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Preventing Firearm Violence in Youth: A Hospital-based Prevention Strategy

ConditionViolence in Adolescence
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age10-17
SponsorVirginia Commonwealth University

About this trial

The goal of the study is to understand if hospital-based violence interventions are effective for reducing youth violence among violently injured youth. This study will allow researchers to learn more about the intervention's effectiveness. The researchers also want to understand if the violence intervention impacts other behaviors, such as firearm use, drug use, aggression, risky behaviors, and rates of violent re-injury.

Eligibility criteria

This trial does not accept healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Youth are aged 10-17 years and their adult caregivers are aged 18 years and older

Receiving treatment in the hospital for a violence-related injury (e.g., gunshot wound) or referred to BTG/IVPP services

English speaking

Eligible for BTG services (which includes living within the BTG catchment area for the hospital; Richmond City and neighboring counties)

Disqualifiers

Youth are < 10 years old

Youth are > 18 years old

Prisoners

Trial design

Design model

Parallel

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Bridging the Gap (BTG)

    Behavioral

    Bridging the Gap: Bridging the Gap is a hybrid model for violence prevention which integrates a hospital-based brief violence intervention (BVI) delivered to the patient while in hospital with a wrap-around community case management prevention strategy. Firearm Counseling Program: The firearm counseling program was developed to be administered in the hospital alongside the 6-step intervention program, as well as in the patient's home after hospital discharge. The firearm safety counseling program includes 3 components aimed at understanding patient risk, reducing firearm-related violence risk-factors, and helping patients increase firearm safety practices.

Treatment groups

300 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups
Group A: Treatment as UsualNo intervention 0 interventions
Group B: Bridging the Gap (BTG)Experimental treatment 1 intervention

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Firearm-related violence

Total number of unique firearm-related violence incidents will be assessed multiple ways including self-report assessment and semi-structured clinical assessments.

Time frame
6 months
2

Firearm-related carrying behaviors

Total number of firearm-related carrying behaviors will be assessed multiple ways including self-report assessment and semi-structured clinical assessments.

Time frame
6 months
3

Firearm-related beliefs

Total number of firearm-related beliefs endorsed will be assessed multiple ways including self-report assessment and semi-structured clinical assessments.

Time frame
6 months
4

Firearm-related re-injury

Total number of unique firearm-related re-injury incidents will be measured multiple ways including self-report, caregiver-report, hospital records, and the National Death Index.

Time frame
6 months

Secondary outcomes

Other outcomes

Sponsors and contacts

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Virginia Commonwealth University

Lead sponsor

Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

Collaborator

Source ClinicalTrials.gov
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