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Enhancing School-Based Violence Prevention through Multilevel Racial/Ethnic Discrimination Intervention

Award Number: R01MD013812
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL CENTER ON MINORITY HEALTH AND HEALTH DISPARITIES
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 05/23/2019
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 01/31/2026

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Enhancing School-Based Violence Prevention through Multilevel Racial/Ethnic Discrimination Intervention - ABSTRACT African American (AA) and Hispanic/Latinx (HL) adolescents disproportionately engage in interpersonal violence/aggression. Even after exposure to evidence- and school-based violence prevention programs, racial/ethnic (R/E) disparities in aggression persist for these populations. One factor accounting for the disparities is R/E discrimination. Three major forms of R/E discrimination-related processes occur in schools: 1) peer R/E discrimination, 2) teachers' unintentional R/E biases, and 3) R/E disproportionality in harsh discipline, all of which have been linked to R/E minority students' poor educational and behavioral outcomes. Thus, effectively preventing aggression/violence among AA and HL youth requires a comprehensive approach that addresses R/E discrimination on multiple levels in schools. Yet, research levering empirically supported ways of addressing discrimination to enhance school-based violence prevention is sorely lacking. Drawing on compelling evidence for the efficacy of diverse approaches to addressing R/E discrimination from members of the research team, an integrated multilevel discrimination intervention is proposed to target four areas.1) Reduce unintentional bias in school personnel using the prejudice-habit breaking intervention, the only intervention that has been shown experimentally to produce long-term changes in bias. 2) Reduce peer R/E discrimination using an adaption of the prejudice-habit breaking intervention for adolescents. 3) Reduce R/E disproportionality in discipline by identifying the settings and practices in the school that are the greatest drivers of the disparities and problem-solving to address these drivers. 4) Reduce teacher stress using occupational stress management. The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of integrating these R/E discrimination interventions (RED) into mental health-enhanced Positive Behavioral and Interventions Supports (PBIS-MH), an evidence-based approach to reducing aggression and other problem behavior in schools..8 middle schools will be randomly assigned to 2 years of PBIS-MH or PBIS-MH augmented to address R/E discrimination (PBIS-MH+ RED). Data will be collected from students, teachers, and parents and school records over the course of 2 years, with a subset of youth participants assessed again at 1-year follow up while they are in high school. The study will address the following novel aims: 1) Examine the effects PBIS-MH +RED on discrimination targets. 2) Examine the effects of PBIS-MH +RED on student aggressive behavior and aggression risk factors. We will also explore the extent to which R/E group and gender moderate these effects. 3) Examine the extent that discrimination targets mediate the effects of PBIS-MH +RED on aggression and aggression risk. This study addresses critical questions needed to move the field forward in the development of comprehensive evidence-based approaches to reducing aggression in AA and HL youth.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2025 ( Subtotal = $0 )
2025	2023	THE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA	179 ASHLEY AVE	CHARLESTON	SC	29425	CHARLESTON	USA	Minority Health and Health Disparities Research	000	5	2/25/2025	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
														Subtotal = $0

Issue Date FY: 2024 ( Subtotal = $0 )
2024	2023	MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA THE	179 ASHLEY AVE	CHARLESTON	SC	29425	CHARLESTON	USA	Minority Health and Health Disparities Research	000	5	10/26/2023	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
														Subtotal = $0

Issue Date FY: 2023 ( Subtotal = $595,462 )
2023	2023	MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA THE	179 ASHLEY AVE	CHARLESTON	SC	29425	CHARLESTON	USA	Minority Health and Health Disparities Research	000	5	4/3/2023	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$595,462
														Subtotal = $595,462

Issue Date FY: 2022 ( Subtotal = $533,452 )
2022	2022	MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA THE	179 ASHLEY AVE	CHARLESTON	SC	29425	CHARLESTON	USA	Minority Health and Health Disparities Research	001	4	4/26/2022	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$53,346
2022	2022	MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA THE	179 ASHLEY AVE	CHARLESTON	SC	29425	CHARLESTON	USA	Minority Health and Health Disparities Research	000	4	1/23/2022	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$480,106
														Subtotal = $533,452

Issue Date FY: 2021 ( Subtotal = $548,052 )
2021	2021	MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA THE	179 ASHLEY AVE	CHARLESTON	SC	29425	CHARLESTON	USA	Minority Health and Health Disparities Research	001	3	3/11/2021	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$54,806
2021	2021	MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA THE	179 ASHLEY AVE	CHARLESTON	SC	29425	CHARLESTON	USA	Minority Health and Health Disparities Research	000	3	1/8/2021	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$493,246
														Subtotal = $548,052

Issue Date FY: 2020 ( Subtotal = $563,641 )
2020	2020	MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA	179 ASHLEY AVE	CHARLESTON	SC	29425	CHARLESTON	USA	Minority Health and Health Disparities Research	000	2	1/10/2020	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$563,641
														Subtotal = $563,641

Issue Date FY: 2019 ( Subtotal = $622,718 )
2019	2019	MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA	179 ASHLEY AVE	CHARLESTON	SC	29425	CHARLESTON	USA	Minority Health and Health Disparities Research	000	1	5/23/2019	NEW	$622,718
														Subtotal = $622,718

Grand Total All Awards = $2,863,325

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Enhancing School-Based Violence Prevention through Multilevel Racial/Ethnic Discrimination Intervention

Award Number: R01MD013812

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL CENTER ON MINORITY HEALTH AND HEALTH DISPARITIES

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 05/23/2019

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 01/31/2026

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