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A Multi-Center Randomized Controlled Trial of Mentoring to Prevent Youth Violence

NCT01770873 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 188

Last updated 2018-10-09

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to test whether a violence prevention curriculum delivered by Big Brothers and Big Sisters staff and mentors can reduce violence involvement for assault-injured youth.

Conditions

  • Violence

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Take Charge 2

Youth assigned to the intervention receive a Big Brothers, Big Sisters (BBBS) mentor. During the match process, BBBS staff provide 3 session on violence prevention for the youth's parents. Six months into the mentoring relationship, mentors provide 6 sessions on violence prevention for the youth.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)

    collaborator NIH

  • Johns Hopkins University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Tina L Cheng, MD · Johns Hopkins University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
10 Years
Max Age
15 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-10-31
Primary Completion
2018-09-30
Completion
2018-09-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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