Evaluation of Circles of Safety
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- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Circles of Safety.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Child Abuse Sexual. Basic parameters: from 18 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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Official title
Evaluation of Circles of Safety for the Primary Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse
Overview
Using a matched cluster randomized control design, the proposed study will evaluate a child sexual abuse (CSA) primary prevention strategy, Circles of Safety®. League leadership, staff, and coaches within youth sports will be focal participants. Outcomes include CSA among youth athletes served, protective and inappropriate behaviors from coaches \& league leaders, as well as knowledge of and perceived ability to identify and address CSA and resource-seeking behavior.
Interventions
- Behavioral Circles of Safety
The Circles of Safety program is a child sexual abuse (CSA) primary prevention program that provides direct education to organization leaders and adults who interact with youth, tailored website content for organizations that serve youth, and helpline services for all individuals affected by CSA including not only victims and their families but also individuals who think they may have or will sexually abuse a child.
Primary outcome measures
- Rates of disclosed child sexual abuse [Time frame: This will be measured at baseline and T2 (baseline + 90 days)]
- Rates of potentially harmful sexual behaviors from coaches and staff [Time frame: This will be measured at baseline and T2 (baseline + 90 days)]
- Staff and coaches' knowledge of CSA [Time frame: This will be measured at baseline and T2 (baseline + 90 days)]
- Staff and coaches perceived self-efficacy in identifying CSA [Time frame: This will be measured at baseline and T2 (baseline + 90 days)]
- Rates of preventive behaviors among staff and coaches [Time frame: This will be measured at baseline and T2 (baseline + 90 days)]
Secondary outcome measures (3)
- Program reach [Time frame: Measured through study completion, an average 1 year]
- implementation consistency [Time frame: Measured through study completion, an average 1 year]
- mechanisms of intervention success [Time frame: Measured through study completion, an average 1 year]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Participants must be at least 18 years of age.
- Participants must be a youth sports leader or coach.
- Participants must be an English speaker.
- Participants must be able to provide consent for themselves.
Exclusion criteria
- Children are not included as direct participants in this study.
- Anyone who is not able to provide consent because they are a non-English speaker or have cognitive impairment.
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: Yes
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Open label
- Primary purpose
- Other
Study locations
United States · 1 center
- Center for Violence Prevention Research — Gainesville
Identifiers
NCT: NCT07526142 · CE22-003 · U01CE003409