Community Resiliency Collective Efficacy Intervention

NCT05768217 | Recruiting

• 2 other identifiers: STUDY22100193U01CE003524-01
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 4,600
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This study will evaluate, via a cluster-randomized controlled trial, the effectiveness of a community-centered intervention that promotes thriving and resiliency to reduce community violence.

Conditions

Violence, Physical; Violence, Non-accidental; Violence, Sexual; Violence, Domestic; Violence, Structural; Violence in Adolescence; Community Violence; Social Cohesion

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Change from baseline in perceptions of neighborhood collective efficacy and community cohesion

  Composite Measure mean score (range 1 - 5; 1 is low and 5 is best) of neighborhood-level perceptions of collective efficacy and community cohesion

  Change from baseline to approximately 12 months after baseline

Secondary Outcomes (4)

• Community incidence of violence in 12 month period

  Change from 1 year period before baseline to approximately 12 months after baseline

• Community incidence of violence in 12 month period

  Change from 1 year period before baseline to approximately 2 years after baseline

• Change from baseline in collective efficacy and neighborhood social norms

  Change from baseline to approximately 12 months after baseline

• Number of self-reported events of violence exposure

  Change from baseline to approximately 12 months after baseline

Study Arms (2)

Community Resiliency Collective Efficacy Intervention (CRCEI)

EXPERIMENTAL

Community Resiliency Collective Efficacy Intervention (CRCEI) to engage community members in dialogue on thriving, community leadership, and organizing for social change (9 sessions).

Behavioral: Community Resiliency Collective Efficacy Intervention (CRCEI)

Health Education Sessions

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Comparison neighborhoods will receive health education sessions as a control intervention. (9 sessions)

Behavioral: Health Education Sessions

Interventions

Community Resiliency Collective Efficacy Intervention (CRCEI) BEHAVIORAL

The Community Resiliency Collective Efficacy Intervention (CRCEI) will involve community members in dialogue on thriving, community leadership, and organizing for social change. Participants in the intervention condition will be asked to participate in 2 sessions of discussions about community thriving and a 7-week training program on the following topics: Building on the Strengths of Your Community, Collective Efficacy and its Effects on Violence Prevention \& Community Mental Health, Non-threatening Peaceful Intervention Principles and Strategies: Part One, Non-threatening Peaceful Intervention Principles and Strategies: Part Two, Safety and Roles of Police and Community in Intervening, Active/Effective listening and non-violent communication skills, and Community Resources and Indirect Intervention.

Community Resiliency Collective Efficacy Intervention (CRCEI)

Health Education Sessions BEHAVIORAL

Comparison neighborhoods will receive health education sessions across a variety of community-identified health topics as a control intervention. (9 sessions)

Health Education Sessions

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 13 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• youth age 13 years old and up (all genders)
• adults 18 years and older (all genders)
• reside in neighborhoods selected to participate in the study

You may not qualify if:

• individuals younger than 13 years old
• individuals residing outside of participating neighborhoods

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Pittsburgh: lead
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

University of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15213, United States

RECRUITING

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Coitus

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Sexual Behavior; Behavior

Study Officials

• Elizabeth Miller, MD, PhD

  University of Pittsburgh

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Central Study Contacts

Christi Gomez

CONTACT

‪(412) 969-3084‬; clg166@pitt.edu

Elizabeth Miller, MD, PhD

CONTACT

412-692-8504; elizabeth.miller@chp.edu

Study Design

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

Model Details: This 2-armed cluster-randomized-controlled community-partnered project will examine the effectiveness of a community-centered intervention that promotes thriving and resiliency to reduce community violence, Community Resiliency Collective Efficacy Intervention (CRCEI). The comparison intervention will be health education sessions, which will occur monthly as a 'light touch' intervention in control neighborhoods to recruit a similar number of community members as in the intervention neighborhoods. The study will be located in Allegheny County in Pennsylvania across 20 neighborhoods (i.e., clusters), such that assigned intervention neighborhoods (n=4) will be matched to similar comparison neighborhoods (n=4), and 12 neighborhoods will be randomized either to receive the Collective Efficacy program (i.e., intervention neighborhood, n=6) or to health sessions (comparison neighborhood, n=6). Community surveys will examine neighborhood perspectives before and after program implementation.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: February 18, 2023
• First Posted: March 14, 2023
• Study Start: June 24, 2024
• Primary Completion (Estimated): September 30, 2026
• Study Completion (Estimated): September 30, 2027
• Last Updated: July 8, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-07

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will share
• Shared Documents: STUDY PROTOCOL, SAP, ICF
• Time Frame: 12 months after data collection is completed.
• Access Criteria: Data sharing agreement must be completed with investigators and the University of Pittsburgh.

Locations

US (1)