Launching the Houston Hospital-Based Violence Intervention Program (Houston-HVIP): Developing and Evaluating a Hospital-Based Intervention to Reduce Recurrent Violence

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: Firearm Injury

• Registration Number: NCT06263647
• Lead Sponsor: The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston

Brief Summary

A prior violent injury is one of the strongest predictors of future violent injury, highlighting the importance of effective hospital-based interventions to prevent reinjury. This project will establish and evaluate the Houston Hospital-Based Violence Intervention Program (Houston-HVIP). Using a randomized controlled trial, the study will assess the effectiveness of Houston-HVIP in reducing violent reinjury and improving behavioral, mental, and physical health outcomes over a 12-month follow-up period among those enrolled in the study in ages 16-35 years of age.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2024-02-08
• Study First Submitted QC: 2024-02-08
• Study First Posted: 2024-02-16
• Status Verified: 2025-05
• Study Start: 2025-09-16
• Last Update Submitted: 2025-09-25
• Last Update Posted: 2025-09-29
• Primary Completion: 2028-02-01
• Study Completion: 2028-05-31

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: RECRUITING
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 274

Inclusion Criteria

• presented for a gunshot injury stemming from community violence at Memorial Hermann Hospital
• English or Spanish-speaking
• provide informed voluntary consent to participate in the study
• live in Harris County at time of enrollment

Exclusion Criteria

• presenting for a firearm injury arising from a self-inflicted gunshot or unintentional gun violence
• actively detained by criminal justice systems at time of enrollment

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in repeat violent victimization as assessed by the number of participants who return to the hospital system for for an intentional firearm injury	Baseline , 3 months, 6 months, 9 months and 12 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in repeat non-firearm violent victimization as assessed by the number of participants who return to the hospital system for an intentional non-firearm injury	Baseline , 3 months, 6 months, 9 months and 12 months
Change in attitudes towards firearm violence as assessed by Firearm Violences Attitudes (Sheley; Shapiro) questionnaire	Baseline , 3 months, 6 months, 9 months and 12 months	This is a 13-item questionnaire; however, only items 3,4,7,9,10,12 and 13 will be asked. Each is scored from 1(strongly disagree) - 4(strongly agree), Maximum score of 28 .Higher score indicates more aggression.
Change in aggression as assessed by the Copeland-Linder questionnaire.	Baseline , 3 months, 6 months, 9 months and 12 months	This is a 7-item questionnaire; however, only items 1, 5, and 6 will be asked. Each is scored from 1(strongly disagree) - 4(strongly agree). Maximum score is 12. Higher score indicates more aggression
Change in general health as assessed by the 12-item Short Form Health Survey (SF-12)	Baseline , 3 months, 6 months, 9 months and 12 months	This is a 12 item questionnaire; however, only item #1 will be asked. It is scored from 1(excellent) - 5(poor), higher number indicating worse outcome
Change in post-traumatic stress as assessed by the post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Checklist Version 5(PCL-5)	Baseline , 3 months, 6 months, 9 months and 12 months	This is a 20-item questionnaire; however only items 1 and 4 of the PCL-20 will be asked. These 2 items will be anchored to a stressful experience. And each is scored form 0(not at all)-4(extremely), maximum score of 8, higher score indicating worse outcome

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston; 🇺🇸 Houston, Texas, United States