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The Social Engagement Project: Addressing Isolation with Women Affected by Violence

NCT05574192 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 42

Last updated 2024-11-06

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The goal of this study is to test a pilot intervention aimed at improving social connectedness among women affected by gender-based violence in a resource-restricted, urban context. The intervention will specifically address barriers to building and sustaining supportive social networks to reduce women's risks for worsening mental health associated with isolation, with a focus on barriers stemming from gender-based violence and poverty. The main question it aims to answer are:

* How acceptable is the intervention to women affected by gender-based violence including the benefits, burdens and appropriateness in the context of their everyday lives?
* How feasible is the intervention and study protocol?
* What are the effects of a peer-led social engagement intervention to develop and sustain supportive social networks and reduce isolation among women affected by gender-based violence?

Participants will engage in social activities with trained peer workers over a one-year period.

Conditions

  • Loneliness
  • Social Support
  • Social Isolation

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Social Engagement Intervention

The intervention includes social visiting with women affected by violence. Social visiting is carried out by trained peer-workers. Peers are women who share life histories with the target study population. Peer-workers will establish a visiting schedule (day/time) and provide a detailed list of activities in two categories: 1. arts-based activities. 2. physical activities. The peer will meet with the participant at the scheduled place and times to accompany the participant and engage in the activities with the participant. Participation in scheduled social activities that target the interest and ability of women affected by violence is considered to improve social connectedness by increasing the quality and quantity of a woman's social interactions with a supportive, trained person who shares life experiences. Shared, consistent and reliable social activities also are hypothesized to reduce loneliness by contributing to a sense of belonging and sense of being cared for.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Inner-City Women's Initiatives Society

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Vancouver Foundation

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of British Columbia

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Victoria Bungay · The University of British Columbia

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-10-17
Primary Completion
2024-04-10
Completion
2024-04-10

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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Read the full study record

This page highlights key information. For complete eligibility criteria, study locations, investigator contacts, and the full protocol, visit the original record on ClinicalTrials.gov.

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