Status:
ENROLLING_BY_INVITATION
Evaluation of Violence Prevention Strategies to Prevent and Reduce Community Levels of Youth Violence
Lead Sponsor:
Virginia Commonwealth University
Collaborating Sponsors:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Conditions:
Violence
Exposure to Violent Event
Eligibility:
All Genders
12+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The goal of this research study is to implement and evaluate a comprehensive community-level approach, Healthy Communities for Youth, that includes both a selective hospital-based prevention strategy,...
Detailed Description
This project focuses on three communities in Richmond selected based on US Census Bureau block groups and their high rates of youth violence and concentrated poverty. The community-level effects of im...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- PAR-SEED Method:
- Inclusion criteria:
- Community residents, youth aged 12-17 and parents, living in one of the intervention communities (Community A and Community B)
- Stakeholders who reside or work in one of the intervention communities (Community A and Community B) or who contribute other expertise
- Be able to consent/assent
- Exlcusion criteria:
- Those who do not meet the inclusion criteria
- Those with limited English proficiency
- Emerging Leaders:
- Inclusion criteria:
- Violently injured or high-risk youth that have either received or are receiving treatment or had a family member or relative receive treatment at VCU Health, or who live in one of the intervention communities, or have been referred by a community partner.
- Aged 14 through 24
- Reside in one of the two intervention communities (Community A and Community B) or in the control community (Community C)
- Be able to consent/assent
- Exclusion criteria:
- Youth younger than 14 and older than 24 will be excluded.
- Prisoners will be excluded.
- Those living outside our community boundaries will be excluded.
- PAR/Youth Voices:
- Inclusion criteria:
- Youth in grades 9 through 12
- Reside in one of the intervention communities (Community A and Community B) and attend the designated high school(s) serving that community (Community A or Community B)
- Be able to consent/assent
- Exclusion criteria:
- Youth in grades below 9th
- Youth who have graduated from high school
- Youth recruited for School A, cannot reside in the catchment areas for Communities B or C. Youth recruited for School B, cannot reside in the catchment areas for Communities A or C. Youth recruited for School C, cannot reside in the catchment areas for Communities A or B.
Exclusion
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
February 16 2022
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
March 30 2026
Estimated Enrollment :
3390 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT06176300
Start Date
February 16 2022
End Date
March 30 2026
Last Update
December 24 2024
Active Locations (1)
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Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, Virginia, United States, 23298