Impact of COVID-19 on Family Dynamics on Bandebereho Study Participants

NCT04442152 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 265A
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 998
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This proposed study will assess how COVID-19 and the associated 'stay at home' orders are affecting low-income Rwandan couples' relationships and family dynamics. The study builds on an existing randomized controlled trial of the Bandebereho fathers/couples intervention (NCT02694627), which will allow us to assess not only the current conditions in households, but also whether or how the significant impacts of the intervention are sustained under extreme stress.

Conditions

Gender Relations; Partner Communication; Division of Carework; Couple Conflict; Stress

Keywords

gender, caregiving, Covid-19, couple relations

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (6)

• Gender division of caregiving/domestic tasks

  Question about how caregiving is distributed in the wake of Covid-19

  ~5 years post intervention

• Couple communication

  Frequency of couple communication in the wake of Covid-19

  ~5 years post intervention

• Couple conflict

  Frequency of couple quarreling in the wake of Covid-19

  ~5 years post intervention

• Men's alcohol use

  Frequency of men's alcohol use in the wake of Covid-19

  ~5 years post intervention

• Household economic situation

  Changes in household economic situation in the wake of Covid-19

  ~5 years post intervention

• Stress and frustration

  Feelings of stress and frustration in the wake of Covid-19

  ~5 years post intervention

Study Arms (2)

Intervention

EXPERIMENTAL

See intervention description

Behavioral: MenCare+/Bandebereho fathers'/couples' group education

Control

NO INTERVENTION

Participants who were randomized into the control arm were and will be surveyed at the same time point as intervention participants, but did not receive any intervention.

Interventions

MenCare+/Bandebereho fathers'/couples' group education BEHAVIORAL

MenCare+/Bandebereho is a 3 year project to engage men in maternal, newborn and child health (MNCH) and in sexual and reproductive health in Rwanda. A core component of the project is fathers'/couples' group education. The target participants were first-time parents or parents of young children living in 16 rural and semi-urban sectors selected by the implementing partner in collaboration with local authorities. The MenCare+/Bandebereho fathers'/couples' group education engages men in 15 weekly sessions of group discussion, critical reflection and interactive activities led by a trained facilitator using a curriculum developed by RWAMREC and Promundo and approved by the Rwandan Ministry of Health, adapted from the Program P Manual. Men's partners participate in 6-8 sessions. The sessions focus on men's role in MNCH, family planning, sharing household responsibilities, intimate partner violence, conflict resolution, family budgeting, and gender equality.

Also known as: Program P

Intervention

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 26 Years - 40 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Promundo, United States: lead
• Rwanda Men's Resource Center (Rwamrec): collaborator
• Ministry of Health/Rwanda Biomedical Center: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Rwanda Men's Resource Centre (Rwamrec)

Kigali, Rwanda

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Doyle K, Levtov RG, Barker G, Bastian GG, Bingenheimer JB, Kazimbaya S, Nzabonimpa A, Pulerwitz J, Sayinzoga F, Sharma V, Shattuck D. Gender-transformative Bandebereho couples' intervention to promote male engagement in reproductive and maternal health and violence prevention in Rwanda: Findings from a randomized controlled trial. PLoS One. 2018 Apr 4;13(4):e0192756. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0192756. eCollection 2018.

  PMID: 29617375 BACKGROUND

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Coitus; COVID-19

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Sexual Behavior; Behavior; Pneumonia, Viral; Pneumonia; Respiratory Tract Infections; Infections; Virus Diseases; Coronavirus Infections; Coronaviridae Infections; Nidovirales Infections; RNA Virus Infections; Lung Diseases; Respiratory Tract Diseases

Study Officials

• Kate E Doyle, MA

  Promundo-US

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

• Ruti G Levtov, PhD

  Promundo-US

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

• Felix Sayingoza, MD, MSc

  Ministry of Health/Rwanda Biomedical Center

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

• Fidele Rutayisire, MA

  Rwanda Men's Resource Center

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

• Shamsi Kazimbaya, MA

  Promundo-US

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Model Details: Note that we are collecting new data from participants previously randomly assigned to intervention and control arms.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: June 19, 2020
• First Posted: June 22, 2020
• Study Start: August 13, 2020
• Primary Completion: September 4, 2020
• Study Completion: September 4, 2020
• Last Updated: March 15, 2022

Record last verified: 2022-03

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

RW (1)