A Fighting Chance: Pilot Study of a Group Mentoring Intervention for Assault Injured Youth

NCT ID: NCT04120441

Last Updated: 2021-01-05

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 14 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2020-08-03
• Study Completion Date: 2020-12-31

Brief Summary

This pilot study is a randomized controlled trial in which assault-injured 12-14 year old youth recruited from the emergency department (ED) are randomly assigned to standard care or "A Fighting Chance" group mentoring.

Detailed Description

The goal of this project is to adapt, implement and evaluate Take Charge! (a 1:1 mentoring intervention for assault-injured youth) for a group mentoring model.

This pilot study is a randomized controlled trial in which assault-injured 12-14 year old youth recruited from the emergency department are randomly assigned to standard care or "A Fighting Chance" group mentoring that includes a violence prevention curriculum and parent sessions. Immediately post-intervention and again at six-month follow up, youth violence-related, mental health and educational outcomes using validated measures will be assessed.

Conditions

Violence

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: PREVENTION
• Blinding Strategy: SINGLE

Study Groups

Group mentoring/Intervention

Study participants randomized to intervention will be enrolled in a Y in Central Maryland group mentoring program that meets weekly over a three month period. Parents will participate in three parenting sessions. Youth study participants will be interviewed about the youth's thoughts and behaviors and the youth's medical and school records will be reviewed. Parents will also be interviewed to ask questions about the program. The study will last for 12 months and youth/parents will be interviewed at the time of enrollment and 4-6 months later.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Group Mentoring/Intervention

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Study participants randomized to intervention will be enrolled in a Y in Central Maryland group mentoring program that meets weekly over a three month period. Parents will participate in three parenting sessions.

Routine care/control

Study participants randomized to control will receive information about community resources. Youth study participants will be interviewed about the youth's thoughts and behaviors and the youth's medical and school records will be reviewed. Parents will also be interviewed to ask questions about the program. The study will last for 12 months and youth/parents will be interviewed at the time of enrollment and 4-6 months later.

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

Group Mentoring/Intervention

Study participants randomized to intervention will be enrolled in a Y in Central Maryland group mentoring program that meets weekly over a three month period. Parents will participate in three parenting sessions.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Other Intervention Names

A Fighting Chance

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Injury: Eligible youth have been treated in the ED for an interpersonal intentional injuries excluding child abuse, sexual abuse, sibling fights, police fights, and other domestic violence-related fights involving relatives and/or household residents. These excluded types of violence have a different set of complex dynamics and services needs requiring separate study and intervention.
• Age: Eligible youth are age 12-14 years (i.e. up to the 14th birthday) and youths' parents/guardians are age 18 years and older.
• Mental/Physical Status: Youth and parents must have the cognitive ability to participate in the intervention. Those with severe psychopathology (i.e. severe history of mental illness with multiple psychiatric hospitalizations) or inability to comprehend questions, will be excluded.
• Language: English-speaking ability of the parent and child is necessary to enable participation in the intervention, training and assessments.
• Mentorship: Eligible youth are not currently participating in a formal mentoring program.

Exclusion Criteria

Additionally, there are youth eligibility criteria set by Y in Central Maryland policies which the investigators will follow. These include:

• Residence: Youth are not eligible if residence is outside of Baltimore City.
• Custody/child protection status: Youth are not eligible if youth have a caregiver currently involved in an ongoing custody dispute or Child Protective Services investigation. Youth are not eligible if youth live somewhere other than a residential setting with parents/guardians.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 12 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 14 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

OTHER

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Johns Hopkins University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

Leticia Ryan, MD MPH

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Johns Hopkins University

Locations

Johns Hopkins Children's Center

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Countries

United States

Other Identifiers

IRB00218737

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id