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Building Community Health Volunteers' Capacity to Support Parents With Young Children With SafeCare Kenya
Led by Pacific University · Updated on 2025-04-18
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Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
215 weeks
Total Duration
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Sponsors
P
Pacific University
Lead Sponsor
E
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Collaborating Sponsor
AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
The goal of this clinical trial is to implement and examine the impact of SafeCare Kenya, an adapted parenting program, to improve parents' skills and knowledge related to the care of their children between the ages of 18 months and 5 years old. The main questions it aims to answer are: * Will SafeCare Kenya improve child and parent outcomes? * Is virtual delivery as effective as in-person delivery of SafeCare Kenya? * Is SafeCare Kenya feasible to deliver by community health volunteers? Mothers will: * Complete study assessments at three timepoints: baseline, 6 months and 18 months * Mothers in the SafeCare Kenya group will receive the program from their community health volunteer Researchers will compare SafeCare Kenya to care as usual by community health volunteers to see if SafeCare Kenya families show improvements in parent interaction skills, safety and health knowledge, potential for child abuse, child behavior problems, child injuries, parenting stress, and child and parent quality of life.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Building Community Health Volunteers' Capacity to Support Parents With Young Children With SafeCare Kenya
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Female primary caregiver
- At least 18 years old
- Has at least one child between 18 months and 5 years old
- Lives in Kibera
- Owns a smartphone and can participate virtually in English or Swahili
- Community health volunteers must be female, 18 years or older, affiliated with project agencies in Kibera, able to participate in English or Swahili, and own a smartphone
- Trainers must be 18 years or older, trained as SafeCare trainers, and able to participate in English and Swahili
- Stakeholders must be 18 years or older, involved in the project as stakeholders, and able to participate in English
You will not qualify if you...
- Younger than 18 years old
- Unable to participate in English or Swahili
- Does not own a smartphone to participate virtually
- Community health volunteers who are not female, not affiliated with project agencies in Kibera, younger than 18, unable to participate in English or Swahili, or without a smartphone
- Trainers who are younger than 18, not trained as SafeCare trainers, or unable to participate in English and Swahili
- Stakeholders who are younger than 18, not involved in the project, or unable to participate in English
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
Africa Institute of Mental and Brain Health
Nairobi, Kenya
Actively Recruiting
Research Team
J
Jenelle R. Shanley, PhD
CONTACT
L
Lisa P. Armistead, PhD
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How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
SINGLE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
PREVENTION
Number of Arms
3
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