Evaluation of Circles of Safety for the Primary Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sponsor
- Center for Violence Prevention Research Inc
- Enrollment
- 1,500
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Rates of disclosed child sexual abuse
Overview
Brief Summary
Using a matched cluster randomized control design, the proposed study will evaluate a child sexual abuse (CSA) primary prevention strategy, Circles of Safety®. League leadership, staff, and coaches within youth sports will be focal participants. Outcomes include CSA among youth athletes served, protective and inappropriate behaviors from coaches & league leaders, as well as knowledge of and perceived ability to identify and address CSA and resource-seeking behavior.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Intervention Model
- Parallel
- Primary Purpose
- Other
- Masking
- None
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 18 Years to — (Adult, Older Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- Yes
Inclusion Criteria
- •Participants must be at least 18 years of age.
- •Participants must be a youth sports leader or coach.
- •Participants must be an English speaker.
- •Participants must be able to provide consent for themselves.
Exclusion Criteria
- •Children are not included as direct participants in this study.
- •Anyone who is not able to provide consent because they are a non-English speaker or have cognitive impairment.
Arms & Interventions
Complete Circles of Safety Training Program
participants will be asked to complete the Circles of Safety training program
Intervention: Circles of Safety (Behavioral)
Control
participants will not be asked to complete the Circles of Safety training program
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Rates of disclosed child sexual abuse
Time Frame: This will be measured at baseline and T2 (baseline + 90 days)
Rates of potentially harmful sexual behaviors from coaches and staff
Time Frame: This will be measured at baseline and T2 (baseline + 90 days)
Staff and coaches' knowledge of CSA
Time Frame: This will be measured at baseline and T2 (baseline + 90 days)
Staff and coaches perceived self-efficacy in identifying CSA
Time Frame: This will be measured at baseline and T2 (baseline + 90 days)
Rates of preventive behaviors among staff and coaches
Time Frame: This will be measured at baseline and T2 (baseline + 90 days)
Secondary Outcomes
- Program reach(Measured through study completion, an average 1 year)
- implementation consistency(Measured through study completion, an average 1 year)
- mechanisms of intervention success(Measured through study completion, an average 1 year)