Rise up! A Youth-Informed Video Program For Young Children To Stay Safe From Community Violence

NCT07548437 | Enrolling By Invitation

• 2 other identifiers: 25-02861R01CE003772-01
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 600
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Gun violence is the number one reason children die in the U.S. In big cities, most of these cases come from shootings related to assaults and homicides. There aren't many effective ways right now to prevent kids from either becoming victims or getting involved in gun violence themselves. This study aims to create a video program (Rise Up! Against Violence) for middle schoolers that teaches them about guns and the real-life consequences of violence. The videos will be made by high school students who have personally experienced gun violence, since they may be better able to connect with and influence younger kids. The Rise Up! program will be tested in schools in high-violence communities in Houston and Memphis.

Conditions

Firearm Injury

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Attitude change about the consequences of gun carrying and fighting

  Participants will complete validated pre- and post-intervention surveys adapted from the Youth Risk Behavior Survey, Attitudes Toward Violence Survey, Teen Conflict Survey, and Individual Protective Factors Index. Survey items use Likert-type and frequency-based response scales to assess changes in knowledge, attitudes, conflict resolution behaviors, and protective factors related to violence prevention. Higher scores indicate improved protective factors and more positive conflict resolution attitudes.

  9 months

Study Arms (1)

Group receiving intervention

EXPERIMENTAL

All subjects will receive the intervention (Rise Up! video program), cluster randomized between the 6 sites.

Other: Rise Up! video-based program

Interventions

Rise Up! video-based program OTHER

Watch series of videos followed by guided discussion after each video.

Group receiving intervention

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 11 Years - 15 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• Children between 11 and 15 years of age
• Residing in one of the six identified high-risk communities, with or without prior exposure to gun violence

You may not qualify if:

• Not fluent in English or Spanish
• Under the guardianship of Child Protective Services (CPS)
• Documented suicidal ideation at the time of screening
• Not mentally capable of providing informed assent

Sponsors & Collaborators

• The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston: lead

Study Sites (1)

The University of Texas Medical Branch

Galveston, Texas, 77555, United States

Location

Study Officials

• Bindi Naik-Mathuria, MD, MPH

  The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

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

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: April 16, 2026
• First Posted: April 23, 2026
• Study Start (Estimated): July 1, 2026
• Primary Completion (Estimated): June 1, 2028
• Study Completion (Estimated): September 1, 2028
• Last Updated: April 30, 2026

Record last verified: 2026-04

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)