Strengthening Adolescent-Adult Networks to Reduce Youth Violence
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 74
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Participant Attendance
研究概览
简要总结
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.
详细描述
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.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Other
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 13 Years 至 —（Child, Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Participants must be ages 13-17 (inclusive)
- •Participants must speak English
- •Participants must be ages 18 or older
- •Participants must speak English
排除标准
- •Not ages 13-17 (inclusive)
- •Do not speak English
- •Less than 18 years of age
- •Do not speak English
研究组 & 干预措施
Strengthening Connections for Change
Strengthening Connections for Change uses a group discussion format with activities that explore identity, adolescent-adult relationships, social networks, and community engagement. Youth invite their self-identified key adult supports to jointly participate in programming and curriculum includes youth-focused, adult-focused and jointly focused activities designed to build leadership skills, enhance intergenerational networks, challenge attitudes towards violence and retaliation, and reduce violence involvement. Through 12 sessions (2 hours/session) delivered weekly, Strengthening Connections offers leadership development coupled with strengths-based youth violence prevention programming.
干预措施: Strengthening Connections for Change (Behavioral)
Job Readiness Training
Job Readiness Training uses a group discussion format to learn specific skills to prepare for employment including developing goals, seeking jobs, preparing for interviews, and so forth. Participants receive a 12 session job readiness training with linkages to businesses and employment opportunities. Discussions include a wide range of topics related to career exploration and job readiness.
干预措施: Job Readiness Training (Behavioral)
结局指标
主要结局
Participant Attendance
时间窗: 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
时间窗: 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.
次要结局
- Participant Satisfaction With Weekly Session Content Assessed by Researcher-generated Likert-scale Items(end of program (12 weeks))
研究者
Alison Culyba
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
University of Pittsburgh