Trauma Services Intervention to Prevent Violence

NCT02642224 | Completed DMC

• 1 other identifier: UN2013-67786
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 111
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Primary outcome: Research participants and their network contacts will be followed over 6 months to assess whether a social work case management protocol results in reduction of trauma services recidivism and criminal violence arrests.

Conditions

Skin Injury Due to Violence; Gunshot Wound, Contact

Keywords

Violence; firearm; guns; homicide; trauma; injury

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Trauma services recidivism

  Readmission to hospital trauma service because of firearm injury

  6 months

• Arrest for violent crime

  Arrests involving criminal violence noted in DA docket

  6 months

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Social work case management goals

  6 months

Study Arms (1)

Social work intervention

EXPERIMENTAL

The National Network of Hospital Violence Intervention (NNHVI) suggests that intervening when gunshot victims are receiving treatment in hospital trauma services may be effective in linking high-risk individuals to appropriate case management services, and that this service linkage may lower the risk of further violence. Our adaptation of the NNHVI model will focus on the social networks of gunshot victims as well as the victims themselves. Intervention efforts will range from job training and mentoring to relocation to different communities.

Behavioral: Social Work Case Management

Interventions

Social Work Case Management BEHAVIORAL

The National Network of Hospital Violence Intervention (NNHVI) suggests that intervening when gunshot victims are receiving treatment in hospital trauma services may be effective in linking high-risk individuals to appropriate case management services, and that this service linkage may lower the risk of further violence. Our adaptation of the NNHVI model will focus on the social networks of gunshot victims as well as the victims themselves. Intervention efforts will range from job training and mentoring to relocation to different communities.

Social work intervention

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 60 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• Age 18+
• Gunshot victim treated and discharged from Level I trauma facility; or member of social network of gunshot victim who may be high risk of firearm violence -

You may not qualify if:

• Gunshot wound because of suicide attempt
• Gunshot wound because of non-violent episode (e.g., hunting accident)
• Unable to participate in research interview because of cognitive deficit
• Planning to leave community as result of shooting
• Discharged from trauma service to prison
• Unable to provide informed consent -

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Pittsburgh: lead
• The Pittsburgh Foundation: collaborator
• Hillman Foundation: collaborator
• RK Mellon Foundation: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

University of Pittsburgh, Graduate School of Public Health

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15261, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Wounds, Gunshot; Wounds and Injuries

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Wounds, Penetrating

Study Officials

• Steven M Albert, PhD

  University of Pittsburgh

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Professor and Chair, Principal Investigator

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: December 27, 2013
• First Posted: December 30, 2015
• Study Start: May 1, 2014
• Primary Completion: May 1, 2018
• Study Completion: May 1, 2018
• Last Updated: July 2, 2018

Record last verified: 2018-06

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will share

Locations

US (1)