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NCT number NCT03745573
Other study ID # 11106
Secondary ID
Status Not yet recruiting
Phase N/A
First received
Last updated
Start date November 16, 2018
Est. completion date July 31, 2020

Study information

Verified date November 2018
Source London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Contact Patricia Henley, PhD
Phone 02079272221
Email patricia.henley@lshtm.ac.uk
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

To date, no interventions to prevent violence in refugee camp schools have ever been rigorously evaluated. The primary objective of this project is to test the effectiveness of the Empateach intervention to prevent physical violence from teachers to students in Nyarugusu Refugee Camp, Tanzania. Secondary objectives are to assess the impact of the Empateach intervention on student's depressive symptoms, experience of emotional violence and educational test scores. A two arm cluster RCT with parallel assignment will be conducted.


Description:

School is one of the most common settings where children may experience violence; and emerging evidence suggests that in some settings, school staff may be one of the most common perpetrator of violence against children.To date, no interventions to prevent violence in refugee camp schools have ever been rigorously evaluated. The primary objective of this project is to test the effectiveness of the Empateach intervention to prevent physical violence from teachers to students in Nyarugusu Refugee Camp, Tanzania. Secondary objectives are to assess the impact of the Empateach intervention on student's depressive symptoms, experience of emotional violence and educational test scores.

The aim of the Empateach intervention is to improve 'student and teacher well-being; self-regulation; teacher classroom management and teacher's use of positive discipline techniques'. Participants in the intervention condition will receive a 10-week group intervention.

A two arm cluster RCT will be conducted, with parallel assignment and an approximately 1:1 allocation ratio. Cross-sectional surveys of students will be conducted at three time points: a baseline, a midline immediately after the 10 week intervention; and an endline 6 months after then end of the intervention. The primary outcome, violence from school staff to students, will be measured using an adapted version of the ICAST-CI.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Not yet recruiting
Enrollment 2120
Est. completion date July 31, 2020
Est. primary completion date December 31, 2019
Accepts healthy volunteers Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Gender All
Age group 9 Years and older
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria:

- At the school level, all 27 primary and secondary schools in Nyarugusu refugee camp in Tanzania, will be eligible. The intervention is delivered to individual teachers, and all teachers working in included schools will be eligible to receive the intervention. The hypothesized intervention effect will be in all students being taught by participating teachers; however we will measure effects of the intervention in students who are aged 9 years and over. Data will be collected from both students and teachers.

- At the level of individual students, all students who can speak Kirundi or Swahili, and who are capable of providing assent, will be eligible to participate

- At the level of individual teachers, all teachers who can speak Kirundi or Swahili, and who are capable of providing informed consent, will be eligible to participate

Exclusion Criteria:

- there are no exclusion criteria at the School level

- for individual students, those who cannot speak Kirundi or Swahili, or who are not capable of providing assent

- for individual teachers, those who cannot speak Kirundi or Swahili, or who are not capable of providing informed consent

Study Design


Intervention

Behavioral:
Empateach
Empateach is a behavioural intervention for teachers.

Locations

Country Name City State
n/a

Sponsors (5)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Behavioural Insights Team, Innovations for Poverty Action, Tanzania, International Rescue Committee, National Institutes of Medical Research, Tanzania

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary physical violence students' self-reports of physical violence from school staff in the past week, as measured by a modified ICAST-CI Assessed at 10-week follow-up
Secondary physical violence students' self-reports of physical violence from school staff in the past week, as measured by a modified ICAST-CI Assessed at 6-month follow-up
Secondary emotional violence students' self-reports of emotional violence from school staff, as measured by a modified ICAST-CI past 1 week; assessed at 10-week and 6-month follow-up
Secondary depressive symptoms students' self-reports of emotional violence from school staff, as measured by a modified ICAST-CI past 2 weeks; assessed at 10-week and 6-month follow-up
Secondary educational performance test scores on yearly exams assessed at the end of the school year, about 11-12 months from baseline
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