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NCT Number: NCT04474158

Creating Peace: Community-based Youth Violence Prevention to Address Racism and Discrimination

This cluster-randomized community-partnered study will examine the effectiveness of a trauma-sensitive, gender transformative youth violence prevention program called Creating Peace that integrates racism and discrimination prevention with youth ages 14-19.

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Key information

Conditions

Adolescent Behavior Behavior Coitus Communication Communication, Personal Coping Skills Emotional Abuse Group, Peer Sexual Behavior Violence, Domestic Violence, Non-accidental Violence, Sexual

Age range

14 year–19 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

University of Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15213, United States

About this study

This community-partnered cluster-randomized controlled trial will examine the effectiveness of a trauma-sensitive, gender-transformative youth violence prevention program that integrates racism and discrimination prevention.

Set in 24 neighborhoods in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania with concentrated social and economic disadvantage, this study addresses gender and racial injustice through a series of group discussions, bringing together adolescents ages 14-19 with law enforcement officers in a process of social restoration.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Participants must be ages 14-19 (inclusive)
  • Participants must speak English

Exclusion criteria

  • Not ages 14-19 (inclusive)
  • Do not speak English

Treatment and study plan

Creating Peace

Behavioral

Creating Peace is a 12 session curriculum designed to support youth ages 14-19 in healing from experiences of trauma by restoring social connections, strengthening positive coping strategies that exclude all forms of violence, challenging gender norms that foster violence perpetration, and practicing positive bystander intervention skills to intervene safely with peers' disrespectful and harmful behaviors. Through 12 sessions (3 hours/session) over a 4 to 12 week period, Creating Peace offers gender transformative content combined with youth leadership development. Near program conclusion, youth will offer guidance to law enforcement on interacting with youth in a process of social restoration.

Job Readiness

Behavioral

Job Readiness Training uses a group discussion format to learn specific skills to prepare for employment including developing goals, seeking jobs, preparing for interviews, and so forth.

Primary outcomes

  1. Change in recent use of any violence at 3 months

    Time frame: At baseline and three months after program conclusion

    Summary score of any recent use of violence (physical, sexual, and emotional abuse; sexual violence; physical violence and threatening with a weapon; cyber dating abuse, cyber peer abuse, and sexting) calculated as one point for each behavior then summed (lower score indicates better outcome)

  2. Change in recent use of any violence at 9 months

    Time frame: At baseline and nine months after program.

    Summary score of any recent use of violence (physical, sexual, and emotional abuse; sexual violence; physical violence and threatening with a weapon; cyber dating abuse, cyber peer abuse, and sexting) calculated as one point for each behavior then summed (lower score indicates better outcome)

Secondary outcomes

  1. Change in past 30 day weapon carrying at 3 months

    Time frame: At baseline and three months after program conclusion

    Self-reported number of days they carried a weapon in past 30 days

  2. Change in past 30 day weapon carrying at 9 months

    Time frame: At baseline and nine months after program conclusion

    Self-reported number of days they carried a weapon in past 30 days

  3. Change in positive bystander behaviors at 3 months

    Time frame: At baseline and three months after program conclusion

    Past 3 month positive bystander behavior when witnessing disrespectful and harmful behavior among peers comparing baseline and follow up summary scores. Participants report if they have witnessed peers' abusive behaviors in the past 3 months and if witnessed, how they responded (whether they intervened to interrupt the behavior, provided support to person being harmed).

  4. Change in positive bystander behaviors at 9 months

    Time frame: At baseline and nine months after program conclusion

    Past 3 month positive bystander behavior when witnessing disrespectful and harmful behavior among peers comparing baseline and follow up summary scores. Participants report if they have witnessed peers' abusive behaviors in the past 3 months and if witnessed, how they responded (whether they intervened to interrupt the behavior, provided support to person being harmed).

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Pittsburgh

Other

Collaborators

  • National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)
  • National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Registry information

Important dates

Study start
2020
Primary completion
2026
Study completion
2026
First posted
Jul 16, 2020
Registry last updated
Mar 16, 2026

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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