Status:

RECRUITING

School Violence Exposure as an Adverse Childhood Experience

Lead Sponsor:

Teachers College, Columbia University

Collaborating Sponsors:

Columbia University

Conditions:

Mental Health Outcomes

Adverse Childhood Experiences

Eligibility:

All Genders

11-65 years

Brief Summary

This study hypothesize that school safety strategies may contribute to poor mental health and distress among various school populations and proposes the following research questions to be answered thr...

Detailed Description

The recent increase in school gun violence is an important cause of poor mental health and adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) among the school going populations. Schools have implemented a number of...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • School-level Inclusion criteria:
  • For a school to be considered for participation, it should meet all the following criteria:
  • The school must consent to participate in the study.
  • Gun shooting incident
  • For exposure schools: Must have experienced a gun shooting incident between 1/1/2015-12/31/2022 .
  • For non-exposure schools: there should not have been a gun shooting incident between 1/1/2011-12/31/2022.
  • Must have the student population of interest that is middle through grade 12, and-
  • For exposure schools: At least one grade that experienced the shooting should still be studying at the school.
  • For non-exposure schools: must have the same grade levels as the pair-matched case school and none of them should have been exposed to any gun shooting incident at that school.
  • Must be a public school.
  • All non-public schools (e.g., private, charter, parochial schools) and schools outside of the middle-12 range (e.g. daycares, only elementary, preschools, and universities) are not eligible for the study.
  • Individual-level Inclusion Criteria:
  • Principals: Must be the current Principal of the participating school. Teachers: Must be a current teacher at the participating school. Students: Must be a current student at the participating school studying in grades 6-12.

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    April 26 2024

    Trial Type :

    OBSERVATIONAL

    Allocation :

    ESTIMATED

    End Date :

    December 1 2025

    Estimated Enrollment :

    2500 Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT06153316

    Start Date

    April 26 2024

    End Date

    December 1 2025

    Last Update

    September 16 2025

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    Teachers College, Columbia University

    New York, New York, United States, 10027