Enhanced Child Friendly Space Interventions for Children

NCT ID: NCT03897894

Last Updated: 2020-12-08

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

2015 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2019-05-28

Study Completion Date

2020-11-20

Brief Summary

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A 3-arm randomised controlled trial will be conducted to compare the effectiveness of a new enhanced Child Friendly Space service package with the basic Child Friendly Space service implementation, and to a waitlist control condition, within the West Nile refugee response in Uganda.

Detailed Description

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A Child Friendly Space (CFS) is an acute phase humanitarian intervention designed to provide children with a safe, supportive, and stable environment early after the onset of crisis that will promote their social and emotional well-being, as well strengthen the existing systems of protection required to support children in reaching developmental milestones. Typically, CFSs house a range of structured and unstructured activities led by trained animators in a community-designated safe area.

The basic service package offers a mixture of recreational and non-formal education activities over a twelve-week period. Each session lasts around 1.5 - 3 hours. Structured activities offered include basic literacy and numeracy lessons, life skills exercises, health and hygiene sessions, and traditional song and dance. Many activities are centered around various forms of play that enable expression and age-appropriate skill development. Unstructured free play and playground time is allocated throughout the daily session.

The enhanced service package provides 40 sequential sessions selected by CFS program staff in advance and implemented over a twelve-week period. Activities are meant to build upon and reinforce one another and are organized into seven psychosocial themes: 1) Building community: "Our space together", 2) Emotional learning: "My feelings", 3) Wellbeing and coping: "Feeling good", 4) Social support: "My friends and family", 5) Relating to others: "Being a good friend", 6) Protection and boundaries: "My safety", and 7) Building on strengths: "All my supports". Each session takes approximately 1.5 - 2 hours to facilitate and will conclude with 1-1.5 hours unstructured free play time.

Conditions

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Psychosocial Stressors Child, Only Mental Health Wellness 1 Child Development

Keywords

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resilience child protection child development

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Blinding Strategy

DOUBLE

Participants Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Enhanced Service Package

The enhanced service package provides 40 sequential sessions selected by CFS program staff in advance and implemented over a twelve-week period. Activities are meant to build upon and reinforce one another and are organized into seven psychosocial themes: 1) Building community: "Our space together", 2) Emotional learning: "My feelings", 3) Wellbeing and coping: "Feeling good", 4) Social support: "My friends and family", 5) Relating to others: "Being a good friend", 6) Protection and boundaries: "My safety", and 7) Building on strengths: "All my supports". Each session takes approximately 1.5 - 2 hours to facilitate and will conclude with 1-1.5 hours unstructured free play time.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Child Friendly Space

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Child Friendly Spaces (CFS) are one of the most widely used interventions to provide Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) as well as provide a protective environment for children in humanitarian settings.

Basic Service Package

The basic service package offers a mixture of recreational and non-formal education activities over a twelve-week period. Each session lasts around 1.5 - 3 hours. Structured activities offered include basic literacy and numeracy lessons, life skills exercises, health and hygiene sessions, and traditional song and dance. Many activities are centered around various forms of play that enable expression and age-appropriate skill development. Unstructured free play and playground time is allocated throughout the daily session.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Child Friendly Space

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Child Friendly Spaces (CFS) are one of the most widely used interventions to provide Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) as well as provide a protective environment for children in humanitarian settings.

Control

Waitlist control will receive delayed treatment of intervention after the primary assessment period.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Child Friendly Space

Child Friendly Spaces (CFS) are one of the most widely used interventions to provide Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) as well as provide a protective environment for children in humanitarian settings.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Primary caregiver has a child between the ages 6-8
* Child is between the ages of 9-14 years

Exclusion Criteria

* No child resides in the home between the ages of 6 and 14 years
Minimum Eligible Age

6 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

14 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Elrha

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

World Vision

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Columbia University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Cassie Landers, Ed.D, MPH

Assistant Professor of Population and Family Health

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Cassie Landers, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Columbia University

Locations

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World Vision West Nile Response Office

Arua, , Uganda

Site Status

Countries

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Uganda

References

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Metzler J, Saw T, Nono D, Kadondi A, Zhang Y, Leu CS, Gabriel A, Savage K, Landers C. Improving adolescent mental health and protection in humanitarian settings: longitudinal findings from a multi-arm randomized controlled trial of child-friendly spaces among South Sudanese refugees in Uganda. J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 2023 Jun;64(6):907-917. doi: 10.1111/jcpp.13746. Epub 2023 Jan 2.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 36593181 (View on PubMed)

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Other Identifiers

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AAAS1367

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id