Recruiting

Circles of Safety

Sponsor:

Center for Violence Prevention Research Inc

Code:

NCT07526142

Conditions

Child Abuse Sexual

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Interventions

Circles of Safety

Study Details

Brief summary:

Using a matched cluster randomized control design, the proposed study will evaluate a child sexual abuse (CSA) primary prevention strategy, Circles of Safety®. League leadership, staff, and coaches within youth sports will be focal participants. Outcomes include CSA among youth athletes served, protective and inappropriate behaviors from coaches \& league leaders, as well as knowledge of and perceived ability to identify and address CSA and resource-seeking behavior.

Conditions

Child Abuse Sexual

Study ID

NCT07526142

Start date

Apr 1, 2025

Status verified date

Apr, 2026

Completion date

Sep 30, 2027

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Jun 1, 2027

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Participants must be at least 18 years of age.
  • Participants must be a youth sports leader or coach.
  • Participants must be an English speaker.
  • Participants must be able to provide consent for themselves.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Children are not included as direct participants in this study.
  • Anyone who is not able to provide consent because they are a non-English speaker or have cognitive impairment.

Study Design

Enrollment

1500 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Other

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Complete Circles of Safety Training Program

participants will be asked to complete the Circles of Safety training program

no intervention: Control

participants will not be asked to complete the Circles of Safety training program

Interventions

Circles of Safety

The Circles of Safety program is a child sexual abuse (CSA) primary prevention program that provides direct education to organization leaders and adults who interact with youth, tailored website content for organizations that serve youth, and helpline services for all individuals affected by CSA including not only victims and their families but also individuals who think they may have or will sexually abuse a child.

Primary outcome measure

  • Rates of disclosed child sexual abuse [ Time Frame: This will be measured at baseline and T2 (baseline + 90 days) ]
  • Rates of potentially harmful sexual behaviors from coaches and staff [ Time Frame: This will be measured at baseline and T2 (baseline + 90 days) ]
  • Staff and coaches' knowledge of CSA [ Time Frame: This will be measured at baseline and T2 (baseline + 90 days) ]
  • Staff and coaches perceived self-efficacy in identifying CSA [ Time Frame: This will be measured at baseline and T2 (baseline + 90 days) ]
  • Rates of preventive behaviors among staff and coaches [ Time Frame: This will be measured at baseline and T2 (baseline + 90 days) ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Melissa Bright

904-728-1020mbright@scienceofviolence.org

Locations

Center for Violence Prevention Research

Recruiting

Gainesville, Florida, United States, 32609

Contacts

Melissa Bright, PhD

9047281020mbright@scienceofviolence.org

More Information

Sponsor

Center for Violence Prevention Research Inc

Last update posted

Apr 13, 2026

Last verified

Apr, 2026

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Center for Violence Prevention Research Inc on 2026-04-13.