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Peer to Peer Programs for Military Suicide Prevention

NCT04021758 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 2055

Last updated 2022-10-06

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Summary

In the present project the investigators propose to test the efficacy of a peer to peer program entitled Airman's Edge. The Airman's Edge program plans to utilize peer mentors that will be trained in specialized skills designed to impact suicide risk at multiple levels of the military community without creating "extra duties" that increase workload and interfere with mission demands. Peer mentors will introduce primary prevention strategies to their units that target broad-based risk factors across the entire population (i.e., sleep disturbance, social support, meaning in life, firearm safety) with secondary prevention strategies that target individual-level risk factors (i.e., crisis response planning, firearm safety counseling). Peer mentors will complete a structured training process using existing curriculum and procedures that have been tested and refined within military groups. Peers mentors will also participate in monthly consultation calls with the investigative team to receive ongoing support, share resources and lessons learned, and address challenges and barriers to program implementation.

The purpose of the Airman's Edge peer to peer program is to influence indicators of suicide risk among military personnel at two levels, group and individual, consistent with the program's hybrid design that combines group-based education and individual-level suicide prevention skills training. The hypotheses are therefore designed to examine outcomes and effects at multiple levels of the community, which could inform subsequent implementation and translational efforts. The following aims are proposed:

Aim 1: To test the efficacy of a peer to peer program for the reduction of suicidal behavior among military personnel.

Aim 2: To identify moderators and mediators of the peer to peer program's effects on suicidal behavior.

Conditions

  • Suicide

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Peer to peer program intervention

Peer to peer suicide prevention program aimed at reducing suicide in a military population.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Craig J Bryan, PsyD · The University of Utah

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-01-01
Primary Completion
2022-03-30
Completion
2022-03-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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