Strengthening Adolescent-Adult Networks to Reduce Youth Violence

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Violence in Adolescence; Coping Skills; Social Interaction; Adolescent Behavior

• Registration Number: NCT05185453
• Lead Sponsor: University of Pittsburgh

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.

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2021-12-22
• Study First Submitted QC: 2021-12-22
• Study First Posted: 2022-01-11
• Study Start: 2022-05-24
• Primary Completion: 2023-07-11
• Study Completion: 2023-07-11
• Status Verified: 2024-06
• Results First Submitted: 2024-06-26
• Results First Submitted QC: 2024-08-20
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-08-20
• Results First Posted: 2024-08-23
• Last Update Posted: 2024-08-23

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 74

Inclusion Criteria

Youth:

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

Adults

• Participants must be ages 18 or older
• Participants must speak English

Exclusion Criteria

Youth:

• Not ages 13-17 (inclusive)
• Do not speak English

Adults

• Less than 18 years of age
• Do not speak English

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Participant Attendance	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	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.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Participant Satisfaction With Weekly Session Content Assessed by Researcher-generated Likert-scale Items	end of program (12 weeks)	At the end of each of the 12 sessions, participants will be asked about how satisfied they were with the topics discussed for that session using 5-point Likert scale items. A mean score will be calculated by taking the average of the responses on session forms completed by each youth across all time points (i.e., Session 1 Mean Score + Session 2 Mean Score + Session 3 Mean score +.../ 12 sessions) (possible range: 1-5; higher score means higher satisfaction). This data was collected for the Strengthening Connections for change intervention groups only.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University of Pittsburgh; 🇺🇸 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States