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Prevention of Violence Against Children

NCT03051854 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 720

Last updated 2019-10-01

No results posted yet for this study

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. 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.

Conditions

  • Violence Against Children

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Interaction Competencies with children - 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.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Bielefeld University

    collaborator OTHER

  • Alexander von Humboldt Association

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Konstanz

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Tobias Hecker, PhD · Bielefeld University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
FACTORIAL

Eligibility

Min Age
12 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-04-01
Primary Completion
2019-09-30
Completion
2019-09-30

Countries

  • Uganda

Study Locations

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