Impact Evaluation Study of The Faithful House Programme on Violence Reduction in Families

NCT02168985 | Unknown

• 1 other identifier: SFTZ-C&VECF
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 300
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The Faithful House (TFH), is a 3-day faith-based skills-building curriculum which aims to increase household resilience by strengthening families. TFH draws on improved communication and conflict resolution skill building and the individual's faith-values as a catalyst for transformation in attitudes regarding gender roles in care giving and the use of violence in the home. The study hypothesis is that couples who complete the Faithful House Programme will demonstrate increased communication skills with their spouses and children, which reduces the negative impact of family stress triggers and ultimately leads to a reduction of intimate partner violence witnessed by children as well as physical and emotional violence against children by parents. The mixed methods study will include a Randomized Control Trial (RCT) of HIV/AIDS infected or conflicted couples and a child in each household, focus group discussions (FGD) of men, women and children and key informant interviews of local experts in family violence and social protection service network providers.

Conditions

Child Maltreatment

Keywords

Child violence; HIV AIDS conflicted couples; Intimate partner violence; Tanzania; Marriage counseling; Child maltreatment; Couples communication

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Incidence of violence against or witnessed by children insults, and threats of physical harm and abandonment in the past three months and similar violent acts between partners that are observed by their children ages 10-17.

  Change in self-reported incidence by parents and children (10-17) of acts of physical and emotional violence against children such as kicking, hitting, verbal insults, and threats of physical harm and abandonment and similar violent acts between partners that are observed by their children ages 10-17 years at baseline and three-months after couples attend seminar.

  Baseline and three months after couples attend seminar

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Attitudes about violence

  Baseline and three months after seminar

Study Arms (2)

Attend TFH Program

EXPERIMENTAL

Couples attend the three-day Faithful House Training program immediately

Behavioral: TFH program

Wait-listed for TFH Program

NO INTERVENTION

Couples attend The Faithful House program three-months after the initial group

Interventions

TFH program BEHAVIORAL

The Faithful House (TFH), is a three-day faith-based skills-building curriculum. The curriculum aims to increase household resilience by strengthening families and couples' relationships through enhanced couple communication

Also known as: The Faithful House Training (TFH) Program

Attend TFH Program

Eligibility Criteria

• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Both male and female partners in an HIV AIDS conflicted couple
• Has at least one child age 10 to 17 years living in couple's household

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Savannas Forever Tanzania: lead
• National Institute for Medical Research, Tanzania: collaborator
• Arusha Lutheran Medical Centre: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Arusha Lutheran Medical Centre

Arusha, Arusha, Tanzania

Location

Related Links

• Savannas Forever Tanzania is a research organization in Tanzania
• National Institute for Medical Research
• Selian Hospital and Selian Aids Control Programme

Study Officials

• Susan M James, MBA

  Savannas Forever Tanzania

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

• Sarah Milder, MPH

  Arundel Street Consulting

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

• Bernard J Ngowi, MD PhD

  National Institute for Medical Research

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Central Study Contacts

Dorothy Brewster Lee, MD

CONTACT

+255 764501245; dkm4dbl@gmail.com

Susan M James, MBA

CONTACT

+255 783514380; susan.james@sftz.org

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: June 18, 2014
• First Posted: June 20, 2014
• Study Start: July 1, 2014
• Primary Completion: October 1, 2014
• Study Completion: February 1, 2015
• Last Updated: July 8, 2014

Record last verified: 2014-07

Locations

TA (1)