Violence Against ChildrenNCT03051854
Prevention of Violence Against Children
A study testing Interaction Competencies with children - for teachers in people with Violence Against Children, run by University of Konstanz at 1 site in Uganda.
Trial summary
Beside the home, the school is often the second important setting for the development and education of children and adolescents. Students spend a large part of their life at school. However, there is recurrent occurrence of violence against children and of harsh discipline measures used in home and school settings. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 12 to 65 yearsHealthy volunteers can take part
- Conditions the study is for
- Violence Against Children
- What is being tested?
- Interaction Competencies with children - for teachers
- Type of treatment
- Lifestyle or therapy programme
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 720 participants
- Where
- 1 siteUganda
- Study dates
- 1 Apr 2018to 30 Sep 2019
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 12 to 65 years
- All sexes
- Healthy volunteers accepted
- Child, Adult, Older adult
Who may be able to join
- Written informed consent (if underaged by parents \& minors)
Who cannot join
- Acute drug or alcohol intoxication
- Acute psychotic disorder
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
About this study
Official title: Prevalence, Consequences and Prevention of Violence Against Children in Southwestern Uganda
Beside the home, the school is often the second important setting for the development and education of children and adolescents. Students spend a large part of their life at school. However, there is recurrent occurrence of violence against children and of harsh discipline measures used in home and school settings. These may result into negative consequences. Hence, prevention strategies against the use of harsh discipline use in schools become a priority.
In the baseline of this study the investigators will therefore examine the prevalence and consequences of violence against children in Southwestern Uganda. The study will be conducted in schools and common disciplinary measures used by teachers, and the perceptions of teachers' and students' in relation to commonly used and experienced disciplinary measures we will be investigated.
In the second phase, the investigators then will implement and assess the effectiveness of an intervention aimed at reducing the use of harsh and violent disciplinary measures in schools. ICC-T training in the long-term aims at fostering better relations amongst students and teachers. Based on feasibility studies, ICC-T intervention is expected to result into better teacher-student relationships, change in teachers' attitudes and behaviors concerning the use of violent disciplinary measures in the school setting.
Read the detailed description
Study participants (i.e., teachers and students) will be recruited from six districts in southwestern Uganda. The sample will include 12 government-aided secondary schools from which 60 students and 15-25 teachers will be recruited. The final sample will have 720 students and 180-300 teachers. Investigators will assess data in the baseline (i.e., prior to intervention) and three months after the intervention.
Study measures will cover the following topics: socio-demographic data, common disciplinary measure used at home and at school, students' mental health problems, students' and teachers' attitudes towards violent discipline measures, and students' exposure to peer and sexual violence. Questionnaire for teachers will have additional items that measure attitudes towards teaching and teacher stress. Additionally, the investigators will also assess the demand, acceptance and feasibility of the training.
- Conditions
- Violence Against Children
- Being tested
- Interaction Competencies with children - for teachers
- Keywords
- Violence, Children, Prevalence, Abuse, Prevention
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
Interaction Competencies with children - for teachersBehavioural
Core training components include teacher-student interaction, maltreatment prevention, effective discipline strategies, identifying and supporting burdened students and implementation of the training materials into the school setting.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| ICC-T | Experimental | Intervention: Interaction Competencies with children - for teachers (ICC-T) 5.5 days with 8 hours of training for teachers. Core training components include teacher-student interaction, maltreatment prevention, effective discipline strategies, identifying and supporting burdened students and implementation of the training materials into the school setting Receives: Behavioral: Interaction Competencies with children - for teachers |
| Control schools | No intervention | The control school do not receive any intervention. |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Change in teachers' application of harsh discipline
In teachers the Conflict Tactics Scale Parent-Child version (CTSPC) will assess teachers' use of violent discipline measure against students in the school locale.
Measured: The CTSPC will be used at T 1 (baseline, prior to intervention) and T2 (follow-up, 3 months after intervention)
Change in student's exposure to harsh discipline by teachers
The Conflict Tactics Scale Parent-Child version (CTSPC) will assess the students' self-reported experiences of violent discipline in schools.
Measured: CTSPC will be used at T 1 (baseline, prior to intervention) and T2 (follow-up, 3 months after intervention)
Secondary outcomes (2)
Change in student's mental health
Strength and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) will assess students' internalizing and externalizing problems. SDQ will be used at T1 and T2.
Measured: SDQ will be used at (baseline, prior to intervention) and T2 (follow-up, 3 months after intervention)
Change in teachers's attitudes towards harsh discipline
Items of the CTSPC have been adapted to measure teachers' and students' attitudes towards violent discipline methods at school.
Measured: The adapted version of CTSPC will be used at T 1 (baseline, prior to intervention) and T2 (follow-up, 3 months after intervention)
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted14 Feb 2017
- Study start1 Apr 2018
- Primary completion30 Sep 2019
- Study completion30 Sep 2019
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Publications (1)Papers the sponsor has linked to this study.
- Other trials for Violence Against ChildrenStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Primary purpose
- Prevention
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Factorial
- Masking
- Single blind
- Who is masked
- Outcomes assessor
- Enrolment
- 720 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- University of Konstanz
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- Bielefeld University, Alexander von Humboldt Association
- Responsible party
- Principal investigator, Prof. Dr. Thomas Elbert, University of Konstanz
- Investigators
- Tobias Hecker, PhD, Principal investigator, Bielefeld University
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT03051854
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- ICC-T-2017-Uganda
- Status last verified
- Sep 2019
- First submitted
- 7 Feb 2017
- Last updated
- 1 Oct 2019
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- Yes
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- Undecided
Publications
Ssenyonga J, Hermenau K, Nkuba M, Hecker T. Reducing violence against children by implementing the preventative intervention Interaction Competencies with Children for Teachers (ICC-T): study protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial in Southwestern Uganda. Trials. 2018 Aug 13;19(1):435. doi: 10.1186/s13063-018-2827-9.
