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Administrative data

NCT number NCT02415933
Other study ID # IRB13-1481
Secondary ID
Status Completed
Phase N/A
First received
Last updated
Start date October 2014
Est. completion date December 2016

Study information

Verified date September 2023
Source University of Chicago
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This study tests the effects of family-based economic empowerment intervention, alone and in combination with child rights sensitization component, on child protective outcomes among ultra-poor families in Nord Region, Burkina Faso.


Description:

This study evaluates a combined economic empowerment and child rights intervention to prevent violence against children and exploitation of children in ultra-poor communities in Burkina Faso. This evaluation study takes place in the Nord Region of Burkina Faso which is located in the Sahel Desert on the border to Mali. The Nord Region is characterized by extreme poverty and an ongoing food and nutrition crisis due to cyclical droughts. Extreme poverty heightens risks of violence and exploitation of children, particularly girls, who may end up in the worst forms of child labor as defined by the UN (e.g., slavery, debt bondage, forced or hazardous work in gold mines, cotton fields, or plantations in the Ivory Coast or in the South of Burkina Faso, involving physical deprivation and violence). About 1.25 million (or 37.8%) of children ages 5-14 in Burkina Faso are working to augment the incomes of their families, or because their families are too poor to support them. Adolescent girls being sent away to work as maids, facing risks of sexual exploitation and abuse. Boys being sent to religious schools madrassas, where they are made to do unpaid and/or hazardous work including begging in the street, and are subject to physical abuse. The study employs a 3-arm cluster (group) randomized control trial design with baseline and one-year follow-up and includes 360 households (120 households per arm). Each selected household includes a female primary caregiver with a child between the ages of 10-15 who is also able to participate in the evaluation study. The study evaluates the efficacy of an economic empowerment program (Trickle Up) and a combination economic empowerment and child rights sensitization program (Trickle Up Plus) to prevent child separation and potential subsequent exposure to exploitation, abuse, and hazardous working conditions among children. Randomization occurred at the village level to assign households to three study arms: Trickle Up, Trickle Up Plus or the wait-list condition which serves as the control arm. Participants were recruited from 12 impoverished comparable villages that were selected based on socio-economic status (poverty ranking and food insecurity), geography, population size, and distance from urban center. Within these communities, families living in ultra-poverty were identified using a Participatory Wealth Ranking (PWR) exercise. The evaluation study is implemented in partnership with the Trickle Up organization, Women's Refugee Council (WRC), and Aide aux Enfants et aux Families Démunies (ADEFAD).


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Completed
Enrollment 720
Est. completion date December 2016
Est. primary completion date December 2016
Accepts healthy volunteers Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Gender All
Age group 10 Years to 15 Years
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria: Households that meet the following eligibility criteria will be invited to participate in the study: 1. Household meets locally defined poverty criteria (classified as an ultrapoor household); 2. Mother or female caregiver of at least one child between the ages of 10 and 15. 3. Child is between the ages of 10 and 15. 4. Male head of household provides permission for his wife and child to participate in the study; 5. Eligible child and female caregiver/parent can commit to study participation. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Household doesn't meet locally defined poverty criteria (classified as an ultrapoor household); 2. Mother or female caregiver doesn't have at least one child between the ages of 10 and 15. 3. Child is not between the ages of 10 and 15. 4. Male head of household does not provide permission for his wife and child to participate in the study; 5. Eligible child or mother/female caregiver cannot commit to study participation. Participants are also excluded from participation in the study if the child or the parent is assessed to have a cognitive impairment that would interfere with their ability to provide informed consent and participate in the study.

