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Systems Aligning for Equity (SAFE) Spaces (SAFE Spaces)

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New York University (NYU)

Status

Completed

Conditions

Mental Disorder
Burnout, Professional
Self Harm
Suicide
Mental Health

Treatments

Behavioral: SAFE Spaces training and coaching

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT05658068
IRB-FY2019-3228

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this 2-arm cluster randomized clinical trial is to test whether an evidence-based staff training and coaching model specifically designed as a response to legal system-involved youths' and frontline staff's mental health needs can improve the safety and suicide outcomes, mental health challenges, and wellness and facility climate for youth and staff in facilities assigned to the intervention condition. Staff in facilities assigned to the intervention are eligible to receive evidence-based programming in suicide detection and prevention (Shield of Care; SOC) and wellness skill-building (Skills for Life) through training and personalized coaching. Multiple training sessions will be offered to small groups of staff in-person in residential facilities and paired with personalized in-person and virtual coaching. Staff and youth in all facilities will be asked to complete periodic surveys assessing experiences in the facility, suicide and safety knowledge and risk, and their mental health and wellness. Researchers will compare outcomes of staff in youth in facilities assigned to the intervention compared to facilities in the training-as-usual condition.

Enrollment

1,000 patients

Sex

All

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • Placement in in ACS-run or contracted residential facilities enrolled in the study during the first 2 years of the intervention period
  • Proficiency in English

Exclusion criteria

  • Not placed in an ACS run-or contracted facility enrolled in the study during the study period
  • Lack of proficiency in English.

Trial design

Primary purpose

Prevention

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional model

Factorial Assignment

Masking

Single Blind

1,000 participants in 2 patient groups

SAFE Spaces training and coaching
Experimental group
Description:
Staff in facilities assigned to this arm are offered the SAFE Spaces training and coaching model.
Treatment:
Behavioral: SAFE Spaces training and coaching
Training as Usual
No Intervention group
Description:
Staff in facilities assigned to this arm receive training as usual.

Trial documents
1

Trial contacts and locations

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Central trial contact

Erin Godfrey, PhD; Shabnam Javdani, PhD

Data sourced from clinicaltrials.gov

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