PubMed 30103776
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 1 Oct 2019. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Prevalence, Consequences and Prevention of Violence Against Children in Southwestern Uganda
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT03051854
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- ICC-T-2017-Uganda
- Conditions
- Violence Against Children
- Keywords
- Violence, Children, Prevalence, Abuse, Prevention
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 720 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- University of KonstanzUniversity, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- Bielefeld University, Alexander von Humboldt Association
- Study start
- 1 Apr 2018 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 30 Sep 2019 (actual)
- Study completion
- 30 Sep 2019 (actual)
- First posted
- 14 Feb 2017 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
Beside the home, the school is often the second important setting for the development and education of children and adolescents. Students spend a large part of their life at school. However, there is recurrent occurrence of violence against children and of harsh discipline measures used in home and school settings. These may result into negative consequences. Hence, prevention strategies against the use of harsh discipline use in schools become a priority.
In the baseline of this study the investigators will therefore examine the prevalence and consequences of violence against children in Southwestern Uganda. The study will be conducted in schools and common disciplinary measures used by teachers, and the perceptions of teachers' and students' in relation to commonly used and experienced disciplinary measures we will be investigated.
In the second phase, the investigators then will implement and assess the effectiveness of an intervention aimed at reducing the use of harsh and violent disciplinary measures in schools. ICC-T training in the long-term aims at fostering better relations amongst students and teachers. Based on feasibility studies, ICC-T intervention is expected to result into better teacher-student relationships, change in teachers' attitudes and behaviors concerning the use of violent disciplinary measures in the school setting.
Detailed description
Study participants (i.e., teachers and students) will be recruited from six districts in southwestern Uganda. The sample will include 12 government-aided secondary schools from which 60 students and 15-25 teachers will be recruited. The final sample will have 720 students and 180-300 teachers. Investigators will assess data in the baseline (i.e., prior to intervention) and three months after the intervention.
Study measures will cover the following topics: socio-demographic data, common disciplinary measure used at home and at school, students' mental health problems, students' and teachers' attitudes towards violent discipline measures, and students' exposure to peer and sexual violence. Questionnaire for teachers will have additional items that measure attitudes towards teaching and teacher stress. Additionally, the investigators will also assess the demand, acceptance and feasibility of the training.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Prevention
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Factorial
- Masking
- Single blind (outcomes assessor)
- Number of arms
- 2
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| ICC-T | Experimental | Behavioral: Interaction Competencies with children - for teachersIntervention: Interaction Competencies with children - for teachers (ICC-T) 5.5 days with 8 hours of training for teachers. Core training components include teacher-student interaction, maltreatment prevention, effective discipline strategies, identifying and supporting burdened students and implementation of the training materials into the school setting |
| Control schools | No intervention | –The control school do not receive any intervention. |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 12 to 65 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Age groups
- Child, Adult, Older adult
Key inclusion criteria (1 listed)
- Written informed consent (if underaged by parents \& minors)
Key exclusion criteria (2 listed)
- Acute drug or alcohol intoxication
- Acute psychotic disorder
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| Interaction Competencies with children - for teachersCore training components include teacher-student interaction, maltreatment prevention, effective discipline strategies, identifying and supporting burdened students and implementation of the training materials into the school setting. | Behavioural | ICC-T |
Primary outcome
Change in teachers' application of harsh discipline
Time frame: The CTSPC will be used at T 1 (baseline, prior to intervention) and T2 (follow-up, 3 months after intervention)
In teachers the Conflict Tactics Scale Parent-Child version (CTSPC) will assess teachers' use of violent discipline measure against students in the school locale.
Change in student's exposure to harsh discipline by teachers
Time frame: CTSPC will be used at T 1 (baseline, prior to intervention) and T2 (follow-up, 3 months after intervention)
The Conflict Tactics Scale Parent-Child version (CTSPC) will assess the students' self-reported experiences of violent discipline in schools.
2 secondary outcomes
Change in student's mental health
Time frame: SDQ will be used at (baseline, prior to intervention) and T2 (follow-up, 3 months after intervention)
Change in teachers's attitudes towards harsh discipline
Time frame: The adapted version of CTSPC will be used at T 1 (baseline, prior to intervention) and T2 (follow-up, 3 months after intervention)
Results and safety
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 1 Oct 2019.
- Derived from this study: PubMed 30103776Ssenyonga J, Hermenau K, Nkuba M, Hecker T. Reducing violence against children by implementing the preventative intervention Interaction Competencies with Children for Teachers (ICC-T): study protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial in Southwestern Uganda. Trials. 2018 Aug 13;19(1):435. doi: 10.1186/s13063-018-2827-9.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: Undecided
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
Tobias Hecker, PhD principal investigator
Bielefeld University
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing Interaction Competencies with children - for teachers in people with Violence Against Children, run by University of Konstanz at 1 site in Uganda.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 1 inclusion and 2 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 1 Oct 2019. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in Uganda. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Change in teachers' application of harsh discipline (time frame: The CTSPC will be used at T 1 (baseline, prior to intervention) and T2 (follow-up, 3 months after intervention)). The study lists 2 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT03051854, which also lists 1 linked publication.
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 1 Oct 2019.