HAVEN-Connect Youth Suicide Prevention

Part of paid clinical trials in New York, New York.

Sponsor
George Washington University
Study ID
NCT07401940
Status
Recruiting
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Conditions

  • Suicide Prevention

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
13 Years - 19 Years
Healthy Volunteers
Accepted

Interventions

  • HAVEN-Connect — BEHAVIORAL
    Youth-Connect Program for adolescents/emerging adults and Connect training for adult members is a strength-based network health depression and suicide prevention program. Participants learn together about and model skills to each other to grow and sustain "Four Cores" supportive of mental health and reduced likelihood of vulnerability to suicidal thoughts: (1) Healthy relationships and accountability spanning friendship, community and family relationships (Kinship); (2) Meaning and value in life (Purpose); (3) Informal and formal help-seeking (Guidance); and (4) Activities that give strength and balance emotions (Balance). Modules include self-assessment of strength areas, needs and using Four Cores to manage challenging emotions. Group skill-building activities identify strengths of all members, and members learn how a strong network supports all members' well-being. The training uses active learning including high energy activities and peer-to-peer teaching.
  • HAVEN Suicide Prevention — BEHAVIORAL
    Connect was developed to extend Sources of Strength, an evidence-based suicide prevention program that trains key opinion leaders to disseminate a model of healthy coping to peers, which has been implemented in over 80 secondary schools in New York State. Connect uses a multiple-session group training to build suicide protection at individual and group levels. The first version, Wingman-Connect was developed for young Air Force personnel in training (20% Black or multiracial).

Study Details

HAVEN=CONNECT is a comprehensive depression and suicide prevention intervention that is designed to be integrated into predominantly Black churches, a strategically ideal location for mental health intervention for Black youth. HAVEN=CONNECT has three components: (1) Church Community Engagement: an interactive process of introducing the program to key church leaders and stakeholder groups. (2) Faith-Based Curriculum: educational overview for pastors, other ministerial staff and youth lay leaders on how to integrate the program into the church using communication mediums that have cultural and religious relevance in the Black Church context. (3) Youth-Connect Intervention: The goals of this project are to test the impact of HAVEN=CONNECT (HAVEN) on key intervention targets, hypothesized mediators, and build a research-informed implementation strategy for future large-scale testing.

Key Dates

Start date
Jun 1, 2023
Status verified
Feb 2026
Primary completion
May 31, 2026
Completion
May 31, 2026

Study Design

Enrollment
240 participants (estimated)
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION

Arms

  • Experimental: HAVEN Intervention Group
    Participants receive HAVEN Connect intervention
  • Placebo Comparator: HAVEN Wait List Control Group
    On 6-month wait list where they only receive text messages

Primary Outcome Measure

Kiddie-Computerized Adaptive Testing for Mental Disorders [ Time Frame: baseline, 1- and 6-month followup ]

Central Contacts

Locations (2)

FacilityCityStateZIPSite coordinators
Mt. Sinai Hospital; Ichon School of MedicineNew YorkNew York10029
Sidney Hankerson, MD, MBA
[email protected]
212-659-8838
Crystal Clarke, MPH
[email protected]
212-659-8838
University of Rochester Medical CenterRochesterNew York14642-0002
Peter Wyman, Ph.D.
[email protected]
585-784-8200
Karen Schmeelk-Cone, Ph.D.
[email protected]
585-275-6428

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