Transitioning Youth Out of Homelessness 2.5 (TYOH 2.5)

NCT06425458 | Completed Results

• 1 other identifier: 24-072
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 25
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The idea for this study came from the research team's current study called Transitioning Youth Out of Homelessness (TYOH) 2.0, which provides coaching and a leadership guide to youth transitioning out of homelessness. Based on feedback from youth and coaches involved in that study, the research team plans to make small changes to the leadership guide and see if it works better as an in-person, four-week leadership program. All participants in this study will be invited to attend an in-person, four-week leadership program. There will be two programs running at the same time: one in St. Catharines and one in Toronto. The goal is to have 15 participants in each program. The main purpose of the study is to learn what participants think of the program. The second purpose is to see if there are changes in identity capital (feeling a sense of purpose and confidence in achieving goals) and knowledge about things that are covered in the program, when the research team compares participants' answers at the beginning and at the end of the program.

Conditions

Homelessness; Youth

Keywords

Identity Capital; Youth; Coach; Self-Efficacy; Self-Esteem; Control; Purpose; Socioeconomic Inclusion; Homelessness; Transition

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (4)

• Intervention Feasibility and Acceptability (Assessed by Recruitment/Enrolment/Completion Metrics)

  Quantitative measures consisting of recruitment/enrolment/completion metrics will be utilized. The recruitment rate will be estimated as the proportion of contacted individuals who express interest in participating in the study (T0). The enrolment rate will be calculated as the proportion of recruited individuals who are eligible and consent to participate in the study (T0). Participants were considered to have completed the study if they attended the final program session and completed final data collection (T2).

  Assessed at T0 (pre-intervention), T1 (first day of intervention) and T2 (last day of intervention).

• Intervention Feasibility and Acceptability (Assessed by Program Attendance)

  Program attendance was calculated as the percentage of total possible leadership program sessions attended (maximum 8 sessions).

  Assessed at T2 (last day of intervention).

• Intervention Feasibility and Acceptability (Assessed by Program Feedback Questionnaire)

  This 4-item anonymous questionnaire was developed for this study to collect information about participants' view of the leadership program, the impact of the program on them, and their view of the individuals running the program.

  Assessed at T2 (last day of intervention).

• Intervention Feasibility and Acceptability (Informed by Focus Groups)

  Focus group discussions (at T2) with program participants primarily centered around intervention acceptability but also explored the impact of the intervention on identity capital (e.g., sense of purpose and control) and socioeconomic inclusion (e.g., connection to broader social networks). Qualitative data analysis was conducted using reflexive thematic analysis with a critical social theoretical lens. During analysis, focus group transcripts were coded and codes were organized in a code book, clustered into categories, and eventually synthesized into key themes and sub-themes.

  Assessed at T2 (last day of intervention).

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• Pre-post Intervention Change in Identity Capital (Assessed by Multi-Measure Agentic Personality Scale)

  Assessed at T1 (first day of intervention) and T2 (last day of intervention).

• Pre-post Intervention Change in Knowledge of Program Material

  Assessed at T1 (first day of intervention) and T2 (last day of intervention).

Study Arms (1)

Co-Designed Strengths-Based Leadership Program

EXPERIMENTAL

Young people transitioning out of homelessness will attend a four-week, strengths-based leadership program. Two four-week leadership programs (15 youth per program) will be led by coaches from the research team's current TYOH 2.0 study with youth advisors participating as paid leadership interns.

Behavioral: Co-Designed Strengths-Based Leadership Program

Interventions

Co-Designed Strengths-Based Leadership Program BEHAVIORAL

Please see arm description.

Co-Designed Strengths-Based Leadership Program

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 16 Years - 24 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• Be able to provide free and informed consent.
• Be able to understand English (leadership program and data collection will be conducted in English).
• Have experienced homelessness (e.g., unstable housing arrangements including shelter stays, foster care, and couch surfing) for 3 consecutive months in the past 12 months.
• Be able to consistently attend the four-week leadership program.

You may not qualify if:

• Enrolled in a program or study with similar features to the TYOH 2.5 leadership program.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Unity Health Toronto: lead
• Covenant House Toronto: collaborator
• StepStones for Youth: collaborator
• Resource Association for Teens: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Unity Health Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Côté, J. (2016). The identity capital model: A handbook of theory, methods, and findings.

  BACKGROUND

Related Links

• Describes the Multi-Measure Agentic Personality Scale (MAPS20), which is being utilized in the current study.

Limitations and Caveats

This is a feasibility and acceptability study and thus not adequately powered to detect a significant difference in quantitative self-report measures; results must be interpreted with caution. All young people will be connected to urban-based social service agencies in the province of Ontario; other youth populations may differ. Quantitative instruments are based on self-reports and thus subject to social desirability bias.

Results Point of Contact

• Title: Dr. Naomi Thulien
• Organization: Unity Health Toronto

naomi.thulien@unityhealth.to

(416) 864-6060

Publication Agreements

• PI is Sponsor Employee: Yes

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: May 17, 2024
• First Posted: May 22, 2024
• Study Start: June 11, 2024
• Primary Completion: August 9, 2024
• Study Completion: August 9, 2024
• Last Updated: September 15, 2025
• Results First Posted: September 15, 2025

Record last verified: 2024-09

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

CA (1)