Clinical trial NCT06552871: Participatory Research for Suicide Prevention in Autism
Official title: Participatory Research for Suicide Prevention in Autism
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: RECRUITING
Phase: NA
Conditions: Autism
Suicide Prevention
Keywords: educational intervention
pilot test
Lead sponsor: University of Utah
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
First posted: 2024-08-14
Enrollment: 30
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: NA
Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Intervention model description: Initial pre-post pilot test
Primary purpose: OTHER

Brief summary: The goal of this study is to pilot test a new educational intervention for organization members focused on suicide prevention for autistic people. The main questions it aims to answer are:

* Does participating in the intervention increase participants' knowledge, skills, and actions to support suicide prevention for autistic people?
* What feedback do participants have to help improve the intervention?

Participants will:

* engage in a four-part virtual educational intervention
* answer questions via online survey before, after, and 3-months after the intervention
* participate in an optional interview to provide feedback

Detailed description: This study will pilot test a new four-part virtual educational intervention called Forming Love around Autistic People to Prevent Suicide (FLAPS).

Participants will be active members of an organization (e.g., paid employee, volunteer, stakeholder) whose work impacts autistic people. They will participate in four virtual educational sessions led by trained facilitators.

The educational intervention will provide current research evidence and community-informed information about suicide risk and prevention, and engage participants in active discussions to expand their knowledge and skills as well as to promote action planning to support suicide prevention for autistic people in their community.

Participants will provide demographic and descriptive information and complete the Steps Toward Prevention (Autism Community Suicide Prevention) measure at three time-points (Pre-intervention, post-intervention \[approximately 2 months after baseline\], and 3-months after intervention). The Steps Toward Prevention (Autism Community Suicide Prevention) measure will assess participants' knowledge, skills, and actions to support suicide prevention for autistic people. They will also be provided an option to complete a short interview to provide feedback about the FLAPS intervention.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Active member of an organization whose work impacts autistic people
* Age 18+
* Fluent English language to participate in virtual educational intervention

Exclusion Criteria:

* No access to an internet-connected device
* Unable to participate in a virtual educational intervention

Primary outcomes:
measure: Steps Toward Prevention (Autism Community Suicide Prevention)
timeFrame: Pre-intervention, post-intervention (approximately 2 months after baseline), and 3-months after intervention
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Qualitative Interview
timeFrame: Post-intervention (approximately 2 months after baseline)
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Salt Lake City
country: United States
facility: University of Utah
state: Utah
Study officials:
affiliation: University of Utah
name: Anne V Kirby, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
citation: Kirby AV, Bakian AV, Zhang Y, Bilder DA, Keeshin BR, Coon H. A 20-year study of suicide death in a statewide autism population. Autism Res. 2019 Apr;12(4):658-666. doi: 10.1002/aur.2076. Epub 2019 Jan 21.
citation: Wexler L, McEachern D, DiFulvio G, Smith C, Graham LF, Dombrowski K. Creating a Community of Practice to Prevent Suicide Through Multiple Channels: Describing the Theoretical Foundations and Structured Learning of PC CARES. Int Q Community Health Educ. 2016;36(2):115-22. doi: 10.1177/0272684X16630886. Epub 2016 Feb 15.
citation: Wexler L, Rataj S, Ivanich J, Plavin J, Mullany A, Moto R, Kirk T, Goldwater E, Johnson R, Dombrowski K. Community mobilization for rural suicide prevention: Process, learning and behavioral outcomes from Promoting Community Conversations About Research to End Suicide (PC CARES) in Northwest Alaska. Soc Sci Med. 2019 Jul;232:398-407. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2019.05.028. Epub 2019 May 23.