Code of Respect (X-CoRe): Trial of a Multi-level Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Prevention Intervention for Active Duty Airmen

The University of Texas System (UT)

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Sexual Assault; Sexual Harassment

Treatments: Behavioral: Junior Enlisted Component; Behavioral: Social Marketing Campaign; Behavioral: Leadership Component

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; Other U.S. Federal agency

Identifiers

NCT06101056

HSC-SPH-23-0619

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to examine the efficacy of Code of Respect (X-CoRe) multi-level sexual assault (SA) and harassment (SH) prevention program in improving psychosocial determinants (e.g., knowledge, skills, self-efficacy, attitudes) related to respectful/disrespectful relationships, to examine the efficacy of X-CoRe in reducing SA and sexual harassment SH victimization and to examine the efficacy of X-CoRe increasing bystander behavior and improving unit cohesion and mission readiness by decreasing secondary risk and harmful behaviors (e.g., alcohol misuse, intimate partner violence, suicide ideation). The study will be conducted at at Joint Base McGuire Dix-Lakehurst (JBMDL) located in Burlington County, New Jersey, and participants will be cluster-randomized at the level of the squadron to one of two conditions: the X-CoRe program or a control condition.

Enrollment: 1,200 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Active Duty, stationed at JBMDL
• assigned to one of the 26 Air Force squadrons within the three Air Force Wings at JBMDL (87 Air Base Wing (ABW), 305 Air Mobility Wing (ABM), and 621 Contingency Response Wing (CRW))
• English speaking
• access to an electronic device with internet capabilities

Exclusion criteria

• being in service branches other than Air Force (e.g., Army or Navy)
• Airmen not ranked E1-E4 at JBMDL

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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1,200 participants in 2 patient groups

Code of Respect (X-CoRe) Multi-Level Sexual Assault (SA) and Harassment (SH) Prevention Program

Experimental group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Leadership Component

Behavioral: Social Marketing Campaign

Behavioral: Junior Enlisted Component

Control Condition

Other group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Leadership Component

Behavioral: Social Marketing Campaign