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Filter by:Introduction: This 12-month pilot randomized controlled trial (RCT) builds on previous community-engaged work and explores whether portable rent subsidies and an intervention targeting identity capital (purpose, control, self-efficacy, and self-esteem) hold promise as a way to facilitate socioeconomic inclusion for youth (age 16 - 24 years) exiting homelessness and living in market rent housing in Ontario, Canada. All (n = 40) participants will receive rent subsidies; half will be randomly assigned an identity capital intervention (co-designed leadership guide + coach). Methods and analysis: This study will employ a convergent mixed methods, two-arm parallel RCT, open-label design with 1:1 allocation embedded within a Community Based Participatory Action Research framework and underpinned by Critical Social Theory. Specifically, the objectives and measures are: 1. Primary - examine whether targeted economic and identity-based supports are a feasible and acceptable way to foster socioeconomic inclusion. Measures: recruitment/enrolment/dropout metrics; self-report composite checklists regarding intervention engagement; qualitative focus groups. 2. Secondary - assess differences between targeted economic and identity-based supports (intervention group) and economic supports only (control group) at the 12-month primary endpoint with respect to self-reported socioeconomic inclusion measures of: 1) education, employment and training (EET); 2) housing security; and 3) identity capital. Measures: self-report composite EET checklist; self-report measures of housing security and identity capital. 3. Exploratory - explore whether variables at baseline (e.g., participant demographics such as gender or global assessment of individual needs [GAIN]) suggest the intervention may be more feasible and acceptable for certain groups of young people. Measures: select variables from the baseline demographic; GAIN-Short Screener questionnaires for those in the intervention group. Ethics and dissemination: This study received ethical approval from the Unity Health Toronto Research Ethics Board. The investigators will continue working alongside community partners - including youth with lived expertise - to disseminate findings broadly and in diverse formats.
The purpose of the Imperial Valley Regional Occupational Program (IVROP) ReadyforLIFE program evaluation is to determine whether primary (i.e., behaviors) and secondary (i.e., attitudes) outcomes improve for youth participants after completing the ReadyforLIFE program. Understanding the ways in which the IVROP ReadyforLIFE program supports healthy partner relationships and economic stability is important for those providing services to at-risk youth populations.
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.