Study Design


Related Conditions & MeSH terms


Intervention

Behavioral:
Trickle Up
Female caregivers (mothers) receive a package of interventions on economic empowerment and livelihood strengthening: Savings group formation and training for a group of 15-25 women which provides a place to save, take out emergency loans and builds community networks and social capital; Provision of seed grants to assist in business start-ups through microfinance loans; One-on-one mentoring and coaching on livelihood development, which is held on a bi-weekly or monthly basis; Trainings on financial planning and household livelihoods.
Trickle Up Plus
In addition to the economic empowerment program for women (Trickle Up), all members of the household assigned to Trickle Up+ arm receive sensitization component on beliefs and knowledge related to protection of children from violence and exploitation. Training sessions are developed and delivered by a local organization, Aide aux Enfants et aux Familles Démunies (ADEFAD). Sessions involve all members of the household and focus on knowledge and cultural norms associated with child protective outcomes (e.g. the dangers of child separation such as sending children away for work, the importance of education for girls, risks of child and forced marriage).

Locations

Country Name City State
Burkina Faso Trickle Up Burkina Faso Ouagadougou

Sponsors (10)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
University of Chicago Aide aux Enfants et aux Familles Démunies (ADEFAD), Bernard van Leer Foundation, Child Protection Working Group (UNICEF), Network of European Foundations (NEF), Oak Foundation, Trickle Up, UBS Optimus Foundation, University of California, Los Angeles, Women's Refugee Commission

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Burkina Faso, 

References & Publications (6)

Ismayilova L, Gaveras E, Blum A, To-Camier A, Nanema R. Maltreatment and Mental Health Outcomes among Ultra-Poor Children in Burkina Faso: A Latent Class Analysis. PLoS One. 2016 Oct 20;11(10):e0164790. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0164790. eCollection 2016. — View Citation

Ismayilova L, Karimli L, Gaveras E, To-Camier A, Sanson J, Chaffin J, Nanema R. An Integrated Approach to Increasing Women's Empowerment and Reducing Domestic Violence: Results of a Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial in a West African Country. Psychol Vi — View Citation

Ismayilova L, Karimli L, Sanson J, Gaveras E, Nanema R, To-Camier A, Chaffin J. Improving mental health among ultra-poor children: Two-year outcomes of a cluster-randomized trial in Burkina Faso. Soc Sci Med. 2018 Jul;208:180-189. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed — View Citation

Ismayilova L, Karimli L. Harsh Parenting and Violence Against Children: A Trial with Ultrapoor Families in Francophone West Africa. J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol. 2020 Jan-Feb;49(1):18-35. doi: 10.1080/15374416.2018.1485103. Epub 2018 Aug 15. — View Citation

Karimli L, Rost L, Ismayilova L. Integrating Economic Strengthening and Family Coaching to Reduce Work-Related Health Hazards Among Children of Poor Households: Burkina Faso. J Adolesc Health. 2018 Jan;62(1S):S6-S14. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2017.07.007. — View Citation

Karimli, L., Bose, B., & Kagotho, N. (2019). Integrated Graduation Program and its Effect on Women and Household Economic Well-being: Findings from a Randomised Controlled Trial in Burkina Faso. The Journal of Development Studies, 1-18. https://doi.org/10

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Other Change in Mother's Level of Depression Change in mother's level of depression is assessed by Patient Health Questionnaire / PHQ-9 Baseline, 12 months, 24 months
Other Change in Mother's Level of Anxiety Change in mother's level of anxiety is assessed by GAD-7 Anxiety Baseline, 12 months, 24 months
Primary Change in Child Protection Questions assess children's labor-related family separation, early and forced marriage, involvement in child labor and exposure to the Worst Forms of Child Labor (e.g. slavery, debt bondage, serfdom, transactional sex, forced or hazardous work). Questions adapted from International Labour Organization (ILO)'s Statistical Information and Monitoring Programme on Child Labour (SIMPOC) Survey. Baseline, 12 months, 24 months
Primary Change in Exposure to Child Abuse Exposure to physical and emotional violence is measured using the International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect Screening Tool (Child Abuse Screening Tool, Children's Version / ICASTCH). Baseline, 12 months, 24 months
Secondary Change in Child Mental Health Child's emotional well-being and mental health problems (depression, post-traumatic symptoms and low self-esteem) are measured using Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale for Children (CES-DC), Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale and Children's Revised Impact of Event Scale (CRIES). Baseline, 12 months, 24 months
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