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

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

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?

The goal of this study is to help build the evidence base for a locally-relevant youth firearm violence prevention program in a city experiencing disparities in youth firearm violence outcomes. The main question it aims to answer is:

How is youth participation in a summer youth employment program that is designed to address root causes of gun violence (The T.R.I.G.G.E.R project), associated with individual youth behavioral outcomes, including pro-social involvement, retaliatory attitudes, aggression, and firearm behaviors?

To examine this question, participants will be invited to complete four surveys over the course of one year to assess attitudinal and behavioral change:

• A pre-test at the start of the program
• A first post-test 2-4 weeks following the conclusion of the program
• A second post-test 6 months following the conclusion of the program
• A third and final post-test 12 months following the conclusion of the program

Inclusion 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

Exclusion Criteria:

• Emancipated minors