Evaluation of the Effect of the BOAT® Structured Prevention Program on Violence in Middle Schools
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: The Prevention Toolbox : BOAT®.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Students, Middle Schools, Prevention, Violence. Basic parameters: 13 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
- France
- 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
Violence has major consequences for the health and development of children and teenagers, even though it is commonplace, particularly in secondary schools. The team at the Centre Ressources pour les Intervenants auprès d'Auteurs de Violences Sexuelles Languedoc-Roussillon (CRIAVS-LR, CHU Montpellier) has created a BOite A ouTils to prevent sexual and gender-based violence: the BOAT, for professionals working with children and teenagers aged between 5 and 18. Structured around 5 themes and 4 age groups, the BOAT is very easy to use. The 134 intervention sheets have been validated and designed to target a risk factor (to be reduced) or a protective factor (to be developed) so that children do not become perpetrators or victims of violence.
Detailed description
The study will involve 60 middle school (10 middle school REP/REP+ in six academies) over four consecutive school years between 2023 and 2027, the first year being devoted to preparing the study with the establishment. The research project is coordinated by the Montpellier University Hospital, and regulatory approvals have been sought from the relevant authorities.
Interventions
- Other The Prevention Toolbox : BOAT®
The Prevention Toolbox targets all forms of violence, but in particular sexual and gender-based violence, through 1 out of 5 themes (Relationships and sexuality) and 10 out of 34 sub-themes. The other 4 themes (Psychosocial skills, Respect and difference, From the virtual to the real, and Understanding and respect for the law) cover all the risk and protection factors for all types of violence.
Primary outcome measures
- changes in the incidence of violent behavior [Time frame: between the three years preceding the middle school's inclusion (period without intervention) and the three years following the start of the study (period with or without intervention, depending on the intervention arm)]
Secondary outcome measures (5)
- Students' well-being, substance use, risky sexual behavior and suicidal behavior [Time frame: every year at the end of the school year during three year]
- Teachers' perceived stress at work will be assessed using the PSS (Perceived Stress Scale) validated in French [Time frame: every year at the end of the school year during three year]
- School climate will be assessed using an anonymous ICS (Indice of School Climate ) questionnary [Time frame: every year at the end of the school year during three year]
- The frequency of disclosures of violence or abuse during interventions [Time frame: every year at the end of the school year during three year]
- The number of reports (information of concern or alerts) [Time frame: every year at the end of the school year during three year]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Middle school students: students enrolled in a middle school included in the study, enrolled in the fourth or ninth grade and randomly selected to participate in the research. The age of a fourth or ninth grader is between 13 and 17.
- Educational team: professionals and teachers working in a middle school participating in the research (included in the study).
Exclusion criteria
- Schoolchildren: opposition to participation in the search by the child's parents (or one of the 2 parents with parental authority) and/or opposition by the child.
- Educational team: opposition to participation in the search.
- Person unable to speak French
- Person unable to understand the nature, purpose and methodology of the study
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: Yes
Study design
- Observational model
- Other
Study locations
France · 1 center
- CHU de MONTPELLIER — Montpellier
Identifiers
NCT: NCT06471413 · RECHMPL22_0347 /UF 8352