Preventing Firearm Violence in Youth: A Hospital-based Prevention Strategy
For patients and families
In plain language
An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Bridging the Gap (BTG).
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Violence in Adolescence. Basic parameters: 10 years — 17 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- United States
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Overview
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.
Detailed description
The purpose of this research study is to find out if a hospital-based violence intervention (Bridging the Gap) is effective for reducing youth violence. Researchers think that youth who receive the Bridging the Gap will see greater improvements than youth who do not receive the intervention. Approximately 300 youth patients and 300 adult caregivers will enroll in this study. Participants will be randomized into a study group (either Bridging the Gap or Treatment as Usual). If patients agree to the study but do not like the group they are assigned to, they can request to switch groups. Participants assigned to the Treatment as Usual intervention will receive a brief violence awareness brochure during their hospital stay. Participants assigned to the Bridging the Gap intervention will receive an in-hospital intervention and, once released from the hospital, will receive 3-months of community case management services with their families. The study team thinks that youth who receive the Bridging the Gap intervention will see greater improvements than youth who do not receive the intervention. Participation in this study will last up to 6 months.
Interventions
- Behavioral Bridging the Gap (BTG)
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 progr
Primary outcome measures
- Firearm-related violence [Time frame: 6 months]
- Firearm-related carrying behaviors [Time frame: 6 months]
- Firearm-related beliefs [Time frame: 6 months]
- Firearm-related re-injury [Time frame: 6 months]
- Firearm-related mortality [Time frame: 6 months]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- 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)
Exclusion criteria
- Youth are < 10 years old
- Youth are > 18 years old
- Prisoners
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Open label
- Primary purpose
- Prevention
Study locations
United States · 1 center
- Virginia Commonwealth University — Richmond
Identifiers
NCT: NCT05078164 · HM20022975 · 1R01HD108025