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Promoting Community Conversations About Research to End Native Youth Suicide in Rural Alaska

NCT03661255 · Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 1491

Last updated 2025-02-19

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This intervention study measures the outcomes of the PC CARES (Promoting Community Conversations about Research to End Suicide) project implemented in remote rural Alaskan villages. Researchers worked with local service providers and other partners to recruit facilitators who were trained to implement the 5-session PC CARES curriculum. The study will compare pre-post data from intervention participants to non-participants, and will analyze social networks related to suicide prevention behavior in each village.

Conditions

  • Suicide

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

PC CARES

PC CARES trains local residents to deliver the PC CARES curriculum in their own community. These facilitators will attend a 40 hour training, and then will deliver the 4 session PC CARES curriculum in their home village. To aid local facilitators, each session follows the same structure after a beginning ritual:(1) agreements/safe talk, (2)'small wins', (3)'what do we know?' (facilitator shares current research on suicide prevention or wellness) (4)'what do we think?' (participants have an opportunity to discuss their thoughts on the research presented), and (5)'what we want to do?' (participants identify what steps they can take in their village to make positive change).The content of learning circles (LCs) includes community-level conditions, evidence-based approaches, risk and protective factors that can prevent suicide and promote well-being.Each LC includes both primary and secondary prevention strategies.Teaching tools include charts, short films, and case studies.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Nebraska Lincoln

    collaborator OTHER

  • Norton Sound Health Corporation

    collaborator OTHER

  • National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

    collaborator NIH

  • University of Michigan

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Lisa Wexler, PhD · University of Michigan

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
15 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-09-12
Primary Completion
2025-02-18
Completion
2025-12-15

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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