Centering Gender Affirming Resources in Higher Education
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorUniversity of Pittsburgh
About this trial
Centering gender Affirming Resources in higher Education (CARE) project is nested within the parent study "Reducing Alcohol Involved Sexual violence in higher Education" (RAISE; R01 AA023260; NCT05185440). CARE is a pilot cluster-randomized trial that centers trans and gender diverse (TGD) students who are at elevated risk for SV and hazardous drinking. CARE tests a novel college health and counseling center (CHC) training program designed to improve provider knowledge about TGD individuals, increase their self-efficacy and use of trans-inclusive practices. This includes an evaluation of the feasibility, acceptability, appropriateness, and usability of CARE's training intervention for college health and counseling center providers. This research will produce the first rigorously evaluated TGD-focused CHC provider training which has the potential to increase the accessibility of CHC's for TGD university students- ultimately lowering rates of alcohol use and SV among this disproportionately impacted population.
Eligibility criteria
This trial accepts healthy volunteersQualifiers
Those who are seeing undergraduate students at health and counseling appointments as a provider.
Providers may include counselors, clinicians, nurses, health educators, medical assistants, social workers, advocates, and administrators.
Disqualifiers
A college health or counseling center provider that does not interface with students.
A college health or counseling center provider not participating in the RAISE study.
Trial design
Design model
Parallel
Treatments tested in this trial
Giving Information for Trauma Support and Safety (GIFTSS) Training
BehavioralTraining for college health center staff and clinicians on GIFTSS intervention which is a universal education and brief counseling to address sexual violence prevention and intervention.
Centering gender Affirming Resources in higher Education (CARE) Learning Modules
BehavioralTraining for college health center clinicians and staff on trans and gender diverse (TGD) affirming clinical practices in addition to sexual violence and alcohol abuse prevention that is inclusive of TGD service users
Treatment groups
100 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsGroup A: Giving Information for Trauma Support and Safety (GIFTSS) TrainingActive comparator 1 intervention
Group B: GIFTSS Training and Centering gender Affirming Resources in higher Education (CARE) Learning ModulesExperimental treatment 2 interventions
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
1
Provider perception of intervention feasibility
Domain: Provider-Perceived Feasibility Specific Measurement: Feasibility of Intervention Measure (FIM). Specific Metric: End value Method of Aggregation: Mean score, range 1-5 cutoff mean score \> 4, higher score indicates greater feasibility
Time frame
Immediately after CARE training completion2
Provider perception of intervention acceptability
Domain: Provider-Perceived Acceptability Specific Measurement: Acceptability of Intervention Measure (AIM) Specific Metric: End value Method of Aggregation: Mean score, range 1-5, cutoff mean score \> 4, higher score indicates greater acceptability
Time frame
Immediately after CARE training completion3
Provider perception of intervention appropriateness
Domain: Provider-Perceived Appropriateness Specific Measurement: Intervention Appropriateness Measure (IAM) Specific Metric: End value Method of Aggregation: Mean score, range 1-5 , cutoff mean score \> 4, higher score indicates greater appropriateness
Time frame
Immediately after CARE training completion4
Provider perception of intervention usability
Domain: Provider-Perceived Usability Specific Measurement: System Usability Scale (SUS) Specific Metric: End value Method of Aggregation: Mean score, range 1-5 , cutoff mean score \> 4, higher score indicates greater usability
Time frame
Immediately after CARE training completionSecondary outcomes
1
Knowledge and attitudes about TGD individuals.
Domain: Assessing provider knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs about transgender people Specific Measurement: Transgender Knowledge, Attitudes, and Beliefs (T-KAB) scale Specific Metric: End value Method of Aggregation: Mean score, range 1 to 4, 4 indicating favorable attitudes and beliefs towards transgender people
Time frame
Baseline- Before taking CARE training2
Knowledge and attitudes about TGD individuals.
Domain: Assessing provider knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs about transgender people Specific Measurement: Transgender Knowledge, Attitudes, and Beliefs (T-KAB) scale Specific Metric: Change from baseline Method of Aggregation: Mean score, range 1 to 4, 4 indicating favorable attitudes and beliefs towards transgender people
Time frame
At 6 months3
Attitudes concerning transphobia
Domain: Assessing provider's attitudes regarding transphobia Specific Measurement: Transphobia Scale Specific Metric: End value Method of Aggregation: Mean score, range 1 to 7, 7 indicating a lesser degree of transphobia
Time frame
Baseline- Before taking CARE training4
Attitudes concerning transphobia
Domain: Assessing provider's attitudes regarding transphobia Specific Measurement: Transphobia Scale Specific Metric: Change from baseline Method of Aggregation: Mean score, range 1 to 7, 7 indicating a lesser degree of transphobia
Time frame
At 6 monthsSponsors and contacts
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University of Pittsburgh
Lead sponsor
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
Collaborator
Opportunity Fund
Collaborator
Source ClinicalTrials.gov