Creating VIP Corps to Reduce Maternal Deaths

NCT ID: NCT06089109

Last Updated: 2025-10-07

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

2800 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2023-09-25

Study Completion Date

2027-09-29

Brief Summary

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The goal of this observational study is to create and rigorously evaluate a violence intervention and prevention corps (VIP Corps) training using a randomized controlled trial among undergraduate and professional students; and to develop a novel maternal injury surveillance system (MISS) to complement an existing maternal violent death registry in Kentucky.

Detailed Description

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The participant population defined in this study are undergraduate and professional students within their last educational year in a helping professionals program at the University of Kentucky, ages 18-30. This study will permit the creation of effective programming to train the next generation of health and social service professionals prepared to help reduce Kentucky's maternal mortality and injury rates over time with implementation.

Aim 1:

1. Create and rigorously evaluating Violence Intervention and Prevention Corps (VIP Corps) training using a randomized controlled trial among undergraduate and professional students.
2. Develop a novel maternal injury surveillance system (MISS) as a complement to an existing maternal violent deaths registry to accurately and reliably enumerate maternal injuries and deaths due to violence.

Aim 2:

1. Determine the effectiveness of complementary intervention and prevention strategies to increase interpersonal violence, substance use/disorder (IPV, SU/D), depression or anxiety screening.
2. Reduce symptoms among those who screen positive, and ultimately reduce maternal injuries and deaths due to violence.
3. Prospectively evaluate the effectiveness of a novel VIP training as the intervention condition relative to an attention control (SU/D and IPV awareness), to increase knowledge of the effects of intimate partner violence (IPV) on health outcomes, report intimate partner violence (IPV) screening behaviors, intimate partner violence (IPV) detection, and to reduce intimate partner violence (IPV) frequency among patients and clients over time.

Conditions

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Maternal Morbidity and Mortality

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Maternal Injury and Death Intervention

Our research team created a VIP Corps online, interactive learning management system (LMS) training. This VIP Corps online training will be offered to students enrolled in a helping profession. Students are randomized to this experimental intervention arm. This training seeks to provide helping professionals with information and resources to identify, intervene, and prevent maternal injuries from interpersonal violence, substance use/disorder (IPV and SU/D). This training will provide students with the knowledge, skills, and efficacy to intervene and build capacity for prevention of maternal injuries and death due to violence.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Implementation and Effectiveness of VIP Corps Training

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Implement and evaluate the effectiveness of VIP Corps training aimed at students enrolled in helping professions in their last program year. intervention efficacy to change in students' knowledge, attitudes, and practices of intimate partner violence (IPV) screening, detection, and referrals; participant practices will be the primary, longer-term outcome; while changes in knowledge and attitudes will be short-term outcomes. Secondary outcomes will include changes in detecting symptoms of a) SU/D and b) depression and/or anxiety and providing appropriate resources.

Development of a Maternal Injury Surveillance System

Proposal of a novel Maternal Injury Surveillance System (MISS) as a complement to the existing maternal mortality surveillance available within Kentucky Violent Death Reporting System (KVDRS)

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

The Big 3

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Our research team has developed an online, interactive learning management system (LMS) training. This training seeks to provide helping professionals with information and resources to identify, intervene, and prevent maternal injuries from interpersonal violence, substance use/disorder (IPV and SU/D). This training will provide healthcare professionals with the knowledge, skills, and efficacy to intervene and build capacity for prevention of maternal injuries and death due to violence.

Interventions

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The Big 3

Our research team has developed an online, interactive learning management system (LMS) training. This training seeks to provide helping professionals with information and resources to identify, intervene, and prevent maternal injuries from interpersonal violence, substance use/disorder (IPV and SU/D). This training will provide healthcare professionals with the knowledge, skills, and efficacy to intervene and build capacity for prevention of maternal injuries and death due to violence.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Implementation and Effectiveness of VIP Corps Training

Implement and evaluate the effectiveness of VIP Corps training aimed at students enrolled in helping professions in their last program year. intervention efficacy to change in students' knowledge, attitudes, and practices of intimate partner violence (IPV) screening, detection, and referrals; participant practices will be the primary, longer-term outcome; while changes in knowledge and attitudes will be short-term outcomes. Secondary outcomes will include changes in detecting symptoms of a) SU/D and b) depression and/or anxiety and providing appropriate resources.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Students enrolled in a helping professions program
* 18 years of age through 30 years of age
* Students whom will have direct interaction with patients or clients that may experience interpersonal violence (IPV)

Exclusion Criteria

* Students not enrolled in a helping professions program
* Students under age 18 or over age 30
* Students with no direct interaction with patients or clients
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

30 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Department of Health and Human Services

FED

Sponsor Role collaborator

Ann Coker

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Ann Coker

Professor

Responsibility Role SPONSOR_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Ann L Coker, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Kentucky

Locations

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University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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United States

Central Contacts

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Ann L Coker, PhD

Role: CONTACT

859-323-0429

Ashley Roark, BS

Role: CONTACT

859-323-0429

Facility Contacts

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Ann L Coker, PhD

Role: primary

859-323-0429

Ashley Roark, BS

Role: backup

859-323-0429

Related Links

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https://medicine.uky.edu/departments/obgyn/vip-corps

Official University of Kentucky website pertinent to this study

Other Identifiers

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5 ASTWH210102-02-00

Identifier Type: OTHER_GRANT

Identifier Source: secondary_id

77241

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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