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

Not Applicable

Terminated

• Conditions: Violence in Adolescence
• Interventions: Behavioral: Bridging the Gap; Other: Treatment as usual; Other: Communities that Care (CTC)

• Registration Number: NCT04192318
• Lead Sponsor: Virginia Commonwealth University

Brief Summary

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.

Detailed Description

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 Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2019-12-06
• Study First Submitted QC: 2019-12-06
• Study First Posted: 2019-12-10
• Study Start: 2020-02-10
• Primary Completion: 2020-02-10
• Study Completion: 2020-02-10
• Status Verified: 2022-03
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-03-09
• Last Update Posted: 2022-03-25

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: TERMINATED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 2

Inclusion Criteria

1. Violently injured youth receiving treatment at VCU

2. Aged between 12 and 21 years old

3. Living in Richmond City

4. 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

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: FACTORIAL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Hybrid hospital based violence prevention	Bridging the Gap	Youth who do not live in a community that has CTC but will receive BTG.
Treatment as usual	Treatment as usual	Youth living in a community without the CTC program and will receive treatment as usual (TAU) in the hospital.
Treatment as usual with community initiative	Treatment as usual	Youth living in a community with the CTC program and will receive treatment as usual (TAU) in the hospital.
Hospital-based violence prevention with community initiative	Bridging the Gap	Youth who are living in communities that receive Communities that Care Prevention System (CTC) will also receive Bridging the Gap (BTG), a hospital-based violence prevention program with 6-months of community case management.
Hospital-based violence prevention with community initiative	Communities that Care (CTC)	Youth who are living in communities that receive Communities that Care Prevention System (CTC) will also receive Bridging the Gap (BTG), a hospital-based violence prevention program with 6-months of community case management.
Treatment as usual with community initiative	Communities that Care (CTC)	Youth living in a community with the CTC program and will receive treatment as usual (TAU) in the hospital.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in youth violence - self report	Baseline to 6 months	Self-report aggression
Change in youth violence - caregiver report	Baseline to 6 months	Caregiver-report of youth aggression
Change in youth dating violence	Baseline to 6 months	Self-report physical and psychological dating aggression
Change in youth sexual violence	Baseline to 6 months	Self-report sexual aggression

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in substance use	Baseline to 6 months	Self-report of substance use
Re-injury rate	6 months	Hospital records of number of youth participants who experienced another injury due to violence between the intervention and 6-month follow-up
Lost to follow-up rates	6 months	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.
Change in alcohol use	Baseline to 6 months	Self-report of alcohol use
Community resources	6 months	Self-report: Number of community resources youth are engaging in
Change in trauma symptoms	Baseline to 6 months	Self-report trauma symptoms

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Virginia Commonwealth University; 🇺🇸 Richmond, Virginia, United States