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Nudging Parental Actions for Youth Suicide Prevention
Sponsor: University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Summary
The goal of the study is to determine effectiveness of a behaviorally informed text messaging intervention to help parents increase safety practices and reduce their teens' access to lethal means following a suicide-related emergency department visit.
Official title: Nudging Parental Action With A Randomized Controlled Trial of Text Messaging Intervention for Suicide Prevention
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
13 Years - 17 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
129
Start Date
2026-02-15
Completion Date
2027-08-31
Last Updated
2026-02-05
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
Text-messaging for safety reminders
The intervention consists of thrice-weekly, behaviorally informed text messages delivered to parents over six weeks period.
Text-messaging with safety reminders and risk framing
Thrice-weekly messages incorporating safety precautions and evidence-based suicide risk statistics to recalibrate parental risk perception.