Ignite Creation Date:
2024-05-19 @ 5:35 PM
Last Modification Date:
2024-10-26 @ 3:29 PM
Study NCT ID:
NCT06414070
Status:
NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Last Update Posted:
2024-06-05
First Post:
2024-05-10
Brief Title:
Developing and Testing the Jenga Dada Intervention in Kenya
Sponsor:
University of California San Diego
Organization:
University of California San Diego
Study Overview
Official Title:
Jenga Dada A Group-based Intervention to Prevent Partner Violence and Unintended Pregnancy Among Women in Kenya
Status:
NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Status Verified Date:
2024-06
Last Known Status:
None
Delayed Posting:
No
If Stopped, Why?:
Not Stopped
Has Expanded Access:
False
If Expanded Access, NCT#:
N/A
Has Expanded Access, NCT# Status:
N/A
Acronym:
None
Brief Summary:
This study aims to work with womens economic empowerment groups within the community to address reproductive coercion and intimate partner violence and promote economic self-sufficiency among women aged 15 years Based on the investigators previous research in the United States Bangladesh and Kenya the ARCHES Addressing Reproductive Coercion in Health Settings intervention is a highly effective clinic-based model to improve womens ability to use family planning and cope with abuse Due to common requests for community-based support content from the ARCHES intervention along with Girls Invest an economic empowerment intervention implemented in the US and Nigeria is being adapted to develop Jenga Dada which means Build a Woman Up in Kiswahili to be delivered to womens economic empowerment groups The study will conduct formative research among womens economic empowerment group members develop the Jenga Dada intervention and conduct a pilot cluster randomized controlled trial to assess preliminary efficacy of the intervention on proximal outcomes ie self-efficacy and feasibility and acceptability
Detailed Description:
Background This project aims to develop and preliminarily evaluate an intervention Jenga Dada on its feasibility acceptability and efficacy to increase womens and girls ability to successfully cope with reproductive coercion RC intimate partner violence IPV economic abuse and promote reproductive health and economic self-sufficiency among women participating in economic empowerment groups in rural and peri-urban areas of Uasin Gishu county Kenya Jenga Dada is being developed as an innovative hybrid approach based on adaptation and integration of core content from two effective interventions ARCHES Addressing Reproductive Coercion in Health Settings and Girls Invest ARCHES is a clinic-based contraceptive counseling intervention designed and demonstrated to support voluntary contraceptive use and reduce physical IPV ARCHES was originally designed in the US and has been adapted to and evaluated with positive results in Bangladesh and Nairobi Kenya and is currently being adapted for scale-up in public sector facilities in Uasin Gishu county Kenya Girls Invest is a mobile health application mHealth app with integrated intervention modules on gender IPV and financial literacy demonstrated to be feasible and acceptable among adolescent girls in the US and Nigeria efficacy evaluation ongoing Jenga Dada combines the information and education from ARCHES and Girls Invest in a group discussion-based curriculum delivered by a local womens empowerment non-governmental organization NGO that aims to build social support for women delivered within womens economic empowerment groups as they move towards economic self-sufficiency reproductive autonomy and violence-free relationships
Intervention Jenga Dada educational sessions will be delivered to existing womens economic empowerment group participants during regular meetings by a facilitator from a local NGO Sessions will include education and facilitated group discussions on gender RC IPV economic abuse and financial literacy to bolster understanding shift attitudes and norms and support peers on these issues One 60-minute guided group discussion will take place for each of the eight training modules during the weekly or bi-weekly womens economic empowerment group meetings
Methodology This pilot trial will test the hypothesis that women participating in Jenga Dada will report improved proximal outcomes regarding a coping with economic abuse IPV and RC self-efficacy to seek assistance for IPV and coping strategies to maintain contraceptive use in the face of opposition and b self-efficacy to seek support for violence experiences from womens economic group members Study activities include formative research to inform development of Jenga Dada based on the lived experience of women and girls and implementers in this context pilot testing and evaluation of the effects of Jenga Dada on violence reproductive health and economic outcomes The evaluation will occur in two phases via random assignment of 18 existing womens economic empowerment groups to receive either Jenga Dada or standard womens economic empowerment group programming with baseline and 4-month follow-up survey data collected n280 participants ages 15 years Post-program qualitative data from participants and implementers will be collected and analyzed to evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of the program
Intervention Jenga Dada educational sessions will be delivered to existing womens economic empowerment group participants during regular meetings by a facilitator from a local NGO Sessions will include education and facilitated group discussions on gender RC IPV economic abuse and financial literacy to bolster understanding shift attitudes and norms and support peers on these issues One 60-minute guided group discussion will take place for each of the eight training modules during the weekly or bi-weekly womens economic empowerment group meetings
Methodology This pilot trial will test the hypothesis that women participating in Jenga Dada will report improved proximal outcomes regarding a coping with economic abuse IPV and RC self-efficacy to seek assistance for IPV and coping strategies to maintain contraceptive use in the face of opposition and b self-efficacy to seek support for violence experiences from womens economic group members Study activities include formative research to inform development of Jenga Dada based on the lived experience of women and girls and implementers in this context pilot testing and evaluation of the effects of Jenga Dada on violence reproductive health and economic outcomes The evaluation will occur in two phases via random assignment of 18 existing womens economic empowerment groups to receive either Jenga Dada or standard womens economic empowerment group programming with baseline and 4-month follow-up survey data collected n280 participants ages 15 years Post-program qualitative data from participants and implementers will be collected and analyzed to evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of the program
Study Oversight
Has Oversight DMC:
None
Is a FDA Regulated Drug?:
False
Is a FDA Regulated Device?:
False
Is an Unapproved Device?:
None
Is a PPSD?:
None
Is a US Export?:
None
Is an FDA AA801 Violation?:
None