A Family-based, Resilience-focused Intervention for War-affected Communities in North-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
NCT ID: NCT01542398
Last Updated: 2018-12-28
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COMPLETED
PHASE1
159 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2012-03-31
2012-07-31
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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Conditions
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Keywords
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
TREATMENT
SINGLE
Study Groups
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Family-Focused Psychosocial Intervention
Intervention Group
Family-Focused, Community-Based, Resilience-Targetting Psychosocial Intervention
A 12-module manualised intervention focusing on reducing psychological distress, improving family and community functioning and boosting daily functioning of adolescents through the use of Mobile Cinema Screenings and task-based, participatory, group-sessions
Waiting List Control
No interventions assigned to this group
Interventions
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Family-Focused, Community-Based, Resilience-Targetting Psychosocial Intervention
A 12-module manualised intervention focusing on reducing psychological distress, improving family and community functioning and boosting daily functioning of adolescents through the use of Mobile Cinema Screenings and task-based, participatory, group-sessions
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
* Formerly abducted child or vulnerable child
Exclusion Criteria
* severe learning difficulties
7 Years
99 Years
ALL
Yes
Sponsors
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Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH)
OTHER
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UNKNOWN
Queen's University, Belfast
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Paul O'Callaghan
Principal Investigator
Principal Investigators
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Ciarán Shannon, BA, MA, DClin
Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR
British Psychological Society (Chartered Clinical Psychologist)
Locations
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Dungu
Dungu, Haut-Uele, Republic of the Congo
Countries
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References
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O'Callaghan P, Branham L, Shannon C, Betancourt TS, Dempster M, McMullen J. A pilot study of a family focused, psychosocial intervention with war-exposed youth at risk of attack and abduction in north-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Child Abuse Negl. 2014 Jul;38(7):1197-207. doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2014.02.004. Epub 2014 Mar 15.
Other Identifiers
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PREC 06-2012
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id