Evaluation of SAFER Latinos' Program to Prevent Youth Violence

Violence Clinical Trial

Official title:

Evaluation of SAFER Latinos' Program to Prevent Youth Violence

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00527358
• Other study ID #: CDC-NCIPC-4924
• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 2/Phase 3
• First received: September 6, 2007
• Last updated: February 8, 2012
• Start date: September 2006
• Est. completion date: December 2010

Study information

• Verified date: February 2012
• Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United States: Federal Government
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This is an evaluation of a primary prevention program to prevent youth violence by improving family cohesion, networking among families, school bonding, and access to services for Latinos in Langley Park, MD.

Description:

To prevent youth involvement in violence, outreach workers will work with families and youth to improve school bonding, family cohesion and awareness and utilization of existing services; and a youth drop-in center will provide youth with an adult supervised place to "hang out", do homework, or participate in sports and job training.

Following implementation of the intervention, we will collect detailed process data (regarding implementation), and evaluate impact/outcome using a quasi-experimental design with baseline (prior to intervention) and two followup data collections in both the intervention and a control community (Culmore, Virginia), measuring change in a selected set of aggregate community variables that represent mediating factors and outcomes for youth violence in Langley Park. Data will be collected via a survey and focus groups.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 1400
• Est. completion date: December 2010
• Est. primary completion date: December 2010
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 12 Years to 24 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• youth 12-24 and their caregiver

Exclusion Criteria:

• residence outside of Langley Park or Culmore

Study Design

Allocation: Non-Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Prevention

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Violence

Intervention

Behavioral:
• SAFER (Seguridad, Apoyo, Familia, Educacion, y Recursos)
community lay workers will do family outreach and assist families in networking with other families and accessing community services, facilitating parent-youth and family-school communication and homework help for children, and help with translation of school or government/official notices; youth leaders will provide a supportive presence, help youth navigate the system at school so that they can get help if needed, disseminate information about job training and possibilities, provide education about avoiding violence; school support services will offer academic support, acculturation orientation, language, conflict resolution skills training, advocacy and referrals; Youth drop-in center will provide youth with an adult supervised place to "hang out", do homework, or participate in sports and job training.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	George Washington University	Washington	District of Columbia

Sponsors (4)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Joanne Klevens	George Washington University, Latin American Youth Center, Latino Federation of Greater Washington

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Youth violence		within the next 2 years after intervention started	No
Secondary	family cohesion		within the next 2 years after start of intervention	No
Secondary	school bonding		within the next 2 years after start of intervention	No
Secondary	exposure to antisocial, substance abusing, or violent peers		within the next 2 years after start of intervention	No