A Fighting Chance: Pilot Study of a Group Mentoring Intervention for Assault Injured Youth
Completed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Violence
In brief
This pilot study is a randomized controlled trial in which assault-injured 12-14 year old youth recruited from the emergency department (ED) are randomly assigned to standard care or "A Fighting Chance" group mentoring.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT04120441
- Run by
- Johns Hopkins University
- People needed
- 14
- Starts
- 2020-08-03
- Expected to finish
- 2020-12-31
- Last updated by the study team
- 2021-01-05
Who can join
Age: 12 and older, up to 14. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Injury: Eligible youth have been treated in the ED for an interpersonal intentional injuries excluding child abuse, sexual abuse, sibling fights, police fights, and other domestic violence-related fights involving relatives and/or household residents. These excluded types of violence have a different set of complex dynamics and services needs requiring separate study and intervention.
- Age: Eligible youth are age 12-14 years (i.e. up to the 14th birthday) and youths' parents/guardians are age 18 years and older.
- Mental/Physical Status: Youth and parents must have the cognitive ability to participate in the intervention. Those with severe psychopathology (i.e. severe history of mental illness with multiple psychiatric hospitalizations) or inability to comprehend questions, will be excluded.
- Language: English-speaking ability of the parent and child is necessary to enable participation in the intervention, training and assessments.
- Mentorship: Eligible youth are not currently participating in a formal mentoring program.
You may not qualify if…
- Additionally, there are youth eligibility criteria set by Y in Central Maryland policies which the investigators will follow. These include:
- Residence: Youth are not eligible if residence is outside of Baltimore City.
- Custody/child protection status: Youth are not eligible if youth have a caregiver currently involved in an ongoing custody dispute or Child Protective Services investigation. Youth are not eligible if youth live somewhere other than a residential setting with parents/guardians.
Where it is running
- Johns Hopkins Children's Center — Baltimore, Maryland, United States
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