The Good Schools Toolkit to prevent violence against children in Ugandan primary schools: study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial.

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dc.contributor.authorDevries, Karen M
dc.contributor.authorAllen, Elizabeth
dc.contributor.authorChild, Jennifer C
dc.contributor.authorWalakira, Eddy
dc.contributor.authorParkes, Jenny
dc.contributor.authorElbourne, Diana
dc.contributor.authorWatts, Charlotte
dc.contributor.authorNaker, Dipak
dc.date.accessioned2020-02-06T17:24:19Z
dc.date.available2020-02-06T17:24:19Z
dc.date.issued2013-08-06
dc.description.abstractBACKGROUND We aim to evaluate the effectiveness of the Good School Toolkit developed by Raising Voices in preventing violence against children attending school and in improving child mental health and educational outcomes METHODS DESIGN We are conducting a two arm cluster randomised controlled trial with parallel assignment in Luwero District Uganda We will also conduct a qualitative study a process evaluation and an economic evaluation A total of 42 schools representative of Luwero District Uganda were allocated to receive the Toolkit plus implementation support or were allocated to a wait list control condition Our main analysis will involve a cross sectional comparison of the prevalence of past week violence from school staff as reported by children in intervention and control primary schools at follow up At least 60 children per school and all school staff members will be interviewed at follow up Data collection involves a combination of mobile phone based interviewer completed questionnaires and paper and pen educational tests Survey instruments include the ISPCAN Child Abuse Screening Tools to assess experiences of violence the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire to measure symptoms of common childhood mental disorders and word recognition reading comprehension spelling arithmetic and sustained attention tests adapted from an intervention trial in Kenya DISCUSSION To our knowledge this is the first study to rigorously investigate the effects of any intervention to prevent violence from school staff to children in primary school in a low income setting We hope the results will be informative across the African region and in other settings TRIAL REGISTRATION clinicaltrials gov NCT01678846
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1745-6215-14-232
dc.identifier.urihttps://lib.digitalsquare.io/xmlui/handle/123456789/5076
dc.relation.uriTrials
dc.subjectChild
dc.subjectStudent populations
dc.subjectQuality/unreliability of data
dc.subjectMental health
dc.subjectCommunity violence
dc.subjectHousehold surveys
dc.subjectText
dc.subjectDigital form
dc.subjectExperimental
dc.subjectRandomized
dc.titleThe Good Schools Toolkit to prevent violence against children in Ugandan primary schools: study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial.en
dcterms.abstractBACKGROUND We aim to evaluate the effectiveness of the Good School Toolkit developed by Raising Voices in preventing violence against children attending school and in improving child mental health and educational outcomes METHODS DESIGN We are conducting a two arm cluster randomised controlled trial with parallel assignment in Luwero District Uganda We will also conduct a qualitative study a process evaluation and an economic evaluation A total of 42 schools representative of Luwero District Uganda were allocated to receive the Toolkit plus implementation support or were allocated to a wait list control condition Our main analysis will involve a cross sectional comparison of the prevalence of past week violence from school staff as reported by children in intervention and control primary schools at follow up At least 60 children per school and all school staff members will be interviewed at follow up Data collection involves a combination of mobile phone based interviewer completed questionnaires and paper and pen educational tests Survey instruments include the ISPCAN Child Abuse Screening Tools to assess experiences of violence the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire to measure symptoms of common childhood mental disorders and word recognition reading comprehension spelling arithmetic and sustained attention tests adapted from an intervention trial in Kenya DISCUSSION To our knowledge this is the first study to rigorously investigate the effects of any intervention to prevent violence from school staff to children in primary school in a low income setting We hope the results will be informative across the African region and in other settings TRIAL REGISTRATION clinicaltrials gov NCT01678846
dcterms.contributorDevries, Karen M
dcterms.contributorAllen, Elizabeth
dcterms.contributorChild, Jennifer C
dcterms.contributorWalakira, Eddy
dcterms.contributorParkes, Jenny
dcterms.contributorElbourne, Diana
dcterms.contributorWatts, Charlotte
dcterms.contributorNaker, Dipak
dcterms.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1745-6215-14-232
dcterms.relationTrials
dcterms.subjectChild
dcterms.subjectStudent populations
dcterms.subjectQuality/unreliability of data
dcterms.subjectMental health
dcterms.subjectCommunity violence
dcterms.subjectHousehold surveys
dcterms.subjectText
dcterms.subjectDigital form
dcterms.subjectExperimental
dcterms.subjectRandomized
dcterms.titleThe Good Schools Toolkit to prevent violence against children in Ugandan primary schools: study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial.en
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