Mississippi Violence Injury Prevention (VIP) Program

ConditionGun Shot Wound

Trial statusNot yet recruiting

Trial phaseNot applicable

Trial typeInterventional

Biological sexAll

Age18+

SponsorUniversity of Mississippi Medical Center

About this trial

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.

Eligibility criteria

This trial does not accept healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Age 18 years or older

Firearm injury within the last 24 hours prior to their arrival at the University of Mississippi Medical Center

Residency/home address within one of the designated clusters.

Be approached by the research team within 72 hours of arrival.

Disqualifiers

Self-inflicted gunshot wounds

Less than 18 years of age

Patients who are incarcerated or in-custody

Patients who are unable to understand the clinical trial or sign consent (whether from intoxication, injury, or other cause)

Trial design

Design model

Sequential

Treatments tested in this trial

Hospital-Linked Violence Intervention Program
Behavioral
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)
Mobile Community Event Support
Behavioral
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).
Unrestricted Cash Assistance
Behavioral
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.

Treatment groups

500 Participants

are divided into 2 treatment groups

Group A: Active ArmExperimental treatment 3 interventions

Group B: In-Active ArmNo intervention 0 interventions

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

Incidence of death and gunshot injuries

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

Secondary outcomes

Incidence of PTSD, Score of perceived stress and social cohesion

Individual level longitudinal measure and includes "incidence of PTSD, score of perceived stress and social cohesion" collected by individual level surveys.

Time frame

Three years starting upon implementation of the intervention protocol

Sponsors and contacts

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University of Mississippi Medical Center

Lead sponsor

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Collaborator

National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)