NCT04120441

A Fighting Chance: Pilot Study of a Group Mentoring Intervention for Assault Injured Youth

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 14 (actual)
• Sponsor: Johns Hopkins University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 12 Years – 14 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This pilot study is a randomized controlled trial in which assault-injured 12-14 year old youth recruited from the emergency department (ED) are randomly assigned to standard care or "A Fighting Chance" group mentoring.

Detailed description

The goal of this project is to adapt, implement and evaluate Take Charge! (a 1:1 mentoring intervention for assault-injured youth) for a group mentoring model. This pilot study is a randomized controlled trial in which assault-injured 12-14 year old youth recruited from the emergency department are randomly assigned to standard care or "A Fighting Chance" group mentoring that includes a violence prevention curriculum and parent sessions. Immediately post-intervention and again at six-month follow up, youth violence-related, mental health and educational outcomes using validated measures will be assessed.

Conditions

• Violence

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Group Mentoring/Intervention	Study participants randomized to intervention will be enrolled in a Y in Central Maryland group mentoring program that meets weekly over a three month period. Parents will participate in three parenting sessions.

Timeline

• Start date: 2020-08-03
• Primary completion: 2020-12-01
• Completion: 2020-12-31
• First posted: 2019-10-09
• Last updated: 2021-01-05

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States