Creating VIP Corps to Reduce Maternal Deaths

Ann Coker

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Maternal Morbidity and Mortality

Treatments: Behavioral: Implementation and Effectiveness of VIP Corps Training; Behavioral: The Big 3

Study type: Interventional

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

Identifiers

NCT06089109

5 ASTWH210102-02-00 (Other Grant/Funding Number)

77241

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this observational study is to create and rigorously evaluate a violence intervention and prevention corps (VIP Corps) training using a randomized controlled trial among undergraduate and professional students; and to develop a novel maternal injury surveillance system (MISS) to complement an existing maternal violent death registry in Kentucky.

Full description

The participant population defined in this study are undergraduate and professional students within their last educational year in a helping professionals program at the University of Kentucky, ages 18-30. This study will permit the creation of effective programming to train the next generation of health and social service professionals prepared to help reduce Kentucky's maternal mortality and injury rates over time with implementation.

Aim 1:

1. Create and rigorously evaluating Violence Intervention and Prevention Corps (VIP Corps) training using a randomized controlled trial among undergraduate and professional students.
2. Develop a novel maternal injury surveillance system (MISS) as a complement to an existing maternal violent deaths registry to accurately and reliably enumerate maternal injuries and deaths due to violence.

Aim 2:

1. Determine the effectiveness of complementary intervention and prevention strategies to increase interpersonal violence, substance use/disorder (IPV, SU/D), depression or anxiety screening.
2. Reduce symptoms among those who screen positive, and ultimately reduce maternal injuries and deaths due to violence.
3. Prospectively evaluate the effectiveness of a novel VIP training as the intervention condition relative to an attention control (SU/D and IPV awareness), to increase knowledge of the effects of intimate partner violence (IPV) on health outcomes, report intimate partner violence (IPV) screening behaviors, intimate partner violence (IPV) detection, and to reduce intimate partner violence (IPV) frequency among patients and clients over time.

Enrollment: 2,800 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 30 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Students enrolled in a helping professions program
• 18 years of age through 30 years of age
• Students whom will have direct interaction with patients or clients that may experience interpersonal violence (IPV)

Exclusion criteria

• Students not enrolled in a helping professions program
• Students under age 18 or over age 30
• Students with no direct interaction with patients or clients

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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2,800 participants in 2 patient groups

Maternal Injury and Death Intervention

Experimental group

Description:

Our research team created a VIP Corps online, interactive learning management system (LMS) training. This VIP Corps online training will be offered to students enrolled in a helping profession. Students are randomized to this experimental intervention arm. This training seeks to provide helping professionals with information and resources to identify, intervene, and prevent maternal injuries from interpersonal violence, substance use/disorder (IPV and SU/D). This training will provide students with the knowledge, skills, and efficacy to intervene and build capacity for prevention of maternal injuries and death due to violence.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Implementation and Effectiveness of VIP Corps Training

Development of a Maternal Injury Surveillance System

Active Comparator group

Description:

Proposal of a novel Maternal Injury Surveillance System (MISS) as a complement to the existing maternal mortality surveillance available within Kentucky Violent Death Reporting System (KVDRS)

Treatment:

Behavioral: The Big 3