Dissemination and Implementation of a Web-based Relationship Safety App, myPlanKenya, for Women at Risk for Intimate Partner Violence in Nairobi, Kenya

NCT ID: NCT05609786

Last Updated: 2025-11-18

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

440 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2022-06-22

Study Completion Date

2025-04-19

Brief Summary

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This effectiveness-implementation hybrid-3 study evaluates dissemination, implementation, and effectiveness of myPlanKenya. myPlanKenya will be disseminated through formal and informal sectors. This clinical trial portion of the study enrolls women at risk for intimate partner violence (IPV) who are referred to myPlanKenya by disseminators (i.e. "end-users").

This trial aims to evaluate the effectiveness of myPlanKenya referral on resilience, health and safety among a cohort of women referred to myPlanKenya based on disclosure of IPV or assessed to have IPV related risks.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Violence, Domestic Violence, Sexual Violence, Gender-Based

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NA

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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myPlan Kenya

myPlan Kenya web-based application

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Personalized safety planning tool

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The myPlan Kenya app is a web-based safety planning tool that is secure, private, free and personalized to the user. The app includes multiple, evidence-based modules: Strategies (safety strategies tailored to the user's needs and violence experience); Resources (referrals to local health, safety and justice resources and services); About You (questionnaires that help the user assess their relationship safety and tailor their Strategies, including My Relationship, Red Flags, My Safety, My Priorities); Understanding (knowledge sections that share information on relationships and violence, including Healthy Relationships, Harmful Beliefs About Abuse, About Violence).

Interventions

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Personalized safety planning tool

The myPlan Kenya app is a web-based safety planning tool that is secure, private, free and personalized to the user. The app includes multiple, evidence-based modules: Strategies (safety strategies tailored to the user's needs and violence experience); Resources (referrals to local health, safety and justice resources and services); About You (questionnaires that help the user assess their relationship safety and tailor their Strategies, including My Relationship, Red Flags, My Safety, My Priorities); Understanding (knowledge sections that share information on relationships and violence, including Healthy Relationships, Harmful Beliefs About Abuse, About Violence).

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Female
* Age 16 or older
* Physical or sexual partner violence or relationship-based fears within the past six months; behaviorally assessed
* Living in Nairobi, Kenya with no plans to move in the next 12 months
* Access to a safe smart phone or computer (personal or shared), and comfort using it to access the myPlan Kenya app
* Literate in English or Swahili languages; confirmed by reading and completing a short passage by filling in several blanks with the appropriate words, selected from a drop-down menu.

Exclusion Criteria

* Male
* Under age 16
* Have not experienced physical or sexual partner violence or relationship-based fears in past 6 months
* Lives outside of the study area or plans to move within the next 12 months
* Does not have access to a safe smart phone or computer, or is uncomfortable using it to access the myPlan Kenya app
* Illiterate in English or Swahili languages
Minimum Eligible Age

16 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Ujamaa Africa

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Michele Decker

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Locations

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Ujamaa Africa

Nairobi, , Kenya

Site Status

Countries

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Kenya

Other Identifiers

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IRB00017456

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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