Primary Prevention Youth Suicide Trial in Colorado High Schools Prevention Among Colorado High School Students

The Impact of Sources of Strength, a Primary Prevention Youth Suicide Program, on Sexual Violence Prevention Among Colorado High School Students

Sources of Strength is an evidence based program for youth suicide that trains student key leaders to strengthen social connectedness and healthy norms school-wide and is listed on the National Registry of Evidence Based Programs and Practices (NREPP). This project will expand the existing evidence base by evaluating Sources of Strength for sexual violence outcomes in a randomized controlled trial (RCT) in twenty-four high schools.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Suicide; Sexual Violence
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: Sources of Strength (SOS) Prevention Program

Detailed Description

At present few programs systematically address broader social-ecological factors such as school-wide norms and youth-adult connectedness that research identifies as major drivers of sexual violence. To address this gap, this application proposes a large-scale RCT evaluation of Sources of Strength to evaluate for sexual violence perpetration outcomes. Sources of Strength is an evidence based program for youth suicide that trains student key leaders to strengthen social connectedness and healthy norms school-wide and is listed on the National Registry of Evidence Based Programs and Practices (NREPP). This project will expand the existing evidence base by evaluating Sources of Strength for sexual violence outcomes, which has never been done before. Twenty-four high schools will be recruited and stratified (rural or urban) and randomly assigned to one of two conditions: (a) immediate Sources of Strength intervention, (b) wait-list for Sources of Strength Implementation after 16 months.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 10
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • Colorado
    • Denver, Colorado, United States, 80246
      • Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 13 years to 19 years (Child, Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• high school student in participating school, parents did not withdraw from study

Exclusion Criteria:

• none

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Prevention
• Allocation: Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Sources of Strength Suicide (SOS); Receive Sources of Strength Suicide (SOS) Prevention Program	Behavioral: Sources of Strength (SOS) Prevention Program; Sources of Strength is an evidence based program for youth suicide that trains student key leaders to strengthen social connectedness and healthy norms school-wide and is listed on the National Registry of Evidence Based Programs and Practices (NREPP).
Active Comparator: SOS Waitlist Control; Delayed implementation of Sources of Strength Suicide Prevention Program after 16 months.	Behavioral: Sources of Strength (SOS) Prevention Program; Sources of Strength is an evidence based program for youth suicide that trains student key leaders to strengthen social connectedness and healthy norms school-wide and is listed on the National Registry of Evidence Based Programs and Practices (NREPP).

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Change in sexual violence perpetration measured by method of survey	Sexual violence perpetration will be measured by method of survey as part of the Sources of Strength suicide prevention program	Baseline; Month 24
Change in suicidal behaviors measured by method of survey	Suicidal ideation and behaviors will be measured by method of survey as part of the Sources of Strength suicide prevention program	Baseline; Month 24

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: University of Florida
• Collaborators: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; University of Rochester; Texas Tech University; Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
• Investigators: Study Director: Tomei Kuehl, MPA, Colorado Department of Public Health

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): August 21, 2017
• Primary Completion (Actual): September 11, 2019
• Study Completion (Actual): September 11, 2019

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: January 5, 2017
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: January 6, 2017
• First Posted (Estimated): January 9, 2017

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): March 13, 2024
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 11, 2024
• Last Verified: March 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Behavioral Symptoms; Self-Injurious Behavior; Suicide
• Other Study ID Numbers: IRB201702833; 2016-U-0436 (Other Identifier: IRB-02); 1U01CE002841-01 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract); GRANT12174446 (Other Grant/Funding Number: Centers for Disease Control)

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No
• product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.: No