Evaluation of resources to teach children in low-income countries to assess claims about treatment effects: Protocol for a randomised trial

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• Main ID: PACTR201606001679337
• Date of registration: 13/06/2016
• Prospective Registration: No
• Public title: Evaluation of resources to teach children in low-income countries to assess claims about treatment effects: Protocol for a randomised trial
• Scientific title: Evaluation of resources to teach children in low-income countries to assess claims about treatment effects: Protocol for a randomised trial
• Date of first enrolment: 06/06/2016
• Target sample size: 120
• Recruitment status: Other
• URL: https://pactr.samrc.ac.za/TrialDisplay.aspx?TrialID=1679
• Study type: Interventional
• Study design: Parallel: different groups receive different interventions at same time during study,Randomised,Stratified allocation where we will first draw a sample of districts from all the districts in the central region in Uganda. In the second stage we shall randomly sample schools proportionately from the selected districts, stratifying by school setting (urban, semi-urban and rural areas), and further by ownership (privately funded and government aided schools).,Sealed opaque envelopes
• Phase: Not Applicable

Countries of recruitment

Uganda

Contacts

• Name: Allen Nsangi
• Affiliation: Research Fellow

• Name: Nelson Kaulukusi Sewankambo

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Public and private primary schools in the central region of Uganda will be eligible to participate.
Exclusion criteria: We will exclude international schools, special needs children¿s schools for the deaf and blind, and schools that participated in the user testing and piloting of the resources.
Children in primary level classes other than primary five will be excluded from participating in the study.
Only schools which agree to participate and sign a consent form for participation will be included in the trial.


Age minimum: 9 Year(s)
Age maximum: 17 Year(s)
Gender: Both

Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied

Ability to assess claims about treatment effects

Ability to assess claims about treatment effects

Intervention(s)

IHC primary school resources

Current Primary School Science Curriculum

Primary Outcome(s)

The mean difference in the score between the intervention and control groups.

1.The difference between the intervention and control groups in the proportion of children with a passing score.

2.The mean difference in the score (number of correct answers) for all of the questions that assess their ability to apply the 12 concepts that are included in the IHC primary school resources

Secondary Outcome(s)

4. Differences in attitudes towards science and school attendance using daily class registers.

The difference in the proportion of children with a passing score in a subgroup of children who completed the audio version of the test in Luganda

3. Differences in intended behaviours and self-efficacy

The difference in attendance and academic achievement as indicated by school marks

1. The difference between the intervention and control groups in the proportion of children with a score indicating mastery of the concepts

2. The difference between the intervention and control groups for each concept and for the questions intended to measure their understanding of the concepts

Source(s) of Monetary Support

The Research Council of Norway

Secondary Sponsor(s)

Norwegian Institute of Public Health

Ethics review

Status: Approved
Approval date: 08/04/2016
Contact:

School of Medicine, Research Ethics Committee

Status: Approved
Approval date: 22/08/2016
Contact:

School of Medicine, Research Ethics Committe