Preventing Physical and Emotional Violence by Parents and Teachers in Public Schools in Tanzania (ICC-T/ICC-P_Tanz)

Summary

More than 1.7 billion children worldwide experience violence in their upbringing. Prevalence rates are particularly high in Africa. Toxic stress associated with violence impacts the developing brain. This affects behavioral, social, and emotional functioning of children. The present project will test an intervention that simultaneously aims at reducing violence against children at home and at school. Within the project, (1) the feasibility, acceptability, and cost-effectiveness of the Intervention and (2) the initial effectiveness of reducing parental and teacher violence will be tested. To this end, a mixed-methods two-arm school-based pilot cluster-randomized controlled trial (CRCT) in Tanzania will be conducted.

One unique and novel aspect of this project is to test a school-based intervention approach that targets both teachers and parents. A school-based approach including both teachers and parents has the following key advantages: (1) parents of different social, economic, and educational backgrounds can be motivated to participate and (2) using the existing infrastructure of schools reduces costs and will later improve the scalability of the program. The project is bringing together the global health, development economy, and psychological perspectives to promote our collaboration within the German global health community and with research and policy partners in Tanzania.

Conditions

• Violence

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Interaction Competencies with Children

Interaction Competencies with Children - for Teachers (ICC-T) 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. Interaction Competencies with Children - for Parents (ICC-P) Core training components include parents-child interaction, maltreatment prevention, effective discipline strategies, identifying and supporting burdened students and implementation of the training materials into the home

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Technical University of Munich

  collaborator OTHER

• Dar es Salaam University College of Edcuation

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences

  collaborator OTHER

• Bielefeld University

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Tobias Hecker, Prof. Dr. · Bielefeld University

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

DOUBLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

9 Years

Max Age

80 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2024-04-15

Primary Completion

2025-02-28

Completion

2025-07-30

Countries

• Tanzania

Study Locations