Trauma and Truth Interventions (NET) Versus Conflict Resolution and Social Skills Trainings for Vulnerable Youths in Northern Uganda

NCT ID: NCT00893750

Last Updated: 2010-07-01

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

600 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2009-05-31

Brief Summary

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More than 300,000 children are fighting in armed conflicts all over the world. In Uganda an estimated number of 25,000 children have been abducted and forced to fight or work as porters and sex slaves on the side of the rebels during the conflict between the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) and the Ugandan government. Each year, thousands of former child soldiers have returned to their communities after they had fled or were freed from the rebels. It is well known that a high percentage of these youths are suffering from mental health problems. This could be one of the possible reasons why they are facing difficulties to reintegrate into their communities.

The main aim of the proposed project is two-fold. On the one hand, the investigators want to systematically explore the relationship between mental health and important variables for reintegration into the communities like aggression, hostility, feelings of revenge, compromises and conflict behaviour and readiness for reconciliation in formerly abducted and other vulnerable youth (orphans, child mothers and handicapped youths) in Northern Uganda. On the other hand, the investigators want to probe the efficacy of existing and newly developed interventions for formerly abducted and other vulnerable youths that are supposed to foster their mental well-being as well as their reintegration into the society and therewith are part of the long-term prevention of new conflicts in Northern Uganda.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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PTSD Depression Aggression

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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NET Truth Education

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

NET Truth Education

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Individual Narrative Exposure and Truth Education in Groups

Conflict Resolution Trainings

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Conflict Resolution and Social Competence Skills

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Conflict Resolution and Social Competence Skills in Groups

Traditional Methods

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Traditional Ways of Coping

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Methods Collected by Local Teachers to Help Vulnerable Children and Youths in Northern Uganda

Interventions

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NET Truth Education

Individual Narrative Exposure and Truth Education in Groups

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Conflict Resolution and Social Competence Skills

Conflict Resolution and Social Competence Skills in Groups

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Traditional Ways of Coping

Methods Collected by Local Teachers to Help Vulnerable Children and Youths in Northern Uganda

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* for individual NET Treatment: PTSD diagnosis
* for group interventions: all youths in the selected vocational training centres will be included
Minimum Eligible Age

12 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

30 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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University of Konstanz

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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University of Konstanz

Locations

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Vivo

Gulu & Kitgum, , Uganda

Site Status

Countries

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Uganda

Related Links

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Other Identifiers

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NE1390/2.1_UKon

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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