Community Level Primary Prevention of Dating and Sexual Violence in Middle Schools

NCT03473067 | Completed DMC

• 1 other identifier: 1U01CE002651
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 4,344
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Dating and sexual violence are significant public health concerns occurring on a continuum of severity across the lifespan, with serious consequences to victims and society. The present research advances the science of prevention by rigorously evaluating a comprehensive social norms marketing campaign to promote community-level change in dating and sexual violence in middle schools. Partnership between researchers and a CDC Rape Prevention and Education Program (RPE) funded agency is a core feature of this work, and aims to build community capacity to implement and evaluate violence prevention efforts, and promote the subsequent uptake of social norms marketing campaigns as a strategy for reducing dating and sexual violence among youth.

Conditions

Violence

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (4)

• Sexual Violence Victimization

  Rates of sexual violence victimization

  Over 6 months

• Dating Violence Victimization

  Rates of dating violence victimization

  Over 6 months

• Sexual Violence Perpetration

  Rates of sexual violence perpetration

  Over 6 months

• Dating Violence Perpetration

  Rates of dating violence perpeptration

  Over 6 months

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• Bystander Intervention

  Over 6 months

• Attitudes Towards Violence

  Change from baseline to 6 months

Other Outcomes (2)

• Teacher Engagement in Bystander Intervention

  Over 6 months

• Perceptions of Social Norms

  Change from baseline to 6 months

Study Arms (2)

Social Norms Marketing

EXPERIMENTAL

This arm includes a social norms marketing campaign tailored to the school.

Behavioral: Social Norms Marketing Campaign

Capacity Building

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

This arm includes a series of teacher training, and parent engagement meetings, with the goal of building capacity to address violence in the school.

Other: Capacity Building

Interventions

Social Norms Marketing Campaign BEHAVIORAL

This poster based marketing campaign is designed to correct inaccurate perceptions of norms regarding violence.

Also known as: Your Voice Your Data

Social Norms Marketing

Capacity Building OTHER

Schools will participate in teacher training and parent training.

Capacity Building

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 10 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Student at a middle school or teacher/administrator at a middle school
• Provide student assent and parental consent as specified in protocol or provide adult consent for study participation

You may not qualify if:

• None

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Lifespan: lead
• Brown University: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Rhode Island Hospital

Providence, Rhode Island, 02904, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Interventions

Capacity Building

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Health Care Facilities Workforce and Services; Organization and Administration; Health Services Administration; Pandemic Preparedness; Disaster Planning; Disasters; Environment; Environment and Public Health; Communicable Disease Control; Public Health Practice; Public Health

Study Officials

• Lindsay M. Orchowski, Ph.D.

  Rhode Island Hospital

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NON RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Staff Psychologist

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: August 28, 2017
• First Posted: March 22, 2018
• Study Start: September 1, 2017
• Primary Completion: June 30, 2020
• Study Completion: June 30, 2020
• Last Updated: February 18, 2021

Record last verified: 2021-02

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)