Strengthening Adolescent-Adult Networks to Reduce Youth Violence

University of Pittsburgh1 site in 1 country74 target enrollmentMay 24, 2022

Overview

Brief Summary

This pilot community-partnered cluster-randomized trial will examine the feasibility and acceptability of a social network-based youth violence prevention program called Strengthening Connections for Change for youth ages 13-17 and their key adult supports.

Detailed Description

This pilot community-partnered cluster-randomized trial will examine the feasibility and acceptability of a social network-based youth violence prevention program called Strengthening Connections for Change for youth ages 13-17 and their key adult supports. Set in four lower resource Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania neighborhoods, this study brings together youth ages 13-17 and their self-identified key adult supports to focus on leadership, strengthening intergenerational networks, community engagement, and violence prevention.

Registry

clinicaltrials.gov

Start Date

May 24, 2022

End Date

July 11, 2023

Last Updated

last year

Study Type

Interventional

Study Design

Parallel

Sex

All

Investigators

Sponsor

University of Pittsburgh

Responsible Party

Principal Investigator

Alison Culyba

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

University of Pittsburgh

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

•Participants must be ages 13-17 (inclusive)
•Participants must speak English
•Participants must be ages 18 or older
•Participants must speak English

Exclusion Criteria

•Not ages 13-17 (inclusive)
•Do not speak English
•Less than 18 years of age
•Do not speak English

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Participant Attendance

Time Frame: through intervention completion, 12 weeks

Attendance recorded at beginning and end of each session. Calculated as a proportion of total number of sessions attended (possible session attended #: 0-12 for youth participants and 0-9 for adult participants) using the following method (# youth at session 1 + # youth at session 2 + ...)/(# of youth participants x12 sessions) and (# adults at session 1 + # adults at session 2 + ...)/(# of adult participants x9 sessions). The possible proportion attended ranges from 0-1.

Participant Overall Satisfaction With Curriculum Content and Format Assessed by Researcher-generated Likert-scale Items

Time Frame: end of program (12 weeks)

At the end of the program, participants will be asked about how satisfied they were overall with the topics discussed and format of the program using 5-point Likert scale items. Means score will be calculated across the items (possible range: 1-5; higher score means higher satisfaction). This data was collected for the Strengthening Connections for change intervention groups only.