Strengthening the Connections to Opportunities for Prevention Engagement

NCT06442046 | Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: 24-052
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 225
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The Strengthening the Connections to Opportunities for Prevention Engagement (SCOPE) project will create a pathway for children and families from the City of Hartford to connect with a Connecticut Children's Care Coordinator (CC) in an effort to reduce levels of violence exposure.

Conditions

Interpersonal Violence; Structural Violence

Keywords

youth violence prevention

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Change from baseline violence exposure at 12 months

  A reduction in exposure as measured using the Violence Prevention Emergency Tool (VPET) that provides a range from 0 to 21 with a 4 or more considered elevated.

  Baseline and months 3, 6, 9, and 12

Secondary Outcomes (4)

• Change in resilience score from baseline at 12 months

  Baseline and months 3, 6, 9, and 12

• Difference in connections between intervention and control at 3-month intervals.

  Quarterly measure at 0, 3, 6, 9, and 12 months

• Level of satisfaction with case management services after 12 months of services

  At 12-months of case management.

• Rate of re-injury in the intervention group compared to the control condition.

  baseline, 3, 6, 9, 12 months

Study Arms (2)

Intervention

EXPERIMENTAL

Enrolled subjects will provide the study team with email, mobile, work phone, physical contact address, and contact numbers for two or more close contacts. Families will be contacted monthly by the case manager assist with additional supports they might need. Quarterly, patients and families will be contacted and patients will be asked to complete VPET and other measures. The intervention group will receive active case management to connect affected youth to community services.

Other: Active Case Management; Other: Treatment as usual

Treatment as Usual

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

The comparison group will receive treatment as usual which consists of a list of community resources and a recommendation that youth not already connected with a community service provider be connected.

Other: Treatment as usual

Interventions

Active Case Management OTHER

A case manager will work with families post-discharge to ensure that youth are connected to an appropriate community support. Case managers will also work with families to identify any social needs and provide support in accessing services as needed.

Intervention

Treatment as usual OTHER

Subjects will receive a list of youth serving community service agencies and provided a recommendation to connect to them.

Intervention; Treatment as Usual

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 8 Years - 17 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• At least 8 years of age and not older than 17 years of age (until 18th birthday)
• Hartford resident based on zip code of primary residence or parent report?
• Accompanied by a parent or guardian who can provide consent
• Capable of providing assent/consent
• Able to provide consent in English or Spanish
• Presenting at CT Children's during recruitment hours

You may not qualify if:

• Patients whose primary complaint is for behavioral health
• Patients in Connecticut Department of Children and Families (DCF) or police custody

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Kevin Borrup: lead
• The Tow Foundation: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Connecticut Children's

Hartford, Connecticut, 06106, United States

RECRUITING

MeSH Terms

Interventions

Therapeutics

Study Officials

• Kevin Borrup, DrPH

  Connecticut Children's

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Central Study Contacts

Sharon Smith, MD

CONTACT

8605459295; Srsmith@ccmckids.org

Rebecca Beebe, PhD

CONTACT

RBeebe01@connecticutchildrens.org

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Executive Director, Injury Prevention Center

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: May 29, 2024
• First Posted: June 4, 2024
• Study Start: August 19, 2024
• Primary Completion (Estimated): June 30, 2026
• Study Completion (Estimated): June 30, 2026
• Last Updated: September 25, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-09

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)