Addressing Root Causes for Gun Violence Prevention (ARC-GVP)

Description

The goal of this study is to help build the evidence base for a locally-relevant youth firearm violence prevention program in Washington D.C., a city experiencing disparities in youth firearm violence outcomes. The main question it aims to answer is: How is youth participation in the summer youth employment program, the True Reasons I Grabbed the Gun Evolved from Risk (The T.R.I.G.G.E.R Project), which is designed to address root causes of gun violence, associated with individual youth behavioral outcomes, including pro-social involvement, aggression, and firearm-related attitudes and behaviors?

Conditions

Violence, Adolescent, Firearm Injury, Aggression

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

The goal of this study is to help build the evidence base for a locally-relevant youth firearm violence prevention program in Washington D.C., a city experiencing disparities in youth firearm violence outcomes. The main question it aims to answer is: How is youth participation in the summer youth employment program, the True Reasons I Grabbed the Gun Evolved from Risk (The T.R.I.G.G.E.R Project), which is designed to address root causes of gun violence, associated with individual youth behavioral outcomes, including pro-social involvement, aggression, and firearm-related attitudes and behaviors?

Addressing Root Causes for Gun Violence Prevention (ARC-GVP) Outcomes Study

Addressing Root Causes for Gun Violence Prevention (ARC-GVP)

Condition
Violence
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Ann Arbor

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States, 48103

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Youth in Washington D.C. who are participating in The T.R.I.G.G.E.R Project, a grassroots youth firearm violence prevention program
  • * Emancipated minors

Ages Eligible for Study

14 Years to 24 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Collaborators and Investigators

University of Michigan,

Marc Zimmerman, PhD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, University of Michigan

Study Record Dates

2026-07