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Microfinance Intervention to Improve Health of Trauma Survivors in DRC

NCT02008708 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 878

Last updated 2017-03-03

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Summary

The objective is to test the effectiveness of a village-led microfinance program, Pigs for Peace, on health, household economic stability, and reintegration of trauma survivors to family and community.

The five-year experimental trial will use mixed-methods to address the following aims:

1. Determine the effectiveness of a village-led microfinance program on participants health and reintegration in intervention households compared to participants in delayed control households. Health and reintegration will be measured at baseline and six, twelve, and 18-months post-baseline using self-report in both intervention and delayed control groups. We hypothesize that at six, twelve and 18 months post-baseline participants in intervention households will have improved health and increased reintegration to families in comparison to participants in control households.
2. Determine the effectiveness of a village-led microfinance program on household economic stability in intervention households compared to delayed control villages. Household economic stability will be measured at baseline and six, twelve and 18 months post- baseline using self-report in both intervention and control households. We hypothesize that at six, twelve and 18-months post-baseline the intervention households will have improved household economic stability in comparison to control households.
3. Examine the role of a village-led microfinance program on village-level health, economics, stigma and reintegration of survivors and their families in intervention and delayed control villages. Village members (n=5 in each village, n=50 total) will complete a baseline and 18 month post-baseline qualitative interview to examine the role of microfinance on village-level health, economics, stigma and reintegration in both intervention and control households.

Conditions

  • Mental Disorders
  • Multiple Trauma

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Livestock Microfinance

Participants randomized to the microfinance group receive the pig loan.

OTHER

Delayed Control Group

Participants enrolled in delayed control receive their pig loan 12 months after the intervention group.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)

    collaborator NIH

  • Johns Hopkins University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Nancy Glass, PhD, MPH, RN · Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
16 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-01-31
Primary Completion
2016-09-30
Completion
2016-09-30

Countries

  • Republic of the Congo

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