Dissemination and Implementation of a Web-based Relationship Safety App, myPlanKenya, for Women at Risk for Intimate Partner Violence in Nairobi, Kenya

NCT05609786 | Completed DMC

• 1 other identifier: IRB00017456
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 440
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This effectiveness-implementation hybrid-3 study evaluates dissemination, implementation, and effectiveness of myPlanKenya. myPlanKenya will be disseminated through formal and informal sectors. This clinical trial portion of the study enrolls women at risk for intimate partner violence (IPV) who are referred to myPlanKenya by disseminators (i.e. "end-users"). This trial aims to evaluate the effectiveness of myPlanKenya referral on resilience, health and safety among a cohort of women referred to myPlanKenya based on disclosure of IPV or assessed to have IPV related risks.

Conditions

Violence, Domestic; Violence, Sexual; Violence, Gender-Based

Keywords

Intimate Partner Violence; Relationships; Safety Planning; technology; implementation

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (4)

• Change in decisional conflict

  12-item pre-intervention and 10-item post-intervention decisional conflict measures (specific to safety), assessed using a 5-point Likert scale (0-4). Items are scored from 0-60 pre-intervention and 0-50 post-intervention, with higher scores indicating higher lower decisional conflict and lower scores indicating higher decisional conflict.

  Baseline, 6-month, 12-month

• Change in resilience as assessed by Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale

  10-item Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale, which assesses resilience using a 5-point Likert scale (0-4). Items are scored from 0-40, with higher scores indicating greater resilience and lower scores indicating lower resilience.

  Baseline, 6-month, 12-month

• Change in safety/IPV experience(s) as assessed by the Conflict Tactics Scale-2

  10-item adapted Conflict Tactics Scale-2 (CTS2), which assesses IPV experiences using a 3-point scale on the frequency of these experiences.

  Baseline, 6-month, 12-month

• Change in help-seeking

  6-item index on help-seeking, which assesses abuse disclosure and services/information received on a 2-point scale (yes/no), and the helpfulness of these disclosures and services on a 5-point Likert scale. Scale examined for fit and will be handled as individual items as needed.

  Baseline, 6-month, 12-month

Secondary Outcomes (3)

• Change in safety strategies

  Baseline, 6-month, 12-month

• Change in IPV recognition as assessed by the Abusive Behaviors Scale

  Baseline, 6-month, 12-month

• Change in relationship intention

  Baseline, 6-month, 12-month

Study Arms (1)

myPlan Kenya

EXPERIMENTAL

myPlan Kenya web-based application

Behavioral: Personalized safety planning tool

Interventions

Personalized safety planning tool BEHAVIORAL

The myPlan Kenya app is a web-based safety planning tool that is secure, private, free and personalized to the user. The app includes multiple, evidence-based modules: Strategies (safety strategies tailored to the user's needs and violence experience); Resources (referrals to local health, safety and justice resources and services); About You (questionnaires that help the user assess their relationship safety and tailor their Strategies, including My Relationship, Red Flags, My Safety, My Priorities); Understanding (knowledge sections that share information on relationships and violence, including Healthy Relationships, Harmful Beliefs About Abuse, About Violence).

myPlan Kenya

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 16 Years+
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Female
• Age 16 or older
• Physical or sexual partner violence or relationship-based fears within the past six months; behaviorally assessed
• Living in Nairobi, Kenya with no plans to move in the next 12 months
• Access to a safe smart phone or computer (personal or shared), and comfort using it to access the myPlan Kenya app
• Literate in English or Swahili languages; confirmed by reading and completing a short passage by filling in several blanks with the appropriate words, selected from a drop-down menu.

You may not qualify if:

• Male
• Under age 16
• Have not experienced physical or sexual partner violence or relationship-based fears in past 6 months
• Lives outside of the study area or plans to move within the next 12 months
• Does not have access to a safe smart phone or computer, or is uncomfortable using it to access the myPlan Kenya app
• Illiterate in English or Swahili languages

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health: lead
• Ujamaa Africa: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Ujamaa Africa

Nairobi, Kenya

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Coitus

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Sexual Behavior; Behavior

Study Officials

• Michele Decker

  Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: November 2, 2022
• First Posted: November 8, 2022
• Study Start: June 22, 2022
• Primary Completion: December 31, 2024
• Study Completion: April 19, 2025
• Last Updated: November 18, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-11

Locations

KE (1)