Evaluating Outcomes for Youth Receiving Hospital-based Violence Prevention With and Without a Community-level Initiative

NCT ID: NCT04192318

Last Updated: 2022-03-25

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: TERMINATED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 2 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2020-02-10
• Study Completion Date: 2020-02-10

Brief Summary

The purpose of this research study is to test if a hospital-based violence prevention strategy with a community-level initiative is effective for cross-cutting violence prevention in violently injured youth.

Detailed Description

This study will test if youth who receive the Bridging the Gap (BTG) and Communities that Care (CTC Plus) will see greater improvements than youth who either receive BTG only, CTC Plus only or no intervention. This study will allow researchers to learn more about the intervention's effectiveness for a range of violent outcomes. It will also help researchers understand if violence prevention efforts affect other behaviors, such as drug use and rates of violent re-injury.

Participants will be asked to complete surveys about their behavior, personality, and experiences, and their parent/child's personality, behavior, and experiences. These surveys take about 45-60 minutes to complete. These questionnaires will be completed before the intervention has taken place and then again 6 months later. Participation in this study will last up to 6 months. Approximately 408 individuals will participate in this study.

Conditions

Violence in Adolescence

Study Design

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

Study Groups

Hospital-based violence prevention with community initiative

Youth who are living in communities that receive Communities that Care Prevention System (CTC) will also receive Bridging the Gap (BTG), a hospital-based violence prevention program with 6-months of community case management.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Bridging the Gap

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Bridging the Gap is a hybrid model for violence prevention which integrates a hospital-based brief violence intervention (BVI) delivered to the patient while in hospital with a wrap-around community case management prevention strategy.

Communities that Care (CTC)

Intervention Type: OTHER

In CTC programs stakeholders elect evidence-based prevention strategies that are most appropriate for their community. These evidence-based strategies target their community's specific needs, such as reducing risk factors while supporting and increasing protective factors.

Hybrid hospital based violence prevention

Youth who do not live in a community that has CTC but will receive BTG.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Bridging the Gap

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Bridging the Gap is a hybrid model for violence prevention which integrates a hospital-based brief violence intervention (BVI) delivered to the patient while in hospital with a wrap-around community case management prevention strategy.

Treatment as usual

Youth living in a community without the CTC program and will receive treatment as usual (TAU) in the hospital.

Group Type: ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Treatment as usual

Intervention Type: OTHER

Treat and release

Treatment as usual with community initiative

Youth living in a community with the CTC program and will receive treatment as usual (TAU) in the hospital.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Communities that Care (CTC)

Intervention Type: OTHER

In CTC programs stakeholders elect evidence-based prevention strategies that are most appropriate for their community. These evidence-based strategies target their community's specific needs, such as reducing risk factors while supporting and increasing protective factors.

Treatment as usual

Intervention Type: OTHER

Treat and release

Interventions

Bridging the Gap

Bridging the Gap is a hybrid model for violence prevention which integrates a hospital-based brief violence intervention (BVI) delivered to the patient while in hospital with a wrap-around community case management prevention strategy.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Communities that Care (CTC)

In CTC programs stakeholders elect evidence-based prevention strategies that are most appropriate for their community. These evidence-based strategies target their community's specific needs, such as reducing risk factors while supporting and increasing protective factors.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Treatment as usual

Treat and release

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

1. Violently injured youth receiving treatment at VCU

2. Aged between 12 and 21 years old

3. Living in Richmond City

1. Parent/caregiver of the youth participant 2. Parent/caregivers must be 18 years old or older

Exclusion Criteria

1. Non-English speaking

2. Ages <12 and >21 years

3. Prisoners are excluded

• Minimum Eligible Age: 12 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 21 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

FED

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Virginia Commonwealth University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

Nicholas Thomson, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Virginia Commonwealth University

Locations

Virginia Commonwealth University

Richmond, Virginia, United States

Countries

United States

Provided Documents

Document Type: Informed Consent Form

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Other Identifiers

1K01CE003160-01

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: secondary_id

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HM20017786

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id