Community Resiliency Collective Efficacy Intervention (CRCEI) for Prevention of Community Violence - A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Violence, Physical
- Sponsor
- University of Pittsburgh
- Enrollment
- 4600
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Change from baseline in perceptions of neighborhood collective efficacy and community cohesion
- Status
- Recruiting
- Last Updated
- 9 months ago
Overview
Brief Summary
This study will evaluate, via a cluster-randomized controlled trial, the effectiveness of a community-centered intervention that promotes thriving and resiliency to reduce community violence.
Detailed Description
This study will evaluate, via a cluster-randomized controlled trial, the effectiveness of an innovative community-centered intervention that promotes thriving and resiliency to reduce community violence. In collaboration with community partners, this study will implement a Community Resiliency Collective Efficacy Intervention (CRCEI) to engage community members in dialogue on neighborhood transformation, racial and gender equity, community leadership, and organizing for social change. Facilitating discussion and community organizing within neighborhoods about child and youth thriving is expected to increase individual and neighborhood levels of collective efficacy and reduce community violence. Using a community-partnered participatory approach, this study will use a Community Thriving Matrix tool to engage youth and adult community members in ongoing dialogue on neighborhood transformation, community leadership, and organizing for social change. This focus on envisioning and creating neighborhoods in which children and adolescents can thrive is expected to translate to increased individual and neighborhood levels of collective efficacy as well as violence reduction. Comparison neighborhoods will receive health education sessions as a control intervention. The proposed study involves diverse neighborhoods in the Pittsburgh region and collecting survey data from youth (ages 13-19 years) and adult community participants (both male and female identified). Interviews with a sub-sample of community residents and facilitators and community site leads as well as observations of intervention delivery will provide qualitative information on processes of program implementation. This study will provide the first rigorous evaluation of this community-level prevention approach.
Investigators
Elizabeth Miller
Professor
University of Pittsburgh
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •youth age 13 years old and up (all genders)
- •adults 18 years and older (all genders)
- •reside in neighborhoods selected to participate in the study
Exclusion Criteria
- •individuals younger than 13 years old
- •individuals residing outside of participating neighborhoods
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Change from baseline in perceptions of neighborhood collective efficacy and community cohesion
Time Frame: Change from baseline to approximately 12 months after baseline
Composite Measure mean score (range 1 - 5; 1 is low and 5 is best) of neighborhood-level perceptions of collective efficacy and community cohesion
Secondary Outcomes
- Change from baseline in collective efficacy and neighborhood social norms(Change from baseline to approximately 12 months after baseline)
- Community incidence of violence in 12 month period(Change from 1 year period before baseline to approximately 2 years after baseline)
- Number of self-reported events of violence exposure(Change from baseline to approximately 12 months after baseline)