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Preventing Firearm Violence in Youth: A Hospital-based Prevention Strategy

NCT05078164 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 300

Last updated 2026-02-04

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Summary

The goal of the study is to understand if hospital-based violence interventions are effective for reducing youth violence among violently injured youth. This study will allow researchers to learn more about the intervention's effectiveness. The researchers also want to understand if the violence intervention impacts other behaviors, such as firearm use, drug use, aggression, risky behaviors, and rates of violent re-injury.

Conditions

  • Violence in Adolescence

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Bridging the Gap (BTG)

Bridging the Gap: Bridging the Gap is a hybrid model for violence prevention which integrates a hospital-based brief violence intervention (BVI) delivered to the patient while in hospital with a wrap-around community case management prevention strategy. Firearm Counseling Program: The firearm counseling program was developed to be administered in the hospital alongside the 6-step intervention program, as well as in the patient's home after hospital discharge. The firearm safety counseling program includes 3 components aimed at understanding patient risk, reducing firearm-related violence risk-factors, and helping patients increase firearm safety practices.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

    collaborator NIH

  • Virginia Commonwealth University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Nicholas Thomson · Virginia Commonwealth University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
10 Years
Max Age
17 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-05-04
Primary Completion
2026-12-31
Completion
2026-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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