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COMPLETED
NA
3820 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2012-06-30
2014-07-31
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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The investigators will conduct a cluster randomised controlled trial in 40 primary schools in Luwero District, Uganda. More than 3500 children in Primary 5, 6 and 7 will be surveyed (aged about 11-16 years). Half of the schools will receive the Toolkit, and other half will be put on a waiting list to receive the Toolkit at the end of the study. The results from this evaluation will be used to brief policy-makers within the Ministry of Education and Sports involved in developing country-wide policy and practice around violence against children in schools.
Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
PREVENTION
NONE
Study Groups
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Good School Toolkit
Schools in the intervention arm will receive the Good Schools Toolkit materials and implementation support.
Good School Toolkit
The Toolkit uses a six step process to create a school wide intervention that engages teachers, students, administration, and parents to reflect on how they can promote quality of education in their school. The Toolkit articulates complex ideas (what is a good learning environment, a good teacher, how to create positive discipline without using violence) through booklets, posters and school initiated learning processes. Specific modules on alternative discipline techniques and how staff can use positive discipline are included in the Toolkit. The intervention includes sessions on knowledge, attitudes and opportunities to practice new behavioural skills. Work is led by teachers and students, and supported by visits from Raising Voices staff. The Toolkit can be reviewed at (http://www.raisingvoices.org/children/good\_school\_toolkit.php).
Control
Schools in this arm will receive the Good Schools Toolkit materials and some implementation support after the end of the trial.
No interventions assigned to this group
Interventions
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Good School Toolkit
The Toolkit uses a six step process to create a school wide intervention that engages teachers, students, administration, and parents to reflect on how they can promote quality of education in their school. The Toolkit articulates complex ideas (what is a good learning environment, a good teacher, how to create positive discipline without using violence) through booklets, posters and school initiated learning processes. Specific modules on alternative discipline techniques and how staff can use positive discipline are included in the Toolkit. The intervention includes sessions on knowledge, attitudes and opportunities to practice new behavioural skills. Work is led by teachers and students, and supported by visits from Raising Voices staff. The Toolkit can be reviewed at (http://www.raisingvoices.org/children/good\_school\_toolkit.php).
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* in Luwero District, Uganda
* more than 40 students registered in Primary 5
* Participants
* registered as a Primary 5, 6 or 7 pupil
* any school staff member
Exclusion Criteria
\-- existing program related to prevention of violence against children or school governance
* Participants -- not able to understand consent and study procedures
ALL
No
Sponsors
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Raising Voices
OTHER
Institute of Education, UK
UNKNOWN
Makerere University
OTHER
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Principal Investigators
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Karen M Devries, PhD
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Locations
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District-wide
Multiple, Luwero District, Uganda
Countries
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References
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Knight L, Atuhaire L, Bhatia A, Allen E, Namy S, Anton-Erxleben K, Nakuti J, Mirembe A, Nakiboneka M, Seeley J, Weiss HA, Parkes J, Bonell C, Naker D, Devries K. Violence outcomes in later adolescence with the Good School Toolkit-Primary: a nonrandomized controlled trial in Uganda. BMC Public Health. 2024 Jun 7;24(1):1532. doi: 10.1186/s12889-024-19024-5.
Carlson C, Namy S, Norcini Pala A, Wainberg ML, Michau L, Nakuti J, Knight L, Allen E, Ikenberg C, Naker D, Devries K. Violence against children and intimate partner violence against women: overlap and common contributing factors among caregiver-adolescent dyads. BMC Public Health. 2020 Jan 29;20(1):124. doi: 10.1186/s12889-019-8115-0.
Devries K, Parkes J, Knight L, Allen E, Namy S, Datzberger S, Nalukenge W, Atuhaire L, Kyegombe N, Walakira E, Seeley J, Weiss HA, Naker D. Context of Violence in Adolescence Cohort (CoVAC) study: protocol for a mixed methods longitudinal study in Uganda. BMC Public Health. 2020 Jan 13;20(1):43. doi: 10.1186/s12889-019-7654-8.
Knight L, Allen E, Mirembe A, Nakuti J, Namy S, Child JC, Sturgess J, Kyegombe N, Walakira EJ, Elbourne D, Naker D, Devries KM. Implementation of the Good School Toolkit in Uganda: a quantitative process evaluation of a successful violence prevention program. BMC Public Health. 2018 May 9;18(1):608. doi: 10.1186/s12889-018-5462-1.
Devries K, Kuper H, Knight L, Allen E, Kyegombe N, Banks LM, Kelly S, Naker D. Reducing Physical Violence Toward Primary School Students With Disabilities. J Adolesc Health. 2018 Mar;62(3):303-310. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2017.09.004. Epub 2017 Dec 6.
Kayiwa J, Clarke K, Knight L, Allen E, Walakira E, Namy S, Merrill KG, Naker D, Devries K. Effect of the good school toolkit on school staff mental health, sense of job satisfaction and perceptions of school climate: Secondary analysis of a cluster randomised trial. Prev Med. 2017 Aug;101:84-90. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2017.05.022. Epub 2017 Jun 2.
Grundlingh H, Knight L, Naker D, Devries K. Secondary distress in violence researchers: a randomised trial of the effectiveness of group debriefings. BMC Psychiatry. 2017 Jun 2;17(1):204. doi: 10.1186/s12888-017-1327-x.
Devries KM, Knight L, Child JC, Kyegombe N, Hossain M, Lees S, Watts C, Naker D. Witnessing intimate partner violence and child maltreatment in Ugandan children: a cross-sectional survey. BMJ Open. 2017 Feb 28;7(2):e013583. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-013583.
Thumann BF, Nur U, Naker D, Devries KM. Primary school students' mental health in Uganda and its association with school violence, connectedness, and school characteristics: a cross-sectional study. BMC Public Health. 2016 Jul 29;16:662. doi: 10.1186/s12889-016-3351-z.
Clarke K, Patalay P, Allen E, Knight L, Naker D, Devries K. Patterns and predictors of violence against children in Uganda: a latent class analysis. BMJ Open. 2016 May 24;6(5):e010443. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-010443.
Devries KM, Child JC, Elbourne D, Naker D, Heise L. "I never expected that it would happen, coming to ask me such questions":Ethical aspects of asking children about violence in resource poor settings. Trials. 2015 Nov 11;16:516. doi: 10.1186/s13063-015-1004-7.
Devries KM, Knight L, Child JC, Mirembe A, Nakuti J, Jones R, Sturgess J, Allen E, Kyegombe N, Parkes J, Walakira E, Elbourne D, Watts C, Naker D. The Good School Toolkit for reducing physical violence from school staff to primary school students: a cluster-randomised controlled trial in Uganda. Lancet Glob Health. 2015 Jul;3(7):e378-86. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(15)00060-1.
Child JC, Naker D, Horton J, Walakira EJ, Devries KM. Responding to abuse: Children's experiences of child protection in a central district, Uganda. Child Abuse Negl. 2014 Oct;38(10):1647-58. doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2014.06.009. Epub 2014 Jul 14.
Devries KM, Allen E, Child JC, Walakira E, Parkes J, Elbourne D, Watts C, Naker D. The Good Schools Toolkit to prevent violence against children in Ugandan primary schools: study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial. Trials. 2013 Jul 24;14:232. doi: 10.1186/1745-6215-14-232.
Other Identifiers
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LSHTM_6183
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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