Evaluation of the Effect of the BOAT® Structured Prevention Program on Violence in Middle Schools

NCT ID: NCT06471413

Last Updated: 2025-08-24

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: RECRUITING
• Total Enrollment: 5400 participants
• Study Classification: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2025-04-02
• Study Completion Date: 2027-09-01

Brief Summary

Violence has major consequences for the health and development of children and teenagers, even though it is commonplace, particularly in secondary schools. The team at the Centre Ressources pour les Intervenants auprès d'Auteurs de Violences Sexuelles Languedoc-Roussillon (CRIAVS-LR, CHU Montpellier) has created a BOite A ouTils to prevent sexual and gender-based violence: the BOAT, for professionals working with children and teenagers aged between 5 and 18. Structured around 5 themes and 4 age groups, the BOAT is very easy to use. The 134 intervention sheets have been validated and designed to target a risk factor (to be reduced) or a protective factor (to be developed) so that children do not become perpetrators or victims of violence.

Detailed Description

The study will involve 60 middle school (10 middle school REP/REP+ in six academies) over four consecutive school years between 2023 and 2027, the first year being devoted to preparing the study with the establishment. The research project is coordinated by the Montpellier University Hospital, and regulatory approvals have been sought from the relevant authorities.

Conditions

Students; Middle Schools; Prevention; Violence

Study Design

• Observational Model Type: OTHER
• Study Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

Group BOAT +

The middle schools in the experimental group will benefit from the BOAT+ intervention, which involves training the school's educational team in the use of the BOAT®. Training is provided each year of the study to 5 members of the BOAT+ college educational team, in the form of e-learning supplemented by two half-day face-to-face sessions.

Trained professionals will use the BOAT® in real-life ecological conditions, according to their needs and educational projects.

The Prevention Toolbox : BOAT®

Intervention Type: OTHER

The Prevention Toolbox targets all forms of violence, but in particular sexual and gender-based violence, through 1 out of 5 themes (Relationships and sexuality) and 10 out of 34 sub-themes. The other 4 themes (Psychosocial skills, Respect and difference, From the virtual to the real, and Understanding and respect for the law) cover all the risk and protection factors for all types of violence.

Group BOAT -

No intervention will be carried out in the colleges of the control group, except to inform parents and educational teams about the research. The educational teams will not be trained to use the BOAT when the study is set up.

These middle schools will benefit from the same annual evaluations (school, students and educational teams) as the BOAT+ middle schools.

If the effect of the BOAT® structured prevention program is positive, the educational teams in the control group (BOAT-) will receive training in the use of the BOAT® at the end of the study.

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

The Prevention Toolbox : BOAT®

The Prevention Toolbox targets all forms of violence, but in particular sexual and gender-based violence, through 1 out of 5 themes (Relationships and sexuality) and 10 out of 34 sub-themes. The other 4 themes (Psychosocial skills, Respect and difference, From the virtual to the real, and Understanding and respect for the law) cover all the risk and protection factors for all types of violence.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Middle school students: students enrolled in a middle school included in the study, enrolled in the fourth or ninth grade and randomly selected to participate in the research. The age of a fourth or ninth grader is between 13 and 17.

• Educational team: professionals and teachers working in a middle school participating in the research (included in the study).

Exclusion Criteria

• Schoolchildren: opposition to participation in the search by the child's parents (or one of the 2 parents with parental authority) and/or opposition by the child.
• Educational team: opposition to participation in the search.
• Person unable to speak French
• Person unable to understand the nature, purpose and methodology of the study

• Minimum Eligible Age: 13 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 17 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

University Hospital, Montpellier

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Locations

CHU de MONTPELLIER

Montpellier, , France

Site Status: RECRUITING

Countries

France

Central Contacts

Mathieu LACAMBRE, PH

Role: CONTACT

m-lacambre@chu-montpellier.fr

0467338577

Facility Contacts

LACAMBRE

Role: primary

m-lacambre@chu-montpellier.fr

0467338577

Other Identifiers

RECHMPL22_0347 /UF 8352

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id