Creating Peace: Community-based Youth Violence Prevention to Address Racism and Discrimination
Last updated on July 2021Recruitment
- Recruitment Status
- Recruiting
- Estimated Enrollment
- Same as current
Summary
- Conditions
- Adolescent Behavior
- Communication, Personal
- Coping Skills
- Emotional Abuse
- Group, Peer
- Violence, Domestic
- Violence, Non-accidental
- Violence, Sexual
- Type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Design
- Allocation: RandomizedIntervention Model: Parallel AssignmentIntervention Model Description: This cluster-randomized community-partnered study will examine the effectiveness of a trauma-sensitive, gender transformative youth violence prevention program called Creating Peace that integrates racism and discrimination prevention among youth ages 14-19. The study will be located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania across 24 neighborhoods with concentrated disadvantage ('clusters'), randomized either to receive the "Creating Peace" program (i.e., intervention neighborhood, n=12) or to a job skills training program (n=12 schools).Masking: None (Open Label)Primary Purpose: Prevention
Participation Requirements
- Age
- Between 14 years and 19 years
- Gender
- Both males and females
Description
This community-partnered cluster-randomized controlled trial will examine the effectiveness of a trauma-sensitive, gender-transformative youth violence prevention program that integrates racism and discrimination prevention. Set in 24 neighborhoods in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania with concentrated socia...
This community-partnered cluster-randomized controlled trial will examine the effectiveness of a trauma-sensitive, gender-transformative youth violence prevention program that integrates racism and discrimination prevention. Set in 24 neighborhoods in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania with concentrated social and economic disadvantage, this study addresses gender and racial injustice through a series of group discussions, bringing together adolescents ages 14-19 with law enforcement officers in a process of social restoration.
Tracking Information
- NCT #
- NCT04474158
- Collaborators
- National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)
- Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Elizabeth Miller, MD, PhD University of Pittsburgh
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