Clinical trial NCT05887973: Addressing Root Causes for Gun Violence Prevention (ARC-GVP)
Official title: Addressing Root Causes for Gun Violence Prevention (ARC-GVP) Outcomes Study
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: RECRUITING
Conditions: Violence
Adolescent
Firearm Injury
Aggression
Keywords: Youth Violence Prevention
Gun Violence Prevention
Positive Youth Development
Lead sponsor: University of Michigan
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
First posted: 2023-06-05
Enrollment: 250
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 14
Maximum age (years): 24
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Observational model: COHORT
Time perspective: PROSPECTIVE
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: Youth in Washington D.C. who are participating in The T.R.I.G.G.E.R Project, a grassroots youth firearm violence prevention program

Brief summary: The goal of this study is to help build the evidence base for a locally-relevant youth firearm violence prevention program in Washington D.C., a city experiencing disparities in youth firearm violence outcomes.

The main question it aims to answer is:

How is youth participation in the summer youth employment program, the True Reasons I Grabbed the Gun Evolved from Risk (The T.R.I.G.G.E.R Project), which is designed to address root causes of gun violence, associated with individual youth behavioral outcomes, including pro-social involvement, aggression, and firearm-related attitudes and behaviors?

Detailed description: The goal of this study is to help build the evidence base for a locally-relevant youth firearm violence prevention program in a city experiencing disparities in youth firearm violence outcomes. The main question it aims to answer is:

How is youth participation in a summer youth employment program that is designed to address root causes of gun violence (The T.R.I.G.G.E.R project), associated with individual youth behavioral outcomes, including pro-social involvement, retaliatory attitudes, aggression, and firearm behaviors?

To examine this question, participants will be invited to complete four surveys over the course of one year to assess attitudinal and behavioral change:

* A pre-test at the start of the program
* A first post-test 2-4 weeks following the conclusion of the program
* A second post-test 6 months following the conclusion of the program
* A third and final post-test 12 months following the conclusion of the program

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Youth in Washington D.C. who are participating in The T.R.I.G.G.E.R Project, a grassroots youth firearm violence prevention program

Exclusion Criteria:

* Emancipated minors

Primary outcomes:
measure: Change in Civic Efficacy
timeFrame: Outcomes will be measured at 4 time points over 1 year: at the start of the summer programs, 2-4 weeks post, 6-months post, and 1-year post participation
measure: Change in Pro-Social Involvement
timeFrame: Outcomes will be measured at 4 time points over 1 year: at the start of the summer programs, 2-4 weeks post, 6-months post, and 1-year post participation
measure: Change in Attitudes towards Violence and Retaliation
timeFrame: Outcomes will be measured at 4 time points over 1 year: at the start of the summer programs, 2-4 weeks post, 6-months post, and 1-year post participation
measure: Change in Aggressive Behavior
timeFrame: Outcomes will be measured at 4 time points over 1 year: at the start of the summer programs, 2-4 weeks post, 6-months post, and 1-year post participation
measure: Change in Firearm Carriage Frequency
timeFrame: Outcomes will be measured at 4 time points over 1 year: at the start of the summer programs, 2-4 weeks post, 6-months post, and 1-year post participation
measure: Change in Firearm Use
timeFrame: Outcomes will be measured at 4 time points over 1 year: at the start of the summer programs, 2-4 weeks post, 6-months post, and 1-year post participation
measure: Change in Firearm Aggression
timeFrame: Outcomes will be measured at 4 time points over 1 year: at the start of the summer programs, 2-4 weeks post, 6-months post, and 1-year post participation
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Ann Arbor
country: United States
facility: University of Michigan
state: Michigan
Study officials:
affiliation: University of Michigan
name: Marc Zimmerman, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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