Long‐term impact of the Fostering Healthy Futures for Preteens program on suicide‐related thoughts and behaviors for youth in out‐of‐home care
A randomized controlled trial
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11055011 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Heather N Taussig (0000-0001-7909-2988, Graduate School of Social Work University of Denver Denver Colorado USA, corresponding author), Anthony Fulginiti (0000-0003-0620-8745, Graduate School of Social Work University of Denver Denver Colorado USA), Sarah J Racz (0000-0001-9745-6116, Department of Psychology University of Maryland College Park College Park Maryland USA), Rhiannon E Evans (0000-0002-1156-8633, Centre for Development, Evaluation, Complexity and Implementation in Public Health Improvement (DECIPHer) Cardiff University Cardiff UK), Rhiannon Evans (0000-0002-0239-6331, Cardiff University), Colleen C Katz (0000-0002-6318-456X, Hunter College) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 74 |
| Issue | 1-2 |
| Pages | 74-85 |
| Publication date | 2024-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Community Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0091-0562 • E-ISSN: 1573-2770 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/ajcp.12745 |
| PMID | 38436484 |
| OpenAlex | W4392376813 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 56 |
Youth in out‐of‐home care are at high risk for suicide‐related thoughts and behaviors (STB), yet there are no known efficacious interventions that reduce STB for this population. Fostering Healthy Futures for Preteens (FHF‐P) is a 9‐month community‐based mentoring and skills training preventive intervention for children in out‐of‐home care. A randomized controlled trial enrolled 156 participants aged 9–11 years who were placed in out‐of‐home care over the prior year. Participants were 48.9% female, 54.1% Hispanic, 30.1% Black, and 27.1% American Indian. Follow‐up interviews, conducted 7–12 years postintervention (85.2% retention rate), asked young adult participants, aged 18–22, to self‐report lifetime STB as indexed by non‐suicidal self‐injury, suicidal thoughts, plans, and/or attempts. There was a nonsignificant reduction in the odds of STB for the intervention group at follow‐up (OR = 0.74; CI, 0.32, 1.69). However, FHF‐P significantly moderated the effect of baseline STB; control youth who reported baseline STB had 10 times the odds of young adult STB (OR = 10.44, CI, 2.28, 47.78), but there was no increase in the odds of adult‐reported STB for intervention youth. Findings suggest that FHF‐P buffers the impact of pre‐existing STB on young adult STB for care‐experienced youth. Further research is needed to identify mechanisms that may reduce STB in this population
Environmental health · Health psychology · Intervention (counseling) · Logistic regression · Odds · Odds ratio · Poison control · Population · Psychiatry · Psychological intervention · Public health · Randomized controlled trial · Suicide prevention · Young adult · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Child Welfare and Adoption · Internal Medicine · Medicine · Nursing · Psychology · Suicide and Self-Harm Studies · Gerontology
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| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |