Strategies for Implementing GlobalConsent to Prevent Sexual Violence in University Men

Last updated: May 29, 2024
Sponsor: Emory University
Overall Status: Active - Recruiting

Phase

N/A

Condition

N/A

Treatment

Low-intensity implementation strategies (LIS) for Students

High-intensity implementation strategies (HIS) for Leaders

Low-intensity implementation strategies (LIS) for Faculty

Clinical Study ID

NCT06443541
STUDY00006481
1R01MH133259
  • Ages > 18
  • All Genders
  • Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Summary

This project, SCALE, will be the first to compare lower-intensity (standard) and higher-intensity implementation strategies to deliver GlobalConsent-an efficacious web-based sexual violence prevention program-to men attending six universities across Vietnam. Following a rigorous, mixed-methods, comparative interrupted-time-series design, researchers will collect novel data to compare implementation fidelity, drivers and outcomes, effectiveness, and cost-effectiveness across implementation strategy groups. This partnership includes universities also engaged in a violence-prevention training grant (D43TW012188), offering an unparalleled opportunity for capacity strengthening and evidence generation to guide national leaders on best strategies for launching GlobalConsent at scale, to address a gendered risk factor in adolescence, and thereby, improve an array of health outcomes into adulthood.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

Inclusion Criteria for Students:

  • 18-24 years old,

  • Men who self-identify as heterosexual or bisexual (who are attracted to women),

  • Enrolled as first-year students in any of the six participating study universities in North, Central, and South Vietnam.

Exclusion Criteria for Students:

  • Adults unable to consent

  • Individuals who are not yet adults (infants, children, teenagers)

Inclusion Criteria for Faculty:

  • All registered lecturers at each of the six participating study universities will be eligible to participate in the climate surveys in years 1, 3, and 5.

Exclusion Criteria for Faculty:

  • None

Inclusion Criteria for Leaders:

  • Recommendation of study staff at each participating study university

  • Knowledge about the implementation environment and implementation of GlobalConsent.

Exclusion Criteria for Leaders:

  • None

Inclusion Criteria for Implementation Teams:

  • Identified by relevant study staff.

Exclusion Criteria for Implementation Teams:

  • None

Study Design

Total Participants: 3439
Treatment Group(s): 8
Primary Treatment: Low-intensity implementation strategies (LIS) for Students
Phase:
Study Start date:
March 27, 2024
Estimated Completion Date:
February 29, 2028

Study Description

Sexual violence is prevalent in adolescence and heightens the risk of harmful long-term health effects. Sexual violence includes any sexual act committed against a person without freely given consent. All genders may experience sexual violence, but sexual violence more often burdens women than men globally, and men most often perpetrate such violence. Adolescence is a period of vulnerability to sexual violence, with about one in five college women in the US experiencing a campus sexual assault and 91% of victims being women. Less is known about rates of sexual violence on college campuses. Still, estimates from large, multi-country surveys confirm that young men's reported sexually violent behavior and young women's reported sexual violence victimization are high, including in Asia/Pacific. In Vietnam, from 2010 to 2019, women's reports of lifetime sexual violence by a partner increased (10% to 13%), especially in women 18-24 years (5% to 14%). Such trends may reflect changing exposure and more openness to discuss sex and sexual violence. Also, nearly one in ten women (9%) report non-partner sexual violence since age 15, mostly perpetrated by non-family male acquaintances, co-workers, or strangers. Young women who are victims of sexual violence are at heightened risk of acute and chronic mental and physical health conditions.

The researchers will use the Reach, Effectiveness, Adoption, Implementation, and Maintenance (RE-AIM) and Proctor et al. frameworks and a mixed-methods, comparative interrupted time series (CITS) design to compare implementation; implementation drivers and outcomes; implementation effectiveness; and cost-effectiveness of lower-intensity vs higher-intensity (LIS; HIS) implementation strategies to deliver GlobalConsent.

Connect with a study center

  • Can Tho University of Medicine and Pharmacy (CTUMP)

    Cần Thơ,
    Vietnam

    Active - Recruiting

  • Da Nang University of Medical Technology & Pharmacy (DUMTP)

    Da Nang,
    Vietnam

    Active - Recruiting

  • Hanoi Medical University

    Hanoi, 116001
    Vietnam

    Active - Recruiting

  • Ho Chi Minh City Medicine and Pharmacy University

    Ho Chi Minh City,
    Vietnam

    Site Not Available

  • Hue University of Medicine and Pharmacy

    Huế, 470000
    Vietnam

    Active - Recruiting

  • Hai Phong University of Medicine and Pharmacy

    Hải Phòng,
    Vietnam

    Active - Recruiting

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