NCT02586766

University of Michigan Youth Violence Prevention Emergency Department Brief Intervention (Project Sync)

University of Michigan Youth Violence Prevention Emergency Department Brief Intervention

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 409 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Michigan · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 14 Years – 20 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether a brief motivational interviewing intervention given during emergency department care to 14-20 year olds seeking treatment, could reduce youth violence.

Detailed description

This Emergency Department (ED) based study will test the effectiveness of a tailored therapist delivered motivational interviewing intervention, and an informational pamphlet control condition (IC) on reducing violence in 14-20 year olds who present to the Hurley Medical Center (HMC). Eligible adolescents at the Hurley Medical Center (HMC) emergency department (ED) (based on eligibility criteria) will complete a computerized online survey. The goal of the intervention was to examine ways to reduce and prevention youth violence using techniques to change behavior in a respectful, non-confrontational, and non-judgmental manner. This one-on one counseling approach emphasizes individual choice and responsibility and differentiates between future goals/values and current behavior. At 2-months following their ED visit, eligible adolescents (both from the intervention group and control group) will meet with a research assistant and self-administer an online computerized follow-up survey. An online survey tool will be used for baseline, follow up and post-test surveys. Participants will self-administer the survey at the time of follow up, post-test and baseline.

Conditions

• Violence

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Project Sync	A 30 minute private on-on-one brief motivational interviewing intervention given during emergency department care. The goal of the intervention was to reduce and prevention youth violence using techniques to change behavior in a respectful, non-confrontational, and non-judgmental manner. This one-on one counseling approach emphasizes individual choice and responsibility and differentiates between future goals/values and current behavior

Timeline

• Start date: 2011-10-01
• Primary completion: 2015-06-01
• Completion: 2015-06-01
• First posted: 2015-10-26
• Last updated: 2015-10-26