CSTOP Now! Child Sex Trafficking Stops With You

Conditions

• Child Sex Trafficking

Eligibility Criteria

Sex

ALL

Age

21 Years - 65 Years

Healthy Volunteers

Not accepted

Interventions

• CSTOP Now! — BEHAVIORAL
  Child sex trafficking stops with you. Implement and evaluate the effectiveness of a multi-level bystander-informed program (CSTOP Now!) aimed at Kentucky public middle school staff. Participants will be trained to use the See It To Stop It Indicator Tool (SITSII) by using tiers of concern (clear concern, possible concern, and monitor of emerging concern). The SITSII tool directs the bystander actions to Decide, Directly Intervene, Disrupt, Delegate, and Document.
• Prevent Child Abuse Kentucky Online Training — BEHAVIORAL
  The Kentucky State Police, in association with Prevent Child Abuse Kentucky, have developed videos we invite active comparator schools to review which also include how to identify and report child sex trafficking.

Study Details

Focus: Intervention \& prevention of child commercial sexual exploitation or trafficking (CST) In Kentucky, familial SU/D increases risk of CST. Primary goal: Implement and evaluate effectiveness of multi-level bystander-informed program (CSTOP Now!) aimed at Kentucky public middle schools for staff.

Key Dates

Start date

Sep 19, 2023

Status verified

Oct 2025

Primary completion

Sep 29, 2026

Completion

Dec 31, 2026

Study Design

Enrollment

5,408 participants (estimated)

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

SCREENING

Arms

• Experimental: CSTOP Now! Child Sex Trafficking Stops with You
  For this RCT, our research team has created CSTOP Now! online, interactive learning management system training. This CSTOP Now! online training will be offer to middle school staff in Kentucky counties randomized to this experimental intervention arm. This training seeks to provide middle school staff with information and resources to identify, intervene in, and prevent child sex trafficking (CST). This training will provide middle school staff with the knowledge, skills, and efficacy to intervene with children at risk of or experiencing CST. This training will also provide staff with skills to disrupt harmful attitudes or misinformation about CST.
• Active Comparator: Prevent Child Abuse Kentucky Online Training
  With input from Prevent Child Abuse Kentucky, our team developed training delivered via LMS and designed to identify child sex trafficking among middle school students. Only for middle school staff in counties randomized to the active comparator, we offer this online training using the same approach as that for staff in the intervention condition.

Primary Outcome Measure

Knowledge and Attitudes toward Child Sex Trafficking (CST) among middle school staff [ Time Frame: Year 2-Year 4 ]

Central Contacts

• Ann Coker, PhD, MPH
  859-323-0429
  [email protected]
• Emily Clear, MPH
  859-218-0029
  [email protected]

Locations (1)

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