Primary Prevention Youth Suicide Trial in Colorado High Schools Prevention Among Colorado High School Students

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Suicide; Sexual Violence
• Interventions: Behavioral: Sources of Strength (SOS) Prevention Program

• Registration Number: NCT03014271
• Lead Sponsor: University of Florida

Brief Summary

Sources of Strength is an evidence based program for youth suicide that trains student key leaders to strengthen social connectedness and healthy norms school-wide and is listed on the National Registry of Evidence Based Programs and Practices (NREPP). This project will expand the existing evidence base by evaluating Sources of Strength for sexual violence outcomes in a randomized controlled trial (RCT) in twenty-four high schools.

Detailed Description

At present few programs systematically address broader social-ecological factors such as school-wide norms and youth-adult connectedness that research identifies as major drivers of sexual violence. To address this gap, this application proposes a large-scale RCT evaluation of Sources of Strength to evaluate for sexual violence perpetration outcomes. Sources of Strength is an evidence based program for youth suicide that trains student key leaders to strengthen social connectedness and healthy norms school-wide and is listed on the National Registry of Evidence Based Programs and Practices (NREPP). This project will expand the existing evidence base by evaluating Sources of Strength for sexual violence outcomes, which has never been done before. Twenty-four high schools will be recruited and stratified (rural or urban) and randomly assigned to one of two conditions: (a) immediate Sources of Strength intervention, (b) wait-list for Sources of Strength Implementation after 16 months.

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2017-01-05
• Study First Submitted QC: 2017-01-06
• Study First Posted: 2017-01-09
• Study Start: 2017-08-21
• Primary Completion: 2019-09-11
• Study Completion: 2019-09-11
• Status Verified: 2024-03
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-03-11
• Last Update Posted: 2024-03-13

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 10

Inclusion Criteria

• high school student in participating school, parents did not withdraw from study

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Exclusion Criteria

• none

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
SOS Waitlist Control	Sources of Strength (SOS) Prevention Program	Delayed implementation of Sources of Strength Suicide Prevention Program after 16 months.
Sources of Strength Suicide (SOS)	Sources of Strength (SOS) Prevention Program	Receive Sources of Strength Suicide (SOS) Prevention Program

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in sexual violence perpetration measured by method of survey	Baseline; Month 24	Sexual violence perpetration will be measured by method of survey as part of the Sources of Strength suicide prevention program
Change in suicidal behaviors measured by method of survey	Baseline; Month 24	Suicidal ideation and behaviors will be measured by method of survey as part of the Sources of Strength suicide prevention program

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment; 🇺🇸 Denver, Colorado, United States