CSTOP Now! Child Sex Trafficking Stops With You

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age21-65
SponsorAnn Coker

About this trial

Focus: Intervention \& prevention of child commercial sexual exploitation or trafficking (CST) In Kentucky, familial SU/D increases risk of CST.

Primary goal: Implement and evaluate effectiveness of multi-level bystander-informed program (CSTOP Now!) aimed at Kentucky public middle schools for staff.

Eligibility criteria

This trial does not accept healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Kentucky middle school staff in a public school

Kentucky middle school staff in the intervention or attention control schools/counties.

Disqualifiers

Kentucky middle school staff not in intervention or attention control schools/counties.

Trial design

Design model

Parallel

Treatments tested in this trial

  • CSTOP Now!

    Behavioral

    Child sex trafficking stops with you. Implement and evaluate the effectiveness of a multi-level bystander-informed program (CSTOP Now!) aimed at Kentucky public middle school staff. Participants will be trained to use the See It To Stop It Indicator Tool (SITSII) by using tiers of concern (clear concern, possible concern, and monitor of emerging concern). The SITSII tool directs the bystander actions to Decide, Directly Intervene, Disrupt, Delegate, and Document.

  • Prevent Child Abuse Kentucky Online Training

    Behavioral

    The Kentucky State Police, in association with Prevent Child Abuse Kentucky, have developed videos we invite active comparator schools to review which also include how to identify and report child sex trafficking.

Treatment groups

5,408 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups
Group A: CSTOP Now! Child Sex Trafficking Stops with YouExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Group B: Prevent Child Abuse Kentucky Online TrainingActive comparator 1 intervention

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Knowledge and Attitudes toward Child Sex Trafficking (CST) among middle school staff

Knowledge of CST to include legal and behavioral definitions, risk factors, signs and symptoms, and awareness CST in staff's school or community Attitudes toward CST include stereotypes of those trafficked, their families and consumers, staff's empathy and attitudes toward helping those trafficked, self-efficacy to address CST with students or staff. Sex Trafficking Attitudes Scale, Human Trafficking Myths Scale, Adaptation of Self-Confidence and Screening Behaviors for Domestic Violence Scale

Time frame
Year 2-Year 4

Secondary outcomes

1

Use of bystander actions and See It To Stop It Indicator (SITSII) screening tool

Use of active bystander behaviors to prevent or stop child sex trafficking. Bystander behaviors to include the number of events reported by middle school staff to include directly intervene, delegate, disrupt, and document of behaviors to prevent child sex trafficking or report potential child sex trafficking. Based on Banyard, Plante, Moynihan (2005) Bystander Efficacy Scale and adapted for child sex trafficking.

Time frame
Year 2-Year 4

Other outcomes

Sponsors and contacts

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Ann Coker

Lead sponsor

University of Kentucky

Sponsor institution

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Collaborator