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2024-05-06 @ 10:16 AM
Last Modification Date:
2024-10-26 @ 12:27 PM
Study NCT ID:
NCT03207386
Status:
COMPLETED
Last Update Posted:
2021-11-12
First Post:
2017-06-29
Brief Title:
Preventing Sexual Violence Through a Comprehensive Peer-led Initiative
Sponsor:
University of New Hampshire
Organization:
University of New Hampshire
Study Overview
Official Title:
Preventing Sexual Violence Through a Comprehensive Peer-led Initiative A Process and Outcome Evaluation
Status:
COMPLETED
Status Verified Date:
2021-11
Last Known Status:
None
Delayed Posting:
No
If Stopped, Why?:
Not Stopped
Has Expanded Access:
False
If Expanded Access, NCT#:
N/A
Has Expanded Access, NCT# Status:
N/A
Acronym:
None
Brief Summary:
The purpose of this multiple baseline study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a comprehensive youth-led sexual violence SV prevention program Youth Voices in Prevention Youth VIP The prevention program builds on youth-adult partnerships among middle and high school students in Rapid City South Dakota Consenting students will take part in a youth summit where they will be trained as popular opinion leaders to spread SV prevention messages among middle and high school youth and parents Following the summit youth will work in small groups focused on different aspects of evidence-based prevention strategies including bystander intervention social marketing messaging parent education norms change and social emotional learning Multiple research methods will be used to examine implementation process and cost In addition consenting students will take six surveys across three years including several surveys before programming begins and several to document Youth VIP outcomes after prevention programming takes place Survey data from a demographically similar community will be used to assess changes over time among youth in Rapid City SD All phases of the project will be implemented with collaboration from a Research Programming Advisory Board of community members and professionals from Rapid City SD
Detailed Description:
Sexual violence SV impacts adolescents at rates higher than most other age demographics Although it is a critical public health issue for youth there are few prevention initiatives that lead to reductions in SV There is increasing recognition that SV prevention efforts may be most effective if youth are central to the development and implementation of such efforts Problematically there are no rigorously evaluated youth-led SV prevention efforts and researchers also know little about the process by which youth create prevention initiatives Teen UP TU is a youth-led initiative in Rapid City SD that focuses on addressing a variety of public health issues including awareness about SV This homegrown initiative is well integrated in the community and is the ideal platform on which additional multi-level evidence-based SV prevention strategies can be added Researchers and SV prevention specialists at the University of New Hampshire in partnership with Rape Prevention Education-funded agencies in South Dakota SD ie Network Against Family Violence and Sexual Assault The Network and Working Against Violence Inc WAVI will work together along with a number of community stakeholders eg educators peers elders and expert consultants to enhance TU to include additional SV prevention strategies a project titled Youth Voices in Prevention Youth VIP Although the plan for the programming enhancement will be refined based on feedback from the Research and Programming Advisory Board RPAB and data collected during the refinement and planning phase of the project the current plan is to convene a youth summit where high school youth will be trained as popular opinion leaders to diffuse SV prevention messages in addition to youth joining a formal working group specific to a SV prevention strategy that also aligns with youths career aspirations A mixed method approach will be used to measure implementation processes fidelity and costs over time and to assess the impact of Youth VIP on rates of sexual violence perpetration among middle and high school students as well as the secondary outcomes of sexual violence victimization dating violence and bullying victimization and perpetration depression and suicidality Collaboration with the community of students parents and professionals in Rapid City will be promoted by establishing a Research Programming Advisory Board RPAB that will meet monthly during the project
All students in grades 7 through 10 in the fall of 2017 will be invited to participate in two baseline and four follow-up surveys that will be given in school Surveys will take place in fall and spring of each of three school years and the cohort enrolled in fall of 2017 will be followed over time Recruitment of students and parents is being done in close collaboration with the Rapid City Area School District The investigators anticipate enrolling 2000 students
Qualitative data includes Photovoice interviews a technique where students take pictures of their community and describe how those pictures relate to violence in their community interviews of students who attended programming and interviews with key adult stakeholders We will identify common themes in this data using content analysis then code the interviews for these themes We will present both the frequency that these themes emerged and key exemplary quotes We will use a variety of methods to analyze the quantitative data First we will examine change in outcomes over time as a function of exposure to programming Second using social network analysis we will examine change in outcomes as a function of the programming exposure of ones close friends Third we will use pooled cross-sectional analyses to compare students in the same grade levels over time as the program is implemented eg compare this years eight graders to last years eighth graders Fourth we will use multilevel modeling to examine trajectories and changes in the cohorts eg compare growth in this years eight graders to last years eighth graders who are nested within schools We will examine outcomes in these ways for primary outcome sexual violence perpetration and victimization intermediary outcomes eg social norms and secondary outcomes eg suicidal thoughts
All students in grades 7 through 10 in the fall of 2017 will be invited to participate in two baseline and four follow-up surveys that will be given in school Surveys will take place in fall and spring of each of three school years and the cohort enrolled in fall of 2017 will be followed over time Recruitment of students and parents is being done in close collaboration with the Rapid City Area School District The investigators anticipate enrolling 2000 students
Qualitative data includes Photovoice interviews a technique where students take pictures of their community and describe how those pictures relate to violence in their community interviews of students who attended programming and interviews with key adult stakeholders We will identify common themes in this data using content analysis then code the interviews for these themes We will present both the frequency that these themes emerged and key exemplary quotes We will use a variety of methods to analyze the quantitative data First we will examine change in outcomes over time as a function of exposure to programming Second using social network analysis we will examine change in outcomes as a function of the programming exposure of ones close friends Third we will use pooled cross-sectional analyses to compare students in the same grade levels over time as the program is implemented eg compare this years eight graders to last years eighth graders Fourth we will use multilevel modeling to examine trajectories and changes in the cohorts eg compare growth in this years eight graders to last years eighth graders who are nested within schools We will examine outcomes in these ways for primary outcome sexual violence perpetration and victimization intermediary outcomes eg social norms and secondary outcomes eg suicidal thoughts
Study Oversight
Has Oversight DMC:
None
Is a FDA Regulated Drug?:
False
Is a FDA Regulated Device?:
False
Is an Unapproved Device?:
None
Is a PPSD?:
None
Is a US Export?:
None
Is an FDA AA801 Violation?:
None