Effects of Individual Intervention for Men in Focused Deterrence Program

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Violence
• Interventions: Behavioral: Individual intervention

• Registration Number: NCT03184116
• Lead Sponsor: University of Alabama at Birmingham

Brief Summary

This project will implement and evaluate a community-based intervention to improve individual outcomes in violence-related injuries and homicide. Young African American men participating in a focused deterrence program (the Birmingham Violence Reduction Initiative, BVRI) will be randomized to receive an additional individual intervention based on the cognitive-behavioral Reasoning and Rehabilitation program.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2017-06-08
• Study First Submitted QC: 2017-06-08
• Study First Posted: 2017-06-12
• Study Start: 2018-03-01
• Primary Completion: 2020-04-01
• Study Completion: 2020-04-01
• Status Verified: 2021-05
• Last Update Submitted: 2021-05-24
• Last Update Posted: 2021-05-25

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Male
• Target Recruitment: 60

Inclusion Criteria

• African American male identified as at high risk for violence by the Birmingham Violence Reduction Initiative

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Exclusion Criteria

• Mental retardation, serious mental illness (eg, psychosis)

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Individual intervention	Individual intervention	Individual intervention using cognitive-behavioral principles

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Violence	6 months	involvement in violent incidents based on police records and self-report

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

UAB; 🇺🇸 Birmingham, Alabama, United States