Actively Recruiting
Rwanda Digital Dashboard Hybrid Type 3 Implementation Study
Led by Boston College · Updated on 2026-03-27
1810
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
226 weeks
Total Duration
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Sponsors
B
Boston College
Lead Sponsor
N
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Collaborating Sponsor
AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
Mental disorders are leading causes of the health-related burden globally, and in Rwanda the intergenerational mental health consequences of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi persist and are further compounded by poverty, such that recent studies have found 20% of the Rwandan population has one or more mental disorders. The Research Program on Children and Adversity (RPCA) has expanded its evidence-based home-visiting Sugira Muryango (SM) in Rwanda. The current study aims to assess a digitally enhanced delivery of Sugira Muryango to meet the needs of the Government of Rwanda in expanding the mental health and social services infrastructure. The proposed research will test the feasibility, acceptability and impact of a technology-enabled service delivery model using a digital tool that streamlines data collection, improves visibility of key program performance metrics, and serves as a resource for learning materials that can be used for continuous learning and training of a non-specialized workforce that is delivering an evidence-based intervention that improves caregiver mental health and family functioning. What the team learn from technology-supported delivery of Sugira Muryango - an evidence-based, trauma-informed, family-based behavioral intervention in Rwanda - can be used to improve the efficiency, effectiveness, and scalability of evidence-based mental health services in Rwanda and globally.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Rwanda Digital Dashboard Hybrid Type 3 Implementation Study
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Be the primary caregiver of a child aged from birth to 36 months.
- Live in the same household as the child and be the child's legal guardian (parent, aunt, uncle, grandparent, or foster parent).
- Be categorized as Ubudehe 1 under Rwanda's household socio-economic classification.
- Government officials must be located at the Village, Cell, Sector, or District level and participate in a 1-day early childhood development training.
- Government officials must agree to participate in the PLAY Collaborative activities during program delivery.
- IZU interventionists must be part of the Inshuti z'Umuryango/Friends of the Family program, be over 18 years old, and literate in Kinyarwanda.
- Cell Level IZU Coordinators must be located at the Cell Level, able to supervise at least 12 IZU interventionists, be over 18 years old, and literate in Kinyarwanda.
You will not qualify if you...
- Participants who do not meet the inclusion criteria.
- Participants experiencing an active crisis such as psychosis.
- Participants with severe cognitive impairments that prevent them from responding to research questions or assessments.
- Government officials not located at the Cell, Sector, or District level.
- Government officials unable to meet the participation demands of the PLAY Collaborative.
- IZU interventionists who do not meet inclusion criteria or cannot meet the demands of delivering Sugira Muryango.
- Cell Level IZU Coordinators who do not meet inclusion criteria or cannot support Sugira Muryango delivery.
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
FXB-Rwanda / 2XHQ+F2G Umerenge wa Runda, Runda, Rwanda
Kigali, Kigali, Rwanda
Actively Recruiting
Research Team
L
Lauren J Pisani, PhD
CONTACT
E
Emmanuel J KAYITANA
CONTACT
How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
SINGLE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Number of Arms
2
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