Evaluating Outcomes for Youth Receiving Hospital-based Violence Prevention With and Without a Community-level Initiative

Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU)

Status: Terminated

Conditions: Violence in Adolescence

Treatments: Other: Communities that Care (CTC); Behavioral: Bridging the Gap; Other: Treatment as usual

Study type: Interventional

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

Identifiers

NCT04192318

1K01CE003160-01 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

HM20017786

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this research study is to test if a hospital-based violence prevention strategy with a community-level initiative is effective for cross-cutting violence prevention in violently injured youth.

Full description

This study will test if youth who receive the Bridging the Gap (BTG) and Communities that Care (CTC Plus) will see greater improvements than youth who either receive BTG only, CTC Plus only or no intervention. This study will allow researchers to learn more about the intervention's effectiveness for a range of violent outcomes. It will also help researchers understand if violence prevention efforts affect other behaviors, such as drug use and rates of violent re-injury.

Participants will be asked to complete surveys about their behavior, personality, and experiences, and their parent/child's personality, behavior, and experiences. These surveys take about 45-60 minutes to complete. These questionnaires will be completed before the intervention has taken place and then again 6 months later. Participation in this study will last up to 6 months. Approximately 408 individuals will participate in this study.

Enrollment: 2 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 12 to 21 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Violently injured youth receiving treatment at VCU

2. Aged between 12 and 21 years old

3. Living in Richmond City

4. Parent/caregiver of the youth participant 2. Parent/caregivers must be 18 years old or older

Exclusion criteria

1. Non-English speaking
2. Ages <12 and >21 years
3. Prisoners are excluded

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Factorial Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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2 participants in 4 patient groups

Hospital-based violence prevention with community initiative

Experimental group

Description:

Youth who are living in communities that receive Communities that Care Prevention System (CTC) will also receive Bridging the Gap (BTG), a hospital-based violence prevention program with 6-months of community case management.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Bridging the Gap

Other: Communities that Care (CTC)

Hybrid hospital based violence prevention

Experimental group

Description:

Youth who do not live in a community that has CTC but will receive BTG.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Bridging the Gap

Treatment as usual

Active Comparator group

Description:

Youth living in a community without the CTC program and will receive treatment as usual (TAU) in the hospital.

Treatment:

Other: Treatment as usual

Treatment as usual with community initiative

Experimental group

Description:

Youth living in a community with the CTC program and will receive treatment as usual (TAU) in the hospital.

Treatment:

Other: Communities that Care (CTC)

Other: Treatment as usual