinal study to examine mechanisms that link parental war-related trauma exposure and subsequent mental health problems to risk for mental disorders in offspring. This study will extend the first intergenerational study of war in Sub-Saharan Africa (R01HD073349) to focus on children (aged 7-24) born to war-affected parents. Assessments of behavioral and biological indicators of the Research Domain Criteria (RDoC)-linked constructs of self-regulation and stress reactivity will be collected, including autonomic nervous system reactivity, inflammation, and telomere length as well as sophisticated observations of parent-child interactions and synchrony. These measures will be utilized to identify potentially modifiable risk and protective processes both to inform the development of screening tools to identify families at risk for poor child mental health and to be deployed as active ingredients of interventions to reduce transmission of mental health problems to children of war-affected parents. This follow-up study involves the following activities: 1. Pilot to assess measure performance and field test study protocols. 1. Translation and adaptation of newly selected measures 2. Pilot study of new child and adult measures with 36 caregivers and 60 children in a district of Sierra Leone unlinked to participants to test the feasibility and validity of new tools. 2. Fifth wave of data collection from war-affected youth who are now parents and their children aged 7-24. 1. Household tracking and re-enrollment of 145 households that were formerly enrolled in the Longitudinal Study of War-Affected Youth (LSWAY; T1: 2002, T2: 2004, T3: 2008, T4: 2016). 2. Quantitative (full sample) and qualitative (subsample) data collection with 145 households who were enrolled in T4 LSWAY, including war-affected youth who are now parents, their intimate partners, and their children aged 7-24. Through these activities, the investigators will test three overarching hypotheses: 1. Childhood war-related trauma exposure will be associated with mental difficulties (anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress, disruptions of emotion regulation). 2. Poor mental health in war-affected parents will be associated with emotional and behavioral disruptions in biological offspring. 3. Risk and protective factors across the social ecology may serve as intervention targets to mitigate the effects of parental war-related trauma on behavioral disruptions and stress physiology, both within and across generations.

NCT ID: NCT05768217 Recruiting - Violence, Domestic Clinical Trials

Community Resiliency Collective Efficacy Intervention

Start date: June 11, 2024
Phase: N/A
Study type: Interventional

This study will evaluate, via a cluster-randomized controlled trial, the effectiveness of a community-centered intervention that promotes thriving and resiliency to reduce community violence.

NCT ID: NCT05743478 Recruiting - Adolescent Behavior Clinical Trials

Forging Hopeful Futures to Reduce Youth Violence

FHF
Start date: July 10, 2023
Phase: N/A
Study type: Interventional

This cluster-randomized community-partnered study will examine the effectiveness of a racial-, gender-, and economic-justice focused youth violence prevention program called Forging Hopeful Futures with youth ages 13-19.

NCT ID: NCT04474158 Recruiting - Adolescent Behavior Clinical Trials

Creating Peace: Community-based Youth Violence Prevention to Address Racism and Discrimination

Start date: December 4, 2020
Phase: N/A
Study type: Interventional

This cluster-randomized community-partnered study will examine the effectiveness of a trauma-sensitive, gender transformative youth violence prevention program called Creating Peace that integrates racism and discrimination prevention with youth ages 14-19.

NCT ID: NCT04388696 Completed - Adolescent Behavior Clinical Trials

A Feasibility Trial of Sisterhood 2.0

Start date: December 1, 2018
Phase: N/A
Study type: Interventional

This pilot quasi-experimental community based trial examines the feasibility of a sexual violence and adolescent relationship abuse prevention program for girls aged 14-19. Feasibility is assessed through participant attendance, retention and program satisfaction measures and interviews are conducted at baseline, end of program and 3 month follow up (endline) about participant experiences.

NCT ID: NCT04095429 Completed - Adolescent Behavior Clinical Trials

Expect Respect Middle School Randomized Trial

Start date: October 3, 2019
Phase: N/A
Study type: Interventional

This cluster-randomized school-based study will examine the effectiveness of a teen dating violence (TDV) and sexual violence (SV) prevention program called Expect Respect for preventing serious violence perpetration among middle school students.

NCT ID: NCT03334942 Active, not recruiting - Clinical trials for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder

Addressing Traumatic Stress Symptoms in Children

Start date: November 2, 2017
Phase: N/A
Study type: Interventional

The objective of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of the Child and Family Traumatic Stress Intervention (CFTSI), provided soon after a violent traumatic event, in producing significant and sustained reduction in PTSS among assault injured youth.

NCT ID: NCT02771132 Completed - Clinical trials for Violence, Non-accidental

A Cluster-randomized Trial to Assess a Sexual Assault Prevention Intervention in Adolescents in Nairobi, Kenya

Start date: September 2015
Phase: N/A
Study type: Interventional

The primary objective of this study is to compare the effectiveness of classroom-based behavioral interventions (12-hour girls program and 12-hour boys program), to a standard-of care intervention, on reducing the incidence of self-reported sexual assault among girls from baseline. Secondary objectives of this study is to determine the impact of the interventions on related physical and mental health status/outcomes, STI-risk behaviors, self-efficacy, and self-esteem.

NCT ID: NCT02573480 Terminated - Violence Clinical Trials

Optimization Study of the Wraparound Care for Youth Injured by Violence Program

Start date: November 2015
Phase: N/A
Study type: Interventional

This study is an optimization study to evaluate how a wraparound program for youth who have been injured by violence helps to change violence related attitudes and beliefs, change individual risk factors for violence and reduce the risk of future injury due to violence. Wraparound care involves linking the youth with a support worker who will work with the youth to develop positive support networks and help them link with services that address risk factors towards future violence.

NCT ID: NCT02561949 Completed - Clinical trials for Violence, Non-accidental

Adapting Mental Health Interventions for War-Affected Youth Through Employment Programs

Start date: September 2015
Phase: N/A
Study type: Interventional

The research will first examine data obtained from YRI participants to investigate effects of the group sessions on psychosocial functioning outcomes in youth aged 15 - 24. The research also intends to examine whether youth participating in YRI and complementary income generating activities will fare better than an employment only control group. Finally, the research intends to examine whether utilizing lay health workers are a is cost-effective and scalable method for addressing mental health concerns. The research will investigate the following hypotheses: 1. Participants who are exposed to YRI will demonstrate greater reduction in mental health and behavioral problems than participants who are waitlisted for YRI over the same period; emotion regulation will operate as a major mechanism of YRI improvements; high comorbidity will be a treatment modifier; 2. Improvements in mental health and functioning due to YRI will lead to (mediate) greater employment outcomes and superior economic self-sufficiency over time; and 3. Homelessness, orphanhood, young parenthood, and high problems in emotion regulation co-morbid with other mental health conditions will be major moderators lessening the effectiveness of YRI. 4. Lay and trained practitioners at agencies participating in the combined mental health-employment program will demonstrate high fidelity to evidence-based treatment components and that good satisfaction, social support, and professional exchange of evidence-based practices will emerge.