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Home Visiting for OVC in Tshwane Townships of South Africa

NCT02395328 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 481

Last updated 2017-03-13

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Summary

This study consists of a one-year randomized controlled trial investigating the impact of mobilized care workers trained and supported by Futures Families, a South African non-profit organization, that provide biweekly home visits to families with orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) in Tshwane (aka Pretoria) townships, South Africa. Future Families takes a family-based approach to addressing the needs of OVC by providing caregivers with information, psychosocial support, and access to external services. Caregivers will participate in a survey providing information on their personal wellbeing as well as key indicators reflecting the wellbeing of each child under their care. Newly enrolled caregivers will be randomly assigned to either program participation beginning in late 2014 or to delayed participation following the impact survey about one year later. The data will be used to test for changes in a set of key program indicators pertaining to child protection, HIV prevention, psychosocial wellbeing, education and early childhood development. This study aims to strengthen the evidence base for effective family centered programming to address the needs of HIV-affected children and their caregivers.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Care Worker Home Visitation

Primary services include biweekly home visits from Care Workers trained, mobilized and supported by Futures Families, a South African non-government organization working to support OVC in six townships within the greater Tshwane area (also known as Pretoria) of South Africa.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • United States Agency for International Development (USAID)

    collaborator FED

  • Tulane University School of Social Work

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Tonya R Thurman, PhD MPH · Tulane University School of Social Work

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-06-30
Primary Completion
2015-12-31
Completion
2015-12-31

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