Enhancing an Existing Prevention Strategy to Reduce Intentional Firearm Injuries Among High-risk Youth (Phase 1)

Part of paid clinical trials in Richmond, Virginia.

Sponsor
Virginia Commonwealth University
Study ID
NCT07305467
Status
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Conditions

  • Prevention

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
13 Years - 17 Years
Healthy Volunteers
Not accepted

Interventions

  • Establish an advisory board of high-risk youth — OTHER
    Fifteen high-risk youth will be recruited to establish an advisory board
  • Feedback and advice sessions — OTHER
    The youth advisory board will provide feedback and advice on the research questions, methodology, and interpretation of data through approximately fifteen, 60-minute meetings
  • Youth advisory board training — OTHER
    Youth will be trained in the social-ecological model and health behavior change theories, to better conceptualize the link between theory and intervention content, and to participate in the research process more actively.
  • Semi-structured focus groups — OTHER
    Will participate in a semi-structured focus group protocol developed in collaboration with the youth advisory board while incorporating knowledge from the empirical literature and health behavior change theories.

Study Details

Over the past three decades, substantial resources have been devoted to developing youth violence prevention (YVP) programs. These programs have demonstrated positive effects on reducing aggression and related behaviors, firearm-specific risk factors were largely overlooked due to historical barriers to firearm research. This omission is concerning, as firearms are now the leading cause of injury and death among U.S. youth. Existing YVP strategies such as Emerging Leaders address general violence risk but do not directly target firearm-related risks or suicide prevention. There remains a critical gap in prevention strategies that integrate firearm-specific content while leveraging established program infrastructure.

Key Dates

Start date
Jul 31, 2026
Status verified
Jun 2026
Primary completion
Jan 31, 2027
Completion
Jan 31, 2027

Study Design

Enrollment
45 participants (estimated)
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
OTHER

Arms

  • Other: Interviewees
    Interviews with youth (30 participants) to identify relevant firearm-specific risk and protective factors that will be used to develop the theory and intervention in collaboration with an advisory board of 15 youth. (Members of the YPAR are eligible to participate in both arms).
  • Other: Youth Participatory Action Research (YPAR) Advisory Board
    The advisory board of 15 youth. The advisory board will assist in developing the focus group protocol for Phase 1 qualitative data collection. (Members of the YPAR are eligible to participate in both arms).

Primary Outcome Measure

Grounded theory of firearm related change [ Time Frame: Fifteen, 60-minute meetings (Baseline to the completion of the document) ]

Central Contacts

Locations (1)

FacilityCityStateZIPSite coordinators
Virginia Commonwealth UniversityRichmondVirginia23298
Kelly O'Connor

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