Prevention of Violence Against Children

NCT03051854 | Completed DMC

• 1 other identifier: ICC-T-2017-Uganda
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 720
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Beside the home, the school is often the second important setting for the development and education of children and adolescents. Students spend a large part of their life at school. However, there is recurrent occurrence of violence against children and of harsh discipline measures used in home and school settings. These may result into negative consequences. Hence, prevention strategies against the use of harsh discipline use in schools become a priority. In the baseline of this study the investigators will therefore examine the prevalence and consequences of violence against children in Southwestern Uganda. The study will be conducted in schools and common disciplinary measures used by teachers, and the perceptions of teachers' and students' in relation to commonly used and experienced disciplinary measures we will be investigated. In the second phase, the investigators then will implement and assess the effectiveness of an intervention aimed at reducing the use of harsh and violent disciplinary measures in schools. ICC-T training in the long-term aims at fostering better relations amongst students and teachers. Based on feasibility studies, ICC-T intervention is expected to result into better teacher-student relationships, change in teachers' attitudes and behaviors concerning the use of violent disciplinary measures in the school setting.

Conditions

Violence Against Children

Keywords

Violence; Children; Prevalence; Abuse; Prevention

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Change in teachers' application of harsh discipline

  In teachers the Conflict Tactics Scale Parent-Child version (CTSPC) will assess teachers' use of violent discipline measure against students in the school locale.

  The CTSPC will be used at T 1 (baseline, prior to intervention) and T2 (follow-up, 3 months after intervention)

• Change in student's exposure to harsh discipline by teachers

  The Conflict Tactics Scale Parent-Child version (CTSPC) will assess the students' self-reported experiences of violent discipline in schools.

  CTSPC will be used at T 1 (baseline, prior to intervention) and T2 (follow-up, 3 months after intervention)

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• Change in student's mental health

  SDQ will be used at (baseline, prior to intervention) and T2 (follow-up, 3 months after intervention)

• Change in teachers's attitudes towards harsh discipline

  The adapted version of CTSPC will be used at T 1 (baseline, prior to intervention) and T2 (follow-up, 3 months after intervention)

Study Arms (2)

ICC-T

EXPERIMENTAL

Intervention: Interaction Competencies with children - for teachers (ICC-T) 5.5 days with 8 hours of training for teachers. Core training components include teacher-student interaction, maltreatment prevention, effective discipline strategies, identifying and supporting burdened students and implementation of the training materials into the school setting

Behavioral: Interaction Competencies with children - for teachers

Control schools

NO INTERVENTION

The control school do not receive any intervention.

Interventions

Interaction Competencies with children - for teachers BEHAVIORAL

Core training components include teacher-student interaction, maltreatment prevention, effective discipline strategies, identifying and supporting burdened students and implementation of the training materials into the school setting.

ICC-T

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 12 Years - 65 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Written informed consent (if underaged by parents \& minors)

You may not qualify if:

• Acute drug or alcohol intoxication
• Acute psychotic disorder

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Konstanz: lead
• Bielefeld University: collaborator
• Alexander von Humboldt Association: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Government-aided secondary schools

Mbarara, Southwestern Uganda, Uganda

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Ssenyonga J, Hermenau K, Nkuba M, Hecker T. Reducing violence against children by implementing the preventative intervention Interaction Competencies with Children for Teachers (ICC-T): study protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial in Southwestern Uganda. Trials. 2018 Aug 13;19(1):435. doi: 10.1186/s13063-018-2827-9.

  PMID: 30103776 DERIVED

Study Officials

• Tobias Hecker, PhD

  Bielefeld University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: FACTORIAL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Professor for Clinical Psychology and Behavioural Neuroscience

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: February 7, 2017
• First Posted: February 14, 2017
• Study Start: April 1, 2018
• Primary Completion: September 30, 2019
• Study Completion: September 30, 2019
• Last Updated: October 1, 2019

Record last verified: 2019-09

Locations

UG (1)