Malezi Na Kilimo Bora - Skilful Parenting and Agribusiness Child Abuse Prevention Study

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• Last refreshed on: 16 December 2017
• Main ID: NCT02633319
• Date of registration: 02/11/2015
• Prospective Registration: No
• Primary sponsor: University of Oxford
• Public title: Malezi Na Kilimo Bora - Skilful Parenting and Agribusiness Child Abuse Prevention Study SPACAPS
• Scientific title: Malezi ne Kilimo Bora (Good Parenting and Farming) - Skilful Parenting and Agribusiness Child Abuse Prevention Study (SPACAPS)
• Date of first enrolment: August 1, 2015
• Target sample size: 248
• Recruitment status: Completed
• URL: https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02633319
• Study type: Interventional
• Study design: Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Factorial Assignment. Primary purpose: Prevention. Masking: Single (Outcomes Assessor).
• Phase: N/A

Countries of recruitment

Tanzania

Contacts

• Name: Frances Gardner, DPhil
• Affiliation: University of Oxford

• Name: Joyce Wamoyi, PhD
• Affiliation: Tanzania National Institute of Medical Research

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria for villages (n = 8):

1. Situated within 1 hour driving distance from Shinyanga, Tanzania

2. Provide community consent via community local leader and approval from local
authorities

3. Contain registered farmer groups

Inclusion criteria for participating farmer groups (n = 16, 2 per village):

1. Situated within participating village

2. Registered with Tanzanian Ministry of Agriculture within the previous 3 years

3. Registered to participate in ICS's Agribusiness and Skilful Parenting programme

4. Provide consent via farmer group leader

Inclusion criteria for adults caregivers (n = 240, 30 per village):

1. Age 18 or older

2. Serves as the primary caregiver of a child in the household between the ages of 3 and
17

3. Lives in the house at least 4 nights per week.

4. Is a registered member of the included agricultural farmer group

5. Provides consent to participate in the full study

Exclusion criteria for adult participants:

1. Any adult exhibiting severe mental health problems or acute mental disabilities.

2. Any adult that has been referred to social services or child protection services
during the course of baseline data collection as a result of reported or observed
indications of significant potential psychological harm towards a child.

Inclusion criteria for child respondents (n = 240, 30 per village):

1. Age 10 to 17 years at initial assessment

2. Lives in the house at least 4 nights per week

3. Must have an adult primary caregiver who lives in the household, who provides consent,
and who participates in the study

4. Provides assent to participate in the full study

Exclusion criteria for child respondents:

1. Any child who is either experiencing severe mental health problems, has acute
developmental disabilities,

2. If the child participant has been referred to social services during baseline data
collection due to reported or observed indications of significant harm.

Inclusion criteria for observed children (n = 240, 30 per village):

1. Age 0 to 3 years at initial assessment

2. Lives in the house at least 4 nights per week

3. Must have an adult primary caregiver who lives in the household, who provides consent,
and who participates in the study

Inclusion criteria for adult ICS programme facilitators:

1. Age 18 or older

2. Is registered as a facilitator of ICS's Agribusiness or Skilful Parenting programme

3. Provides consent to participate in the full study



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: All

Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied

Parenting

Child Abuse

Intervention(s)

Other: Agrics

Behavioral: Skilful Parenting

Primary Outcome(s)

Change in Child Abuse - Child Report [Time Frame: Baseline; 6-Months Follow-Up; 12-Months Follow-Up]

Change in Child Abuse - Parent Report [Time Frame: Baseline; 6-Months Follow-Up; 12-Months Follow-Up]

Change in Parenting Behaviour - Adult Report [Time Frame: Baseline; 6-Months Follow-Up; 12-Months Follow-Up]

Change in Parenting Behaviour - Child Report [Time Frame: Baseline; 6-Months Follow-Up; 12-Months Follow-Up]

Secondary Outcome(s)

Change Child Behaviour - Adult Report [Time Frame: Baseline; 6-Months Follow-Up; 12-Months Follow-Up]

Change in Child Attitudes to Punishment [Time Frame: Baseline; 6-Months Follow-Up; 12-Months Follow-Up]

Change in Household Hunger - Child Report [Time Frame: Baseline; 6-Months Follow-Up; 12-Months Follow-Up]

Change Child Behaviour - Child Report [Time Frame: Baseline; 6-Months Follow-Up; 12-Months Follow-Up]

Change in Adult Alcohol Use [Time Frame: Baseline; 6-Months Follow-Up; 12-Months Follow-Up]

Change in Agricultural Assets - Adult Report [Time Frame: Baseline; 6-Months Follow-Up; 12-Months Follow-Up]

Change in Household Assets - Adult Report [Time Frame: Baseline; 6-Months Follow-Up; 12-Months Follow-Up]

Change in Child Alcohol Use [Time Frame: Baseline; 6-Months Follow-Up; 12-Months Follow-Up]

Change in Child labour - Child report [Time Frame: Baseline; 6-Months Follow-Up; 12-Months Follow-Up]

Change in Child Development - Adult Report [Time Frame: Baseline; 6-Months Follow-Up; 12-Months Follow-Up]

Change in Child food consumption - Child report [Time Frame: Baseline; 6-Months Follow-Up; 12-Months Follow-Up]

Change in Child Sexual Behavior [Time Frame: Baseline; 6-Months Follow-Up; 12-Months Follow-Up]

Change in Household Hunger - Adult Report [Time Frame: Baseline; 6-Months Follow-Up; 12-Months Follow-Up]

Change in Caregiver Depression - Adult Report [Time Frame: Baseline; 6-Months Follow-Up; 12-Months Follow-Up]

Change in Child Labor - Adult Report [Time Frame: Baseline; 6-Months Follow-Up; 12-Months Follow-Up]

Change in Intimate partner Violence - Adult Report [Time Frame: Baseline; 6-Months Follow-Up; 12-Months Follow-Up]

Change in Child Depression [Time Frame: Baseline; 6-Months Follow-Up; 12-Months Follow-Up]

Change in Early Childhood Home Environment - Observed and Adult Report [Time Frame: Baseline; 6-Months Follow-Up; 12-Months Follow-Up]

Change in Infant/Toddler Weight [Time Frame: Baseline; 6-Months Follow-Up; 12-Months Follow-Up]

Change in Parental Attitudes to Punishment [Time Frame: Baseline; 6-Months Follow-Up; 12-Months Follow-Up]

Change in Parenting Stress - Adult Report [Time Frame: Baseline; 6-Months Follow-Up; 12-Months Follow-Up]

Change in Infant/Toddler Height [Time Frame: Baseline; 6-Months Follow-Up; 12-Months Follow-Up]

Secondary ID(s)

SSD/CUREC1A/14-SSH_C2_15_023

Source(s) of Monetary Support

Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors

Secondary Sponsor(s)

University of Glasgow

UBS Optimus Fund

Investing in Children and Our Societies

Tanzanian National Institute of Medical Research