Core Competency Model for Corrections

NCT ID: NCT06359574

Last Updated: 2024-12-06

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

ENROLLING_BY_INVITATION

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

100 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2024-04-05

Study Completion Date

2025-01-30

Brief Summary

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The overall goal of this project is to design, implement, and revise the Core Competency Model for Corrections (CCM-C), an evidence-based Self-Directed Violence (SDV) prevention training program for correctional mental health providers in the North Carolina Department of Adult Corrections (DAC). The proposed specific aims are:

Aim 1: To create the CCM-C training program. Aim 2: To assess preliminary training effectiveness. Aim 3: To gather training program quality improvement feedback from corrections stakeholders.

Detailed Description

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Investigators will conduct a pilot feasibility and preliminary effectiveness evaluation of the Core Competency Model for Corrections (CCM-C; Cramer et al., 2022). This training approach involves psycho-educational content, self-assessment tools, interactive exercises to address 10 clinical care and practitioner-focused skill sets for suicide and self-injury risk assessment and management. The protocol employs a waitlist control sequential cross-over design and mixed-method evaluation approach targeting 50-100 NC correctional behavioral health clinicians (BHCs). Through an ongoing academic-community partnership, investigators will employ a Corrections Advisory Panel (CAP) to provide expert review of training. The CAP will comprise six NC-DAC BHCs and 4-6 external BHCs with experience in correctional behavioral health. Two training groups will each provide three assessments via an online self-report evaluation battery gathering information regarding participant demographics; SDV prevention knowledge, attitudes, and perceived skills; incarceration-related attitudes; and perceived importance of and intention to use SDV prevention practices.

Conditions

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Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice

Keywords

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Suicide prevention Self-injury Risk assessment Attitudes Competency Mental health provider

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

CROSSOVER

Primary Study Purpose

OTHER

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Core Competency Model for Corrections (CCM-C) Self-Directed Violence Prevention Training group 1

Receives CCM-C training two weeks after baseline assessment.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Core Competency Model for Corrections (CCM-C) Self-Directed Violence Prevention Training

Intervention Type OTHER

The Core Competency Model (CCM; Cramer et al., 2013, 2019) is an evidence-based educational training program for BHCs in suicide prevention core suicide prevention skills. The ten core competencies are: (1) Manage personal attitudes and reactions to suicide; (2) Maintain a collaborative stance toward the client; (3) Elicit evidence-based risk and protective factors; (4) Focus on current suicide plan and intent of suicidal ideation; (5) Determine risk level; (6) Enact a collaborative evidence-based treatment plan; (7) Notify and involve other persons; (8) Document risk, plan, and reasoning for clinical decisions; (9) Know the law concerning suicide, and; (10) Engage in debriefing and self-care. The CCM will be adapted for this pilot trial. In light of the SDV problem in carceral settings, the CCM for Corrections (CCM-C; Cramer, Kaniuka, \& Peiper, 2022) was adapted to address both suicide and self-injury assessment, treatment, and prevention.

Core Competency Model for Corrections (CCM-C) Self-Directed Violence Prevention Training group 2

Receives CCM-C training two weeks after follow-up 1 assessment.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Core Competency Model for Corrections (CCM-C) Self-Directed Violence Prevention Training

Intervention Type OTHER

The Core Competency Model (CCM; Cramer et al., 2013, 2019) is an evidence-based educational training program for BHCs in suicide prevention core suicide prevention skills. The ten core competencies are: (1) Manage personal attitudes and reactions to suicide; (2) Maintain a collaborative stance toward the client; (3) Elicit evidence-based risk and protective factors; (4) Focus on current suicide plan and intent of suicidal ideation; (5) Determine risk level; (6) Enact a collaborative evidence-based treatment plan; (7) Notify and involve other persons; (8) Document risk, plan, and reasoning for clinical decisions; (9) Know the law concerning suicide, and; (10) Engage in debriefing and self-care. The CCM will be adapted for this pilot trial. In light of the SDV problem in carceral settings, the CCM for Corrections (CCM-C; Cramer, Kaniuka, \& Peiper, 2022) was adapted to address both suicide and self-injury assessment, treatment, and prevention.

Interventions

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Core Competency Model for Corrections (CCM-C) Self-Directed Violence Prevention Training

The Core Competency Model (CCM; Cramer et al., 2013, 2019) is an evidence-based educational training program for BHCs in suicide prevention core suicide prevention skills. The ten core competencies are: (1) Manage personal attitudes and reactions to suicide; (2) Maintain a collaborative stance toward the client; (3) Elicit evidence-based risk and protective factors; (4) Focus on current suicide plan and intent of suicidal ideation; (5) Determine risk level; (6) Enact a collaborative evidence-based treatment plan; (7) Notify and involve other persons; (8) Document risk, plan, and reasoning for clinical decisions; (9) Know the law concerning suicide, and; (10) Engage in debriefing and self-care. The CCM will be adapted for this pilot trial. In light of the SDV problem in carceral settings, the CCM for Corrections (CCM-C; Cramer, Kaniuka, \& Peiper, 2022) was adapted to address both suicide and self-injury assessment, treatment, and prevention.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Behavioral Health Clinician (BHC)
* 18 years of age or older
* Living in the U.S.
* Currently employed by the NC DAC

Exclusion Criteria

* Decisional or cognitive impairments that preclude being able to consent to study participation
* Being a member of the study correctional advisory panel (CAP)
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

99 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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North Carolina Department of Adult Corrections

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services

OTHER_GOV

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of North Carolina, Charlotte

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Robert J. Cramer, PhD

Professor

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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North Carolina Department of Adult Corrections

Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

References

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Cramer RJ, Kaniuka AR, Peiper LJ. The core competency model for corrections: An education program for managing self-directed violence in correctional institutions. Psychol Serv. 2022 Nov;19(4):658-670. doi: 10.1037/ser0000624. Epub 2022 Feb 7.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 35130009 (View on PubMed)

Prowten SD, Cacace SC, Moxie J, Peters A, Corral A, Bowman M, Peiper LJ, Cramer RJ. Core competency model self-directed violence prevention training program for corrections: a hybrid feasibility-effectiveness trial. BMC Public Health. 2025 Aug 5;25(1):2655. doi: 10.1186/s12889-025-23853-3.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 40764547 (View on PubMed)

Peiper LJ, Cramer RJ, Cacace SC, Peters A, Corral AR, Post AF, Prowten SD, Moxie J. Development and implementation of a self-directed violence prevention training program for correctional behavioral health providers: a clinical trial study protocol. Pilot Feasibility Stud. 2024 Aug 8;10(1):107. doi: 10.1186/s40814-024-01533-0.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 39118161 (View on PubMed)

Provided Documents

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Document Type: Informed Consent Form

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Other Identifiers

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IRB-24-0209

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id