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Evaluation of Link for Equity (Students of Color Population)

NCT04026490 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 518

Last updated 2025-09-19

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Summary

The investigators propose to develop and evaluate Link for Equity, a trauma-informed system of care. Link, a system of support for ACE-affected children, is composed of universal school Trauma-Informed Care. Preventing Racism through Awareness and Action (PRAA) is a perspective-taking racism/discrimination prevention intervention for school staff that increases awareness of racism and how it impacts students and promotes empathy for students of color. Link for Equity will be translated to be culturally responsive for 12 secondary public schools in metropolitan and rural Minnesota with substantial racial/ethnic minority students and racial/ethnic disparities in school discipline and violence. Using a nested, rigorous, and ethically acceptable randomized waitlist control design, the investigators will implement and evaluate Link for Equity sequentially for two years in each school. The overall goal is to evaluate if Link for Equity can reduce school violence disparities.

Conditions

  • Behavior

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Immediate Intervention

The Interventionist will use motivational interviewing skills, assess ethnic and racial microaggressions, and provide support, screen for posttraumatic stress, and, if appropriate, link student to advanced care. The student may meet with the Interventionist several times during the remainder of the school year. These meetings will be approximately 10-30 minutes in length and occur during the school day in a private location determined by the Interventionist. The student may be referred to additional resources as a result of the meetings. The meetings will be documented by the Interventionist using a case management system (in RedCap).

BEHAVIORAL

Waitlist Intervention

In order to compare outcomes contemporaneously, students from waitlisted schools will be asked to complete baseline and follow-up surveys, which will be collected at approximately the same time as in the immediate intervention schools. The data will be captured for analysis at the end of the study. Students will complete intervention following the waitlist period.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)

    collaborator NIH

  • University of Minnesota

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Marizen Ramirez, PhD, MPH · University of Minnesota

  • Andrew Ryan, MS · University of Minnesota

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
9 Years
Max Age
19 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-08-01
Primary Completion
2025-09-11
Completion
2025-09-11

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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