Community Based Youth Injury Prevention Program
June 30, 2017 updated by: Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
America's greatest resource is its youth, but that resource is increasingly threatened by violence.
Recommendations for violence prevention have highlighted the need to focus on youth and to explore targeted interventions Nowhere is the need greater than in our nation's capital where the intentional injury fatality rate for youth age 14-19 is higher than any of the 50 states.
This study builds on the CDC-supported project Adolescent Violence: A Community-Based Strategy which instituted citywide surveillance on injuries, conducted by researchers at the Children's National Medical Center.
In this study, the same researchers will extend that work by testing an individualized intervention to reduce violent behavior among a sample of assault-injured youth, age 9-15, who present at the Emergency department (ED).
196 youths and their families will be included in this randomized trial, with 98 families assigned to the individualized intervention condition and 98 families assigned to the control condition.
Families will be followed for 18 months.
To address issues of attrition over the 18 months that the study follows, approximately twice as many families, or 400 families, will be recruited to participate in the study.
Study Overview
Status
Completed
Conditions
Detailed Description
America's greatest resource is its youth, but that resource is increasingly threatened by violence.
Recommendations for violence prevention have highlighted the need to focus on youth and to explore targeted interventions.
Nowhere is the need greater than in our nation's capital where the intentional injury fatality rate for youth age 14-19 is higher than any of the 50 states.
This study builds on the CDC-supported project Adolescent Violence: A Community-Based Strategy which instituted citywide surveillance on injuries, conducted by researchers at the Children's National Medical Center.
In this study, the same researchers will extend that work by testing an individualized intervention to reduce violent behavior among a sample of assault-injured youth, age 9-15, who present at the Emergency Department (ED).
196 youths and their families will be included in this randomized trial, with 98 families assigned to the individualized intervention condition and 98 families assigned to the control condition.
Families will be followed for 18 months.
To address issues of attrition over the 18 months that the study follows, approximately twice as many families, or 400 families, will be recruited to participate in the study.
Study Type
Observational
Enrollment
392
Contacts and Locations
This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.
Study Locations
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Maryland
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Bethesda, Maryland, United States, 20892
- National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
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Participation Criteria
Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
7 years and older (Child, Adult, Older Adult)
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
No
Genders Eligible for Study
All
Description
- INCLUSION CRITERIA:
A consecutive sample of youth presenting to the ED or hospitalized for interpersonal assault injuries meeting the following criteria will be recruited: Interpersonal injuries; Youth age 9-15 and their parents or guardians.
Youth and their families will be excluded from participation for the following reasons: Injuries due to child abuse and sexual abuse; those with severe psychopathology (i.e., severe depression or psychosis s measured by extreme responses on selected CBCL questions); Youth or their parents with an inability to comprehend questions for reasons of cognitive ability or language will be excluded.
Study Plan
This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.
How is the study designed?
Collaborators and Investigators
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Study record dates
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Study Major Dates
Study Start
December 4, 2001
Study Completion
November 2, 2006
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
June 19, 2006
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
June 19, 2006
First Posted (Estimate)
June 21, 2006
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (Actual)
July 2, 2017
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
June 30, 2017
Last Verified
November 2, 2006
More Information
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Keywords
Other Study ID Numbers
- 999902070
- 02-CH-N070
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