Trauma and Truth Interventions (NET) Versus Conflict Resolution and Social Skills Trainings for Vulnerable Youths in Northern Uganda
Effects of Trauma-Therapy and Truth Education, Conflict Resolution and Social Skills Trainings and Traditional Ways of Coping in Northern Uganda
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interventional
600
1 country
1
Brief Summary
More than 300,000 children are fighting in armed conflicts all over the world. In Uganda an estimated number of 25,000 children have been abducted and forced to fight or work as porters and sex slaves on the side of the rebels during the conflict between the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) and the Ugandan government. Each year, thousands of former child soldiers have returned to their communities after they had fled or were freed from the rebels. It is well known that a high percentage of these youths are suffering from mental health problems. This could be one of the possible reasons why they are facing difficulties to reintegrate into their communities. The main aim of the proposed project is two-fold. On the one hand, the investigators want to systematically explore the relationship between mental health and important variables for reintegration into the communities like aggression, hostility, feelings of revenge, compromises and conflict behaviour and readiness for reconciliation in formerly abducted and other vulnerable youth (orphans, child mothers and handicapped youths) in Northern Uganda. On the other hand, the investigators want to probe the efficacy of existing and newly developed interventions for formerly abducted and other vulnerable youths that are supposed to foster their mental well-being as well as their reintegration into the society and therewith are part of the long-term prevention of new conflicts in Northern Uganda.
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
Study Start
First participant enrolled
May 1, 2009
CompletedFirst Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
May 4, 2009
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
May 6, 2009
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
June 1, 2010
CompletedJuly 1, 2010
June 1, 2010
1.1 years
May 4, 2009
June 30, 2010
Conditions
Keywords
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
PTSD Symptoms and Functional Level
6-months and 12-months follow-up
Secondary Outcomes (1)
Aggression Reconciliation Re-Integration Conflict and Compromise Behaviour
6-months and 12-months follow-up
Study Arms (3)
NET Truth Education
EXPERIMENTALConflict Resolution Trainings
EXPERIMENTALTraditional Methods
EXPERIMENTALInterventions
Individual Narrative Exposure and Truth Education in Groups
Conflict Resolution and Social Competence Skills in Groups
Methods Collected by Local Teachers to Help Vulnerable Children and Youths in Northern Uganda
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- for individual NET Treatment: PTSD diagnosis
- for group interventions: all youths in the selected vocational training centres will be included
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
Study Sites (1)
Vivo
Gulu & Kitgum, Uganda
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MeSH Terms
Conditions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- SINGLE
- Who Masked
- OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
- Purpose
- TREATMENT
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
May 4, 2009
First Posted
May 6, 2009
Study Start
May 1, 2009
Primary Completion
June 1, 2010
Last Updated
July 1, 2010
Record last verified: 2010-06