Violence
Conditions
Keywords
violence
Brief summary
This is an evaluation of a primary prevention program to prevent youth violence by improving family cohesion, networking among families, school bonding, and access to services for Latinos in Langley Park, MD.
Detailed description
To prevent youth involvement in violence, outreach workers will work with families and youth to improve school bonding, family cohesion and awareness and utilization of existing services; and a youth drop-in center will provide youth with an adult supervised place to hang out, do homework, or participate in sports and job training. Following implementation of the intervention, we will collect detailed process data (regarding implementation), and evaluate impact/outcome using a quasi-experimental design with baseline (prior to intervention) and two followup data collections in both the intervention and a control community (Culmore, Virginia), measuring change in a selected set of aggregate community variables that represent mediating factors and outcomes for youth violence in Langley Park. Data will be collected via a survey and focus groups.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALSAFER (Seguridad, Apoyo, Familia, Educacion, y Recursos)
1. community lay workers will do family outreach and assist families in networking with other families and accessing community services, facilitating parent-youth and family-school communication and homework help for children, and help with translation of school or government/official notices; 2. youth leaders will provide a supportive presence, help youth navigate the system at school so that they can get help if needed, disseminate information about job training and possibilities, provide education about avoiding violence; 3. school support services will offer academic support, acculturation orientation, language, conflict resolution skills training, advocacy and referrals; 4. Youth drop-in center will provide youth with an adult supervised place to hang out, do homework, or participate in sports and job training.
Sponsors
George Washington University
Latin American Youth Center
Latino Federation of Greater Washington
Joanne Klevens
Study design
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
12 Years to 24 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* youth 12-24 and their caregiver
Exclusion criteria
* residence outside of Langley Park or Culmore
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Youth violence | within the next 2 years after intervention started |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| family cohesion | within the next 2 years after start of intervention |
| school bonding | within the next 2 years after start of intervention |
| exposure to antisocial, substance abusing, or violent peers | within the next 2 years after start of intervention |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed