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Evaluation of a 2-session Parent Training Programme for Caregivers of Younger Children in Zimbabwe

NCT06431321 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 240

Last updated 2024-05-29

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

A pilot, exploratory cluster Randomised Controlled Trial (RCT) with two arms will be conducted to test a two-session parent training programme for caregivers of children enrolled in early childhood development classes in Harare Zimbabwe. The Parenting for Lifelong Health programme for Young Children together with the Mikhulu Trust Book Sharing Programme for Young Children will be adapted into a two-session version programme named Tabudirira Parent Training Intervention for Early Childhood Development.

The RCT aims to assess the following objectives:

Can the programme reduce child maltreatment? Does the intervention improve parent-child engagement with reading material? How best can the 2-session programme delivery be optimised?

Conditions

  • Child Maltreatment

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Tabudira Parenting Intervention for Early Childhood Development

2 session programme delivered weekly over 2 weeks using group-based delivery aimed at reducing child maltreatment, improving parenting behaviours and parent's mental health.

OTHER

Nutritional guide for younger children

2 session programme delivered weekly over 2 weeks aimed at providing parents with nutritional education to help provide maximum nutrition to the growing child

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Parenting for Lifelong Health

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Mikhulu Trust

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Clowns Without Borders South Africa

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education Zimbabwe

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • University of Cape Town

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Noreen Wini Dari, MSc · University of Capetown

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-06-07
Primary Completion
2024-08-15
Completion
2024-09-05

Countries

  • Zimbabwe

Study Locations

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