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

NCT05609786 | Completed Results DMC

• 2 other identifiers: IRB00017456R01HD099144
• 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 (5)

• Resilience as Assessed by Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale

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

  Baseline, 6-month, 12-month

• Decisional Conflict Score

  12-item decisional conflict measures (specific to safety), assessed using a 5-point Likert scale (0-4). The mean Decisional Conflict score is multiplied by 25 to create an overall score, ranging from 0-100; 0 (no decisional conflict) to 100 (extremely high decisional conflict).

  Baseline, 6-month, 12-month

• 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. Score range 0-20; higher score indicates more IPV.

  Baseline, 6-month, 12-month

• Percentage of Participants Who Sought Services (Help-seeking)

  6-item index on help-seeking, which assesses abuse disclosure and services/information received on a 2-point scale (yes/no); operationally defined as percentage of participants who sought help from any of the services.

  Baseline, 6-month, 12-month

• Helpfulness of Services Assessed by Help-Seeking Index

  6-item index on help-seeking which assesses abuse disclosure and services/information. Helpfulness of services rated on a 5-point Likert scale (Score range 0-4; with higher score more helpful). Mean helpfulness score of services sought is reported.

  Baseline, 6-month, 12-month

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• Safety Strategy Score

  Baseline, 6-month, 12-month

• IPV Recognition as Assessed by the Abusive Behaviors Scale

  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
• Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD): collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Ujamaa Africa

Nairobi, Kenya

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Coitus

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Sexual Behavior; Behavior

Limitations and Caveats

Technical problems emerged with measurements of relationship intention. Results were un-interpretable, thus the effect of the intervention on this outcome cannot be determined.

Results Point of Contact

• Title: Michele Decker
• Organization: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

mdecker@jhu.edu

410-502-2747

Study Officials

• Michele Decker

  Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Publication Agreements

• PI is Sponsor Employee: No
• Restrictive Agreement: No

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: July 31, 2026
• Results First Posted: July 31, 2026

Record last verified: 2026-07

Locations

KE (1)