Lived Experiences of Black Girls in Richmond
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Completed
- Enrollment
- 339
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Survey Outcome
Study Overview
Brief Summary
This study is to understand the quality of life of Black Girls in Richmond, Virginia, which includes generating a report about the status of Black girls in Richmond. Research or reports about the state of the girls are growing more common across the country in cities like Los Angeles, Chicago, and Philadelphia. Most of these studies generate deficit narratives focusing on these groups' problems, needs, and deficiencies. Fewer studies focus solely on the experience of Black girls specifically. This study proposes a new approach and explores the quality of life of Black girls using an asset-based approach that thinks differently about the subject of these studies and how to address their needs appropriately.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Observational Model
- Cohort
- Time Perspective
- Prospective
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 12 Years to — (Child, Adult, Older Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- No
Inclusion Criteria
- •(Online Survey and focus groups):
- •Self-identify as Black/African American adolescent cisgender girls, between the ages of 12-17, and reside in the City of Richmond.
Exclusion Criteria
- •(Online Survey and focus groups):
- •Girls who are not between 12 to 17 years of age, do not self-identify as Black, does not identify as cisgender, legal residence is not located in the city of Richmond, and/or who do not read English.
- •Inclusion Criteria (Interviews):
- •Parents/guardians (any sex; no age range for parent/guardian) of Black girls (ages 12-17) who reside in the City of Richmond; and
- •Black emerging adult women (ages 18-22) who resided in the City of Richmond when they were under
- •Exclusion Criteria (Interviews):
- •Parent/Guardian - Does not have a child (daughter) between the ages of 12-17; child does not self-identify as cisgender and Black/African American; legal residence is not in the city of Richmond; unable to read, write, or speak in English.
- •Emerging adult women - does not self-identify as Black/African American, under 18 or over the age of 22, did not reside in the City of Richmond under 18, and unable to read, write, or speak in English.
Arms & Interventions
Online Survey
Intervention: Survey (Behavioral)
Focus group
Intervention: Focus group (Behavioral)
Interviews
Intervention: Interviews (Behavioral)
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Survey Outcome
Time Frame: 3 months
Exploration Subscale is a 7-item instrument about individuals' exploration of their ethnicity measured on a 4-point scale. Community Experience Subscale is measured by a 5-item Rasch-validated measure of youth interpersonal resilience measured on a 4-point scale. Gendered Racial Pride \& Empowerment Subscale is a 19-item scale that reflect the intersectional racial and gender messages young African American women receive measured on a 4-point scale. Spiritual Support Subscale is a 13-item scale that measures spiritual maturity in persons of diverse religious and spiritual beliefs measured on a 6-point scale. Safety and Perceived Safety is a 7-item scale that measures community safety perceived measured on a 5-point scale. Physical Health \& Mental Wellbeing is measured by 13 items of the 36-Item Short Form Survey measured on a 6-point scale or a 5-point scale. Sleep scale is a 5-item measure of subjective sleep quality for adolescents aged 12-18 years measured on a 6-point scale.
Focus group outcome
Time Frame: 3 months
Strengths of Black girls: summarize the themes of strengths of Black girls; Community assets: summarize the themes of community assets for Black girls
Interviews outcome
Time Frame: 3 months
Strengths of Black girls: summarize the themes of strengths of Black girls; Community assets: summarize the themes of community assets for Black girls
Secondary Outcomes
No secondary outcomes reported