Efficacy of a Universal Brief Intervention for Violence Among Urban Emergency Department Youth
dc.contributor.author | Carter, Patrick M. ; Walton, Maureen A. ; Zimmerman, Marc A. ; Chermack, Stephen T. ; Roche, Jessica S. ; Cunningham, Rebecca M. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-01-10T17:24:38Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-01-10T17:24:38Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2016 | |
dc.description.abstract | Background: Violent injury is the leading cause of death among urban youth. Emergency department (ED) visits represent an opportunity to deliver a brief intervention (BI) to reduce violence among youth seeking medical care in high-risk communities. Objective: To determine the efficacy of a universally applied Brief Intervention (BI) addressing violence behaviors among youth presenting to an urban ED. Methods: ED youth (14-to-20 years-old) seeking medical or injury- related care in a Level-1 ED (October 2011–March 2015) and screening positive for a home address within the intervention or comparison neighborhood of a larger youth violence project were enrolled in this quasi-experimental study. Based on home address, participants were assigned to receive either the 30-min therapist-delivered BI (Project Sync) or a resource brochure (enhanced usual care [EUC] condition). The Project Sync BI combined motivational interviewing and cognitive skills training, including a review of participant goals, tailored feedback, decisional balance exercises, role-playing exercises, and linkage to community resources. Participants completed validated survey measures at baseline and a 2-month follow-up assessment. Main outcome measures included self-report of physical victimization, aggression, and self-efficacy to avoid fighting. Poisson and Zero-inflated Poisson regression analyses analyzed the effects of the BI, as compared to the EUC condition on primary outcomes. Results: 409 eligible youth (82% participation) were enrolled and assigned to either receive the BI (n=263) or the EUC condition (n=146). Two-month follow-up was 91% (n=373). There were no significant baseline differences between study conditions. Among the entire sample, mean age was 17.7 y/o (SD 1.9), 60% were female, 93% were African-American, and 79% reported receipt of public assistance. Of participants, 9% presented for a violent injury, 9% reported recent firearm carriage, 20% reported recent alcohol use, and 39% reported recent marijuana use. Compared with the EUC group, participants in the therapist BI group showed self-reported reductions in frequency of violent aggression (therapist, −46.8%; EUC, −36.9%; Incident rate ratio [IRR], 0.87; 95% confidence interval [CI], [0.76–0.99]) and increased self-efficacy for avoiding fighting (therapist, +7.2%; EUC, −1.3%; IRR, 1.09; 95% CI, 1.02–1.15). No significant changes were noted for victimization. Conclusions: Among youth seeking ED care in a high-risk community, a brief, universally applied BI shows promise in increased self-efficacy for avoiding fighting and a decrease in the frequency of violent aggression. (Author Abstract) | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | Child Abuse, Adolescents, Youth, Teens, Physical Violence, Guns, Weapons, Shootings, Wounds, Prevention, Treatment, Research | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Carter, Patrick M. ; Walton, Maureen A. ; Zimmerman, Marc A. ; Chermack, Stephen T. ; Roche, Jessica S. ; Cunningham, Rebecca M. (2016). Efficacy of a Universal Brief Intervention for Violence Among Urban Emergency Department Youth. Academic Emergency Medicine, 23(9), 1061-1070. | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5018914/pdf/nihms793600.pdf | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11212/4178 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | Academic Emergency Medicine | en_US |
dc.subject | child abuse | en_US |
dc.subject | adolescents | en_US |
dc.subject | youth | en_US |
dc.subject | teens | en_US |
dc.subject | physical violence | en_US |
dc.subject | guns | en_US |
dc.subject | weapons | en_US |
dc.subject | shootings | en_US |
dc.subject | prevention | en_US |
dc.subject | wounds | en_US |
dc.subject | treatment | en_US |
dc.subject | research | en_US |
dc.title | Efficacy of a Universal Brief Intervention for Violence Among Urban Emergency Department Youth | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |