Emergency Department Healthcare Education Assessment and Response for Teen Relationships: A Pilot Feasibility Study

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

175 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2021-12-09

Study Completion Date

2023-09-21

Brief Summary

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This is a single-site, randomized, controlled trial. Investigators will evaluate feasibility of the Emergency Department Healthcare Education Assessment and Response for Teen Relationships (ED-HEART) intervention among adolescents age 14-19 years receiving care in the Children's Mercy emergency department.

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Detailed Description

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This study is a mixed methods feasibility evaluation that will use a randomized controlled trial to assess feasibility of Emergency Department Healthcare Education Assessment and Response for Teen Relationships (ED-HEART) (intervention arm: ED-HEART + teen resource list; control arm: enhanced standard care \[standard care + teen resource list\]). Adolescents age 14-19 years will be recruited and enrolled during an emergency department visit. Investigators will evaluate feasibility using the eight Bowen model feasibility constructs: acceptability, demand, implementation, practicality, adaptation, integration, expansion, and limited-efficacy testing. Investigators will also examine theory of planned behavior constructs (attitudes, beliefs, perceived behavioral control, intention) to facilitate exploratory analysis of factors that may contribute to differential outcomes.

Conditions

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Adolescent Behavior Emergency Department Abuse Physical Abuse Mental Abuse Verbal Abuse Domestic HEART Intimate Partner Violence

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Adolescents will be enrolled in one of two arms: Emergency Department Healthcare Education Assessment and Response for Teen Relationships (ED-HEART) (intervention arm) or Enhanced Usual Care (control arm). Adolescents will complete study surveys at baseline (Baseline Survey; intervention and control arms), immediately post-intervention (Exit Survey, intervention arm), and 12 weeks after intervention delivery (Follow-up Survey, intervention and control arms).

Primary Study Purpose

OTHER

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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ED-HEART (Intervention Arm)

All adolescents take a baseline survey in the Emergency Department (ED), receive Emergency Department Healthcare Education Assessment and Response for Teen Relationships (ED HEART) by a trained health educator, complete an exit survey while in the ED, complete a 6-week check-in to confirm contact information and aid retention, and complete a 12-week follow up survey.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

ED-HEART

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Behavioral intervention that assesses 1) healthy and unhealthy relationship behaviors, 2) conversation with partners around boundaries within relationships, 3) harm reduction strategies, and 4) resources for Adolescent Relationship Abuse (ARA) and related concerns, including Point of Care (POC) Reproductive and Sexual Health (RSH) harm reduction resources.

Enhanced Standard Care (Control Arm)

All adolescents take a baseline survey in the Emergency Department (ED), receive enhanced standard care (i.e., standard care + teen resource list), complete a 6-week check in to confirm contact information and aid retention, and complete a 12-week follow up survey.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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ED-HEART

Behavioral intervention that assesses 1) healthy and unhealthy relationship behaviors, 2) conversation with partners around boundaries within relationships, 3) harm reduction strategies, and 4) resources for Adolescent Relationship Abuse (ARA) and related concerns, including Point of Care (POC) Reproductive and Sexual Health (RSH) harm reduction resources.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* emergency department (ED) patient 14-19 years of age.

Exclusion Criteria

* Developmental delay, severe illness, or cognitive impairment precluding informed consent/assent or completion of study activities, as determined by ED team or study team.
* Current ED evaluation for acute sexual assault/abuse.
* Current mental or behavioral health symptoms precluding completion of study activities, as determined by ED team or study team.
* Caregiver declines to step out to allow assent/consent in private or adolescent declines for caregiver to step out to allow assent/consent or participation in private.
* Adolescent is non-English speaking.
* Parent is non-English or non-Spanish speaking.

Minimum Eligible Age

14 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

19 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes