Community-Based Violence Prevention for High-Risk Youth

Completed · Phase 2

Conditions studied: Fighting Behavior, Aggression

In brief

Study Aims: 1) Assess the receptiveness of youth and families to injury prevention interventions initiated from the emergency department; 2) In a sample of high risk youth presenting to the ED with interpersonal assault injuries, determine the effectiveness of a home-based family intervention with community linkage compared to a control group.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00444197

Run by

Johns Hopkins University

People needed

198

Starts

2001-08-01

Expected to finish

2006-01-01

Last updated by the study team

2007-03-07

Who can join

Age: 9 and older, up to 15. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• adolescents age 9-15 presenting to a large urban children's hospital or university hospital
• residence in the metropolitan area
• emergency department presentation with an interpersonal assault injuries (E960, 961-966, 968-969) excluding sexual assault, child abuse, sibling fights, or legal intervention
• mental and physical ability of parent and child to participate in the intervention and assessments.

You may not qualify if…

• sexual assault, child abuse, sibling fights, or legal intervention
• non English speaking

Where it is running

• Children's National Medical Center — Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States
• Johns Hopkins University — Baltimore, Maryland, United States

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