TRUsted rEsidents and Housing Assistance to Decrease Violence Exposure in New Haven

NCT ID: NCT05723614

Last Updated: 2025-04-08

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

61770 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2023-02-01

Study Completion Date

2027-07-31

Brief Summary

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The overall objective of this study is to implement and test a strengths-based, community-driven intervention to reduce gun violence by (1) improving housing stability through providing financial assistance coupled with comprehensive financial education for the re-entry population as well as their family members, and (2) fostering greater support for mental health by training a trusted network of community members in trauma-informed counseling.

Detailed Description

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Proposed is a type I hybrid effectiveness/implementation study using a neighborhood-level, stepped-wedge trial design across six primarily Black/Latinx, socially vulnerable neighborhoods in New Haven. Residents of each neighborhood who have been affected by incarceration (i.e., currently have a family member incarcerated or a person returning to the community from prison within the last 12 months) will be eligible for our intervention for a period of 6 months. The Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR) and the Reach, Effectiveness, Adoption, Implementation, and Maintenance (RE-AIM) implementation science frameworks will be used to measure and track processes in achieving outcomes. A mixed methods approach will be used, primarily the use of quantitative methods for this study, along with qualitative focus groups will be conducted to assess some implementation outcomes. The primary outcome, rates of gun violence at the neighborhood level, are obtained from administrative data. Survey data will be collected for some implementation process measures (e.g., assessing acceptability and appropriateness of the intervention).

Conditions

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Firearm Injury

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

SEQUENTIAL

One component of the intervention will focus on providing housing support for recently incarcerated people as well as family members of currently incarcerated people. The target sample size is about 1,400. The other component of the intervention is mental wellness training for neighborhood residents to participate in trauma-informed care training sessions.
Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Control

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Intervention

The two components in the intervention arm of TRUE HAVEN are: housing support for recently incarcerated people as well as family members of currently incarcerated people, and mental wellness training for neighborhood residents to participate in trauma-informed care training sessions.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

TRUE HAVEN

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The two components of the TRUE HAVEN intervention are: housing support for recently incarcerated people as well as family members of currently incarcerated people, and mental wellness training for neighborhood residents to participate in trauma-informed care training sessions.

Interventions

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TRUE HAVEN

The two components of the TRUE HAVEN intervention are: housing support for recently incarcerated people as well as family members of currently incarcerated people, and mental wellness training for neighborhood residents to participate in trauma-informed care training sessions.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Age 18 or above
* Family member currently incarcerated or person returning from prison within the last 12 months
* Live in one of the six neighborhoods with highest rates of gun violence in New Haven, Connecticut

Exclusion Criteria

* Plans to leave the study area within 1 year
Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)

NIH

Sponsor Role collaborator

Yale University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Emily Wang, MD, MAS

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Yale University

Locations

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Beaver Hills

New Haven, Connecticut, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Fair Haven

New Haven, Connecticut, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Hill North and South

New Haven, Connecticut, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Newhallville

New Haven, Connecticut, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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United States

Central Contacts

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Emily Wang, MD, MAS

Role: CONTACT

(203) 737-7624

Facility Contacts

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Virginia Spell

Role: primary

Virginia Spell

Role: primary

Virginia Spell

Role: primary

Virginia Spell

Role: primary

References

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Tong G, Spell VT, Horton N, Thornhill T, Keene D, Montgomery C, Spiegelman D, Wang EA, Roy B. Trusted residents and housing assistance to decrease violence exposure in New Haven (TRUE HAVEN): a strengths-based and community-driven stepped-wedge intervention to reduce gun violence. BMC Public Health. 2023 Aug 14;23(1):1545. doi: 10.1186/s12889-023-15997-x.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 37580653 (View on PubMed)

Tong G, Spell VT, Horton N, Thornhill T, Keene D, Montgomery C, Spiegelman D, Wang EA, Roy B. TRUsted rEsidents and Housing Assistance to decrease Violence Exposure in New Haven (TRUE HAVEN): A strengths-based and community-driven stepped-wedge intervention to reduce gun violence. Res Sq [Preprint]. 2023 May 10:rs.3.rs-2874381. doi: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-2874381/v1.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 37214890 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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1R01MD017526-01

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: secondary_id

View Link

2000032184

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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