School-Based Mental Health Program Implementation in Uganda

March 30, 2016 updated by: Keng-Yen Huang, NYU Langone Health

Implementing a School-based Mental Health Prevention Program in Ugandan Schools

Implementation of an adapted ParentCorps program in Ugandan schools will improve school mental health service resources, teachers' knowledge about child mental health, and teachers' classroom behavioral management and parent involvement skills.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

Participating schools are randomly assigned to a 6-month long school-based intervention or to a wait-list control group. The intervention focuses on improving teacher's classroom behavioral management practices, parent engagement, and child mental health knowledge.

Teachers are assessed at the beginning and the end of the study, and again after 6 months of intervention. Teachers' parent engagement, mental health knowledge, and behavioral practices in the classroom are assessed through observations and teacher ratings.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

79

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Uganda
      • Kampala, Uganda
        • Makerere University

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Early childhood teachers

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Not early childhood teachers

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Prevention
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: ParentCorps
Teachers from Intervention schools will receive ParentCorps training and support.
Behavioral: ParentCorps
No Intervention: Wait List Control
Teachers from control schools will not receive training and support in Year 1, but will receive training and support in Year 2.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Change of School Teacher Behaviors
Time Frame: Outcome will be measured 3 times--before interveniton, after intervention (about 6 month after the baseline assessment), and 6-month post intervention (about 6 months after the 2nd evaluation)
Teacher classroom behavioral management skills and parent engagement practices will be measured
Outcome will be measured 3 times--before interveniton, after intervention (about 6 month after the baseline assessment), and 6-month post intervention (about 6 months after the 2nd evaluation)

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

NYU Langone Health

Collaborators

Makerere University

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Keng-Yen Huang, PhD, MPH, NYU School of Medicine
  • Principal Investigator: Janet Nakigudde, PhD, Makerere University

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

January 1, 2014

Primary Completion (Actual)

April 1, 2015

Study Completion (Actual)

April 1, 2015

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

May 9, 2013

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

May 15, 2013

First Posted (Estimate)

May 20, 2013

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

March 31, 2016

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 30, 2016

Last Verified

March 1, 2016

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 13-00362

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