Preventing youth violence in Kansas City through community and hospital programs
CE21-005 - CDC Youth Violence Prevention Center- Kansas City (YVPC- KC): Evaluation of a Comprehensive Approach to Address Youth Violence
This project tries a combined youth-led community mobilization and hospital-based violence program to help Black and Latinx young people in the Kansas City area stay safer from violence.
Quick facts
| Grant type | U01 cooperative agreement |
|---|---|
| Study type | NIH-funded research |
| Funding institution | University of Kansas Lawrence NIH-funded |
| Lab location | 1 site (Lawrence, United States) |
| Project ID | NIH-11110281 on NIH RePORTER |
What this research studies
If you live in high-violence neighborhoods of the Kansas City metro, this effort brings together youth organizers and hospital teams to reduce shootings, homicides, and serious injuries. It combines ThrYve4Change, a youth mobilization strategy that engages young people in community prevention, with REVIVE, a hospital violence intervention program that supports patients after violent injury. University teams will roll out these programs across KC, KS and KC, MO neighborhoods and partner hospitals and track changes in violence-related hospital admissions and youth involvement. The work focuses on Black and Latinx youth who have been disproportionately affected by youth violence in the KC area.
Who could benefit from this research
Good fit: Ideal participants are young people (about 10–24 years old) living in high-violence neighborhoods of the Kansas City metro, especially Black and Latinx youth and those treated in local hospitals after violent injury.
Not a fit: People who live outside the Kansas City metro area, are older than the target age range, or have no exposure to community violence are unlikely to receive direct benefit from this project.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: If successful, this could lower youth homicides and violent injuries in Kansas City and improve supports for young people treated after violence.
How similar studies have performed: Hospital-based violence intervention programs have shown promise at reducing re-injury and retaliation in prior work, while combining those programs with youth-led community mobilization is newer and less tested.
Where this research is happening
Lawrence, United States
- University of Kansas Lawrence — Lawrence, United States (Active)
Researchers
- Principal investigator: Thompson, Jomella — University of Kansas Lawrence
- Study coordinator: Thompson, Jomella
About this research
- This is an active NIH-funded research project — typically early-stage science, not a clinical trial accepting patient enrollment.
- Some NIH-funded labs run parallel clinical studies or seek volunteers for related work. To check, contact the principal investigator or institution listed above.
- For full project details, budget, and progress reports, visit the official NIH RePORTER page below.