Preventing Sexual Violence Among Middle School Boys With a Strengths-Based Curriculum

NCT03392597 | Unknown

• 1 other identifier: CE002834
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 720
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This research will examine if participation in a strengths-based curriculum, the Brothers as Allies program adapted from the Council for Boys and Young Men, reduces risk for future sexual violence perpetration among middle school-aged boys in New York State.

Conditions

Sexual Violence

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Sexual violence perpetration (Koss et al., 2006)

  This will be measured by items from a widely used measure of sexual violence perpetration behaviors

  3 months

Study Arms (2)

Brothers as Allie

EXPERIMENTAL

Brothers as Allies is a strengths-based group approach to promote boys' and young men's safe and healthy passage through the pre-teen and adolescent years by addressing rigid beliefs and norms about masculinity that are harmful to the health, safety, relationships and opportunities of boys and young men. Groups of six to ten boys of similar age and development meet weekly with one or two facilitators for 1.5 to 2 hours for ten or more weeks. Meetings include warm up activities, an opportunity for check-in, experiential activities that address gender relevant topics (e.g., group challenges, games, skits, role plays), and a reflection and group dialogue component.

Behavioral: Brothers as Allies

Programming-as-Usual

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Usual programming implemented in afterschool programs.

Behavioral: Programming-as-Usual

Interventions

Brothers as Allies BEHAVIORAL

Strengths-based group approach to promote boys' and young men's safe and healthy passage through the pre-teen and adolescent years.

Brothers as Allie

Programming-as-Usual BEHAVIORAL

Usual afterschool programming.

Programming-as-Usual

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 12 Years - 14 Years
• Gender Eligibility Details: Middle school-aged boys
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• Participants must be males of middle school age (12-14 years), participating in afterschool/youth programming at one of the intervention or control sites.

You may not qualify if:

• None.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• New York State Department of Health: lead
• Cornell University: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Planned Parenthood of Central and Western New York

Rochester, New York, 14605, United States

RECRUITING

Study Officials

• Janis Whitlock, PhD

  Cornell University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Central Study Contacts

Ann-Margret Foley

CONTACT

518-474-0535; ann-margret.foley@health.ny.gov

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: CROSSOVER
• Sponsor Type: OTHER GOV
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Research Scientist

Model Details: Waitlist control design in which matched sites are randomly assigned to an intervention or waitlist control group to implement and evaluate the Brothers as Allies program. Intervention groups will participate in the Brothers as Allies program from the Council for Boys and Young Men. Waitlist control groups will participate in programming-as-usual until implementation with the intervention groups is complete, at which point they will receive the intervention. All participants will complete surveys at baseline, immediate post-intervention, and at 3 and 6 months post-intervention.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: August 3, 2017
• First Posted: January 8, 2018
• Study Start: July 26, 2017
• Primary Completion: July 24, 2020
• Study Completion: September 29, 2020
• Last Updated: March 15, 2019

Record last verified: 2019-03

Locations

US (1)