Clinical trial NCT01878097: Evaluation of Green Dot a Primary Prevention Intervention
Official title: Green Dot Across the Bluegrass: Evaluation of a Primary Prevention Intervention
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Sex Offenses
Lead sponsor: University of Kentucky
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2013-06-14
Enrollment: 89707
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 14
Maximum age (years): 19
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: PREVENTION

Brief summary: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the statewide application of Green Dot among high schools students. We hypothesize that students in high schools with Green Dot will over time report lower rates of sexual violence (SV) compared with students in comparable high schools randomized not to have Green Dot. This reduction in sexual violence will be mediated through a reduction in social norms supporting sexual violence (measured with violence acceptance scales) and an increase in bystander behaviors.

Detailed description: "Green Dot" is a bystander intervention program that empowers students to actively question peer support for sexual violence (SV) and become change agents who play a significant role in preventing sexual violence. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the statewide application of Green Dot among high schools students. We hypothesize that students in high schools with Green Dot will over time report lower rates of SV compared with students in comparable high schools randomized not to have Green Dot. A high school based controlled intervention trial is being used to test the efficacy of Green Dot. Both panel and cohort survey methods will be used to provide baseline and prospective data on student's attitudes supporting SV, bystander behaviors and violence victimization and perpetration. In 13 Kentucky regions, 2 demographically comparable high schools were recruited to participate in Green Dot intervention either as the intervention or control site. Schools were randomly assigned to the intervention. Study Population includes all students in participating high schools invited to complete anonymous panel surveys beginning spring 2010 through 2014. This state-wide, population-based, multi-site controlled intervention trial provides an empirical test of a promising intervention, which, if proven effective, could result in the primary prevention of SV and a reduction in the health and academic consequences of SV.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

Only high school students attending the intervention or comparison high schools will be eligible. Two groups will be recruited: those receiving bystanding training and those not receiving such training who may or may not be in the social network of those receiving bystanding training.

Exclusion Criteria:

All other high school students in Kentucky

Primary outcomes:
measure: Average Number of Sexual Assault Events Used (Perpetrated) Per School.
timeFrame: up to 5 years follow up from baseline intervention
measure: Average Number of Sexual Assaults Experienced (Victimization) Events Per School.
timeFrame: Data will be collected at baseline and annually for 4 years.
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
measure: Change in Violence Acceptance
timeFrame: Data will be collected at baseline and annually for 4 years.
measure: Increase in Bystanding Behaviors
timeFrame: Data will be collected at baseline and annually for 4 years.
Locations:
city: Lexington
country: United States
facility: University of Kentucky
state: Kentucky
Study officials:
affiliation: University of Kentucky
name: Ann L. Coker, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
citation: Coker AL, Bush HM, Cook-Craig PG, DeGue SA, Clear ER, Brancato CJ, Fisher BS, Recktenwald EA. RCT Testing Bystander Effectiveness to Reduce Violence. Am J Prev Med. 2017 May;52(5):566-578. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2017.01.020. Epub 2017 Mar 6.
citation: Coker AL, Bush HM, Brancato CJ, Clear ER, Recktenwald EA. Bystander Program Effectiveness to Reduce Violence Acceptance: RCT in High Schools. J Fam Violence. 2019;34(3):153-164. doi: 10.1007/s10896-018-9961-8. Epub 2018 Apr 2.
citation: Mennicke AM, Bush HM, Brancato CJ, Coker AL. Bystander Program to Reduce Sexual Violence by Witnessing Parental Intimate Partner Violence Status. Am J Prev Med. 2022 Aug;63(2):262-272. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2021.12.022. Epub 2022 Mar 9.