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Mpata Yathu Trial for Young Women in Zambia

NCT07132905 · Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 180

Last updated 2026-08-12

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Summary

This randomized controlled trial evaluates Mpata Yathu ("Our Space"), a trauma-informed, church-based counseling intervention for adolescent girls and young women in Lusaka, Zambia who have experienced gender-based violence and are living with or at risk for HIV. The intervention is delivered by lay counselors who provide individual problem-solving therapy and referrals for mental health, HIV, and GBV-related services. Participants are assigned to receive counseling immediately or after a three-month waitlist period. The study examines mental health, HIV-related outcomes, and the feasibility, acceptability, and fidelity of delivering this community-based intervention.

Conditions

  • HIV
  • Common Mental Health Problems
  • PTSD - Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
  • Depression Disorder
  • Anxiety

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Mpata Yathu ("Our Space")

Mpata Yathu is a church-based, lay counselor-delivered psychological intervention adapted from the Friendship Bench problem-solving therapy (PST) model. Designed for adolescent girls and young women in Zambia with a history of gender-based violence and elevated mental health symptoms, the intervention includes six weekly individual PST sessions delivered in private spaces within Catholic churches. Lay counselors are trained in trauma-informed, survivor-centered care and offer optional referrals to mental health, HIV, or GBV-related services. Mpata Yathu maintains the core structure of Friendship Bench but was adapted through community-partnered participatory research to meet the sociocultural needs of Zambian youth.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Charisse V Ahmed, PhD · University of California, San Francisco

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
15 Years
Max Age
24 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-11-19
Primary Completion
2026-09-30
Completion
2026-10-31

Countries

  • Zambia

Study Locations

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