NCT Number: NCT06736730
This clinical trial is designed to evaluate the effectiveness of three interventions aimed at preventing violence and supporting those affected by it. Over next three years, the impact of these interventions on key areas will be measured, including the incidence of firearm injuries, the recovery of victims, the occurrence of retaliation and re-injury, and health economics. The interventions are developed based on data collected from a comprehensive needs assessment, community summit, retrospective medical chart reviews, and focus group sessions. The defined interventions are as follows:
Intervention A - Integration of an existing community-based intervention program with Hospital services intervention B - Unrestricted Cash Assistance Intervention C - Mobile Community Support Services
Additionally, the investigators will implement a detailed violence-focused survey for firearm survivors at the time of study enrollment. Follow-up is planned at 3,6 and 12 months. The results of this trial (including analyses of firearm injury rates, recovery outcomes, retaliation/re-injury occurrences, and economic data) will be shared with the affected communities and stakeholders to promote ongoing improvement and support.
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Get Notified18 year and older
All sexes
Interventional
Not applicable
Jackson, Mississippi, 39216, United States
Alyscia Severance, M.D
CONTACT
601-815-1292 ext. 51292
Lei Zhang, PHD
CONTACT
Leila Seidfaraji, MPH
CONTACT
601-984-6237 ext. 46237
Matthew E. Kutcher, MD
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To achieve the goals of this trial, the investigators will activate community-focused interventions developed during the first phase of the study to help enroll participants in the study using a stepped wedge cluster design based on their dwelling addresses.
The investigators will formalize the 9 clusters using geographic and demographic data specific to Jackson, Mississippi. Patients presenting in the ER with gunshot injuries will be randomized based on their dwelling address, which will be matched to their corresponding cluster's randomization assignments for the interventions of VIP (Operation Good), Cash Assistance, and Mobile Community Support Services. Any patient with a gunshot injury, regardless of their dwelling address, will be eligible for consent to participate in the longitudinal follow-up of the study. Those not in a currently active clusters at the time of injury will serve as controls for the survey results. Study investigators plan to enroll up to 15 active patients per cluster per year for this follow-up, and community events will be aligned with the same cluster random assignments used for patient interventions.
Healthy volunteers accepted: No
Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.
Inclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria
Activation of Operation Good, our community partner with a history of direct violence interruption in the streets and longitudinal health and wellness services to firearm injured patient (i.e. linking and aiding those who have suffered from violent injury to mental healthcare, job services, educational services)
A menu of services provided to the community in an activated cluster where funding will be provided to assist that community in holding events that support overall health and wellness (community clean-up, legal advisory services, pop-up clinic for blood pressure checks).
A participant in an activated cluster after firearm injury will receive two disbursements of 500$. One at the time of initial hospital evaluation and a second disbursement ~1 month later to offset the financial burden associated with firearm injury on the individual.
Time frame: Three years starting upon implementation of the intervention protocol
The data will be collected from hospital and JPD records. Excluding self-inflicted such as suicide or adjudicated to be accidental/unintentional.
Time frame: Three years starting upon implementation of the intervention protocol
Individual level longitudinal measure and includes "incidence of PTSD, score of perceived stress and social cohesion" collected by individual level surveys.
Contact information is provided by the study sponsor or research team.
Lei Zhang, PHD
CONTACT
Masoumeh Karimi, PHD
CONTACT
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Other
A Proposal to Establish the Mississippi Violence Injury Prevention (VIP) Program
Acronym: MS-VIP
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