Evaluating Outcomes for Youth Receiving Hospital-based Violence Prevention With and Without a Community-level Initiative

N/ATerminatedNCT04192318

Virginia Commonwealth University2 enrolled

Overview

The purpose of this research study is to test if a hospital-based violence prevention strategy with a community-level initiative is effective for cross-cutting violence prevention in violently injured youth.

This study will test if youth who receive the Bridging the Gap (BTG) and Communities that Care (CTC Plus) will see greater improvements than youth who either receive BTG only, CTC Plus only or no intervention. This study will allow researchers to learn more about the intervention's effectiveness for a range of violent outcomes. It will also help researchers understand if violence prevention efforts affect other behaviors, such as drug use and rates of violent re-injury. Participants will be asked to complete surveys about their behavior, personality, and experiences, and their parent/child's personality, behavior, and experiences. These surveys take about 45-60 minutes to complete. These questionnaires will be completed before the intervention has taken place and then again 6 months later. Participation in this study will last up to 6 months. Approximately 408 individuals will participate in this study.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

Conditions

Violence in Adolescence

Interventions

Bridging the GapBEHAVIORAL

Bridging the Gap is a hybrid model for violence prevention which integrates a hospital-based brief violence intervention (BVI) delivered to the patient while in hospital with a wrap-around community case management prevention strategy.

Communities that Care (CTC)OTHER

In CTC programs stakeholders elect evidence-based prevention strategies that are most appropriate for their community. These evidence-based strategies target their community's specific needs, such as reducing risk factors while supporting and increasing protective factors.

Treatment as usualOTHER

Treat and release

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 12 YearsMax age: 21 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: 1. Violently injured youth receiving treatment at VCU 2. Aged between 12 and 21 years old 3. Living in Richmond City 1\. Parent/caregiver of the youth participant 2. Parent/caregivers must be 18 years old or older Exclusion Criteria: 1. Non-English speaking 2. Ages \<12 and \>21 years 3. Prisoners are excluded

Locations (1)

Virginia Commonwealth University

Richmond, Virginia, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Change in youth violence - self report

Self-report aggression

Time frame: Baseline to 6 months

Change in youth violence - caregiver report

Caregiver-report of youth aggression

Time frame: Baseline to 6 months

Change in youth dating violence

Self-report physical and psychological dating aggression

Time frame: Baseline to 6 months

Change in youth sexual violence

Self-report sexual aggression

Time frame: Baseline to 6 months

Secondary Outcomes

Re-injury rate

Hospital records of number of youth participants who experienced another injury due to violence between the intervention and 6-month follow-up

Time frame: 6 months

Community resources

Self-report: Number of community resources youth are engaging in

Time frame: 6 months

Lost to follow-up rates

Study report: The number of youth who we are unable to complete the follow-up assessment for because they are unreachable or decline to continue participation.

Time frame: 6 months

Change in trauma symptoms

Self-report trauma symptoms

Time frame: Baseline to 6 months

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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