Child Development, Social Protection Clinical Trial
Official title:
Effectiveness Trial of a Family Home Visiting Intervention to Promote Early Child Development Among Families Served by the Social Protection System in Rwanda
Verified date | February 2020 |
Source | Boston College |
Contact | n/a |
Is FDA regulated | No |
Health authority | |
Study type | Interventional |
The proposed study will test the effectiveness of the Strong Families, Thriving Children "Sugira Muryango" program as delivered by community based workers and aligned with the Rwandan social protection system. Sugira Muryango is a preventive, family-based model that uses home visiting and coaching to encourage responsive parent-child interactions and discourage violence and harsh punishment targeting families living in extreme poverty. Integration of scalable, cost-effective interventions into poverty-reduction and other social welfare programs has great potential as an effective means to promote child development and reduce familial violence and in a range of culturally diverse, low-resource settings.
Status | Completed |
Enrollment | 2911 |
Est. completion date | November 1, 2019 |
Est. primary completion date | November 1, 2019 |
Accepts healthy volunteers | No |
Gender | All |
Age group | 6 Months to 36 Months |
Eligibility |
Beneficiary Inclusion Criteria: - All participants must live in chosen District(s) of Rwanda. Inclusion criteria for families are: 1. being VUP-eligible 2. having at least one children aged 0-6 years living in the home 3. having caregiver willing to discuss and enhance their parenting practices by interacting with a home-visiting coach. Caregiver eligibility: 1. is aged 18 or older and cares for child(ren) 2. lives in the same household as child(ren). We will enroll both single and dual caregiver families to reflect population dynamics. Legal guardians may be aunts, uncles, grandparents, or foster parents. Exclusion Criteria: - do not live in chosen District of Rwanda - do not have children between the ages of 0 and 6 years living in their household for whom they are the primary caregiver - they are not enrolled in Rwanda's public works social protection program VUP, or have severe cognitive impairments which preclude their ability to speak to the research questions under study - families in the midst of crisis (e.g., a caregiver with active suicidal attempts or psychosis) and refer them to appropriate services. |
Country | Name | City | State |
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Rwanda | FXB Rwanda | Kigali |
Lead Sponsor | Collaborator |
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Boston College |
Rwanda,
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Type | Measure | Description | Time frame | Safety issue |
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Primary | Change from baseline in parent-child relationship | Questionnaires and observations will be used to assess this outcome | Years 2 & 3 | |
Primary | Change from baseline in responsive caregiving practices | Questionnaires and observations will be used to assess this outcome | Years 2 & 3 | |
Primary | Change from baseline in child development | Questionnaires and observations will be used to assess this outcome | Years 2 & 3 | |
Primary | Change from baseline in violence in the home | Questionnaires will be used to assess this outcome | Years 2 & 3 | |
Primary | Change from baseline in child health and nutrition | Questionnaires and observations will be used to assess this outcome | Years 2 & 3 |