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BullyDown, a Text Messaging-based Bullying Prevention Program for Middle School-aged Youth

C

Center for Innovative Public Health Research

Status

Completed

Conditions

Bullying

Treatments

Behavioral: BullyDown
Behavioral: Attention-matched control

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other
NIH

Identifiers

NCT06017050
R21HD104369

Details and patient eligibility

About

Given the limited impact of existing school-based interventions and the time associated with implementing them during school time, more efficient and effective intervention methods are needed. Programs that can be delivered to middle school youth irrespective of whether they are attending school physically or virtually may be especially relevant as school boundaries become more fluid. BullyDown addresses this critical need by providing a scalable program that could be quickly and cost-effectively disseminated nationally.

Enrollment

138 patients

Sex

All

Ages

12 to 14 years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Participants will: be enrolled in one of our partner schools, be in middle school (i.e., 7th or 8th grade) or between the ages of 12-14 years of age, be English-speaking, own their own cell phone, intend to have the same cell phone number for at least 3 months (this may or may not apply, depending on the number of youth who meet this criterion), and provide informed written assent. Non-English speakers and youth who do not have the reading ability to complete the screener are not eligible. Youth recruited from schools will also be required to have parental permission.

Trial design

Primary purpose

Prevention

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional model

Parallel Assignment

Masking

Single Blind

138 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

BullyDown intervention
Experimental group
Treatment:
Behavioral: BullyDown
Healthy lifestyle control
Placebo Comparator group
Treatment:
Behavioral: Attention-matched control

Trial documents
2

Trial contacts and locations

2

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