Evaluation of SAFER Latinos' Program to Prevent Youth Violence

NCT ID: NCT00527358

Last Updated: 2012-02-10

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: PHASE2/PHASE3
• Total Enrollment: 1400 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2006-09-30
• Study Completion Date: 2010-12-31

Brief 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.

Detailed 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.

Conditions

Violence

Study Design

• Allocation Method: NON_RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: PREVENTION
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

SAFER

The intervention community will receive 4 services:

1. 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;

2. 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, and provide education about avoiding violence;

3. school support services will offer academic support, acculturation orientation, language, conflict resolution skills training, advocacy and referrals;

4. Youth drop-in center: will provide youth with an adult supervised place to "hang out", do homework, or participate in sports and job training.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

SAFER (Seguridad, Apoyo, Familia, Educacion, y Recursos)

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

1. 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;

2. 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;

3. school support services will offer academic support, acculturation orientation, language, conflict resolution skills training, advocacy and referrals;

4. Youth drop-in center will provide youth with an adult supervised place to "hang out", do homework, or participate in sports and job training.

2

Business as usual.

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

SAFER (Seguridad, Apoyo, Familia, Educacion, y Recursos)

1. 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;

2. 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;

3. school support services will offer academic support, acculturation orientation, language, conflict resolution skills training, advocacy and referrals;

4. Youth drop-in center will provide youth with an adult supervised place to "hang out", do homework, or participate in sports and job training.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• youth 12-24 and their caregiver

Exclusion Criteria

• residence outside of Langley Park or Culmore

• Minimum Eligible Age: 12 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 24 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

George Washington University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Latin American Youth Center

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Latino Federation of Greater Washington

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Joanne Klevens

FED

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Joanne Klevens

epidemiologist

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Mark Edberg, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

George Washington University

Locations

George Washington University

Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States

Countries

United States

Other Identifiers

CDC-NCIPC-4924

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id