Scaling up e-Connect in Juvenile Probation Settings

Is this trial a fit for you?

A plain-English reading of the study's rules. Only the study team can confirm whether you qualify.

What this trial studies

The study uses a stepped-wedge, implementation-effectiveness design to scale up an evidence-based suicide risk identification and cross-system linkage program (e-Connect) in juvenile justice settings. Guided by the GPM and EPIS frameworks, it involves External Facilitators helping Local Facilitators in nine counties to transfer knowledge and skills for sustained use. The project has three phases: preparation for scale-up, scale-up implementation and sustainment, and an effectiveness/outcome evaluation. Data will address clinical outcomes related to identification of service needs and cross-system referrals, as well as implementation costs. The work builds on a prior efficacy trial and aims to determine real-world feasibility, acceptability, and impact in a new system and geography.

Why it matters

Who can join: the full rules

Sample: County Probation Staff

Inclusion Criteria:

* All probation agency leadership and officers employed by the partnering sites who are (a) at least 18 years of age and (b) conversant in English in participating study counties are eligible

Exclusion Criteria:

* There are no exclusionary criteria and no special classes of participants.

Sample: County Treatment Staff

Inclusion Criteria:

* All treatment staff (agency directors, supervisors and clinical line staff) employed by participating treatment agencies who are at least 18 years of age and conversant in English in participating study counties will be asked to participate

Exclusion Criteria:

* There are no exclusionary criteria and no special classes of participants.

Sample: Local Facilitators

Inclusion Criteria:

* All county/local Justice Diversion Alternatives Initiative (JDAI) representatives that work with partnering sites who (a) are at least 18 years of age and (b) conversant in English in participating study counties are eligible

Exclusion Criteria:

* There are no exclusionary criteria and no special classes of participants.

Sample: Probation Youth

Inclusion Criteria:

* All youth who are on probation who are (a) 10-18 years of age and (b) conversant in English in participating study counties are eligible;

Exclusion Criteria:

* There are no exclusionary criteria and no special classes of participants.

Where it's running

• Columbia University and New York State Psychiatric Instititute
  New York, New York, United States Recruiting

Study contacts

• Study coordinator: Katherine S Elkington, Ph.D.
• Email: ke2143@cumc.columbia.edu
• Phone: 646-774-6965

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How to take part

1. Review the eligibility criteria above with your treating physician.
2. Check the official listing on ClinicalTrials.gov for the latest contact details and recruitment status.
3. Contact the study coordinator or principal investigator to ask for pre-screening. Pre-screening is free and never obligates you to enroll.