- ICH GCP
- US Clinical Trials Registry
- Clinical Trial NCT05081622
Preventing Violence by Teachers in Primary Schools in Haiti (ICC-T_HAITI)
Preventing Violence by Teachers in Primary Schools in Haiti: A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial of Interaction Competencies With Children - for Teachers (ICC-T)
Violence has severe and long-lasting negative consequences for children's and adolescents' well-being and academic functioning, which can hinder communities' and societies' economic growth. According to the Human Development Index, Haiti is one of the least developed countries in the world and the least developed in the Western hemisphere. Although Haiti has officially signed international and national laws aiming to protect children, preliminary reports suggest high rates of violence against children at schools. In addition to a lack of adequate training and supervision of teachers and an underdeveloped education system, attitudes favoring violence against children as an effective and acceptable discipline method and the lack of access to alternative non-violent strategies are likely to contribute to teachers' ongoing use of violence against children.
Notwithstanding, no school-level interventions addressing these factors to reduce violence by teachers have been scientifically evaluated in Haiti so far.
Thus, the present study tests the effectiveness of the preventative intervention Interaction Competencies with Children - for Teachers (ICC-T) in primary schools in Haiti. Previous studies have provided initial evidence on the feasibility and effectiveness of ICC-T to reduce teacher violence in primary and secondary schools in Tanzania and secondary schools in Uganda. This study aims to provide first evidence for the effectiveness of ICC-T to reduce violence and to improve children's functioning (i.e. mental health, well-being, academic performance) in a cultural setting outside of Sub-Saharan Africa.
Study Overview
Status
Conditions
Intervention / Treatment
Detailed Description
The study is designed as a two-arm cluster randomized controlled trial with schools (clusters) as level of randomization. The study will be conducted in the Northern department of Haiti. Six schools in each of the 6 included communes will be randomly selected, resulting in a total number of 36 schools.
In each commune, three schools will be randomly allocated to the intervention group (that will receive the ICC-T intervention) and three schools to the control group (that will receive no intervention). At each school, 28 students (stratified by gender) in the 4th grade of primary School (between 9 and 11 years of age) and all teachers (at least 13) will be recruited. Thus, the final sample will comprise at least 1008 students and at least 468 teachers.
The study will have two data assessment points: baseline assessment prior to the intervention and follow-up assessment six to 12 months after the intervention. In addition, feasibility data will be assessed in the intervention group at the beginning and the end of the intervention. Primary outcome measures are student- and teacher-reported physical and emotional violence by teachers in the past week. Secondary outcome measures include teachers' attitudes towards violence against students, children's emotional and behavioral problems, quality of life, and cognitive functioning.
Study Type
Enrollment (Estimated)
Phase
- Not Applicable
Contacts and Locations
Study Contact
- Name: Tobias Hecker, Prof. Dr.
- Phone Number: +49 521 106 3105
- Email: tobias.hecker@uni-bielefeld.de
Study Contact Backup
- Name: Florian Scharpf, Dr.
- Email: florian.scharpf@uni-bielefeld.de
Study Locations
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Cap-Haitien, Haiti
- Recruiting
- P4H Global
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Contact:
- Emiles Joseph
- Email: emiles@p4hglobal.org
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Contact:
- Bertrhude Albert
- Email: bertrhude@p4hglobal.org
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Principal Investigator:
- Tobias Hecker
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Sub-Investigator:
- Florian Scharpf
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Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- Written informed consent (if underaged by parents & minors themselves)
Students: Enrollment in class 4 of primary school
Teachers: All teachers employed at the school
Schools:
- Public or community schools
- Mixed-gender schools
- Day schools
- At least 40 students in selected class/stream
Exclusion Criteria:
Students and teachers:
- Acute drug or alcohol intoxication
- Acute psychotic disorder
Schools:
• Previous training on violence prevention
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: Prevention
- Allocation: Randomized
- Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
- Masking: Double
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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Experimental: ICC-T
5 days with 9 hours of training for teachers.
Core training components include teacher-student interaction, maltreatment prevention, effective discipline strategies, identifying and supporting burdened students and implementation of the training materials into the school setting
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Core training components include teacher-student interaction, maltreatment prevention, effective discipline strategies, identifying and supporting burdened students and implementation of the training materials into the school setting. A one-day ICC-T refresher workshop aiming to refresh and re-emphasize the key aspects of the intervention is implemented about 6 to 12 months after the initial intervention. |
No Intervention: Monitoring condition
No intervention
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Change of students' exposure to emotional and physical violence by teachers
Time Frame: The CTS will be used at T1 (baseline, prior to intervention) and T2 (follow-up, 6-12 months after intervention)
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The Conflict Tactics Scale (CTS) will be used to assess students' self-reported experiences of emotional and physical violence by teachers at school in the past week.
Higher scores indicate higher levels of violence that is used by teachers.
We hypothesize a stronger reduction of exposure to violence in the intervention group compared to the control group.
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The CTS will be used at T1 (baseline, prior to intervention) and T2 (follow-up, 6-12 months after intervention)
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Change of teachers' use of emotional and physical violence
Time Frame: The CTS will be used at T1 (baseline, prior to intervention) and T2 (follow-up, 6-12 months after intervention)
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The Conflict Tactics Scale (CTS) will be used to assess teachers' use of emotional and physical violent discipline measures against students in the past week.
Higher scores indicate higher levels of violence that is used by teachers.
We hypothesize a stronger reduction of the use of violence in the intervention group compared to the control group.
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The CTS will be used at T1 (baseline, prior to intervention) and T2 (follow-up, 6-12 months after intervention)
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Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Change of teachers' positive attitudes towards emotional and physical violence
Time Frame: The adapted version of CTS will be used at T1 (baseline, prior to intervention) and T2 (follow-up, 6-12 months after intervention)
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Teacher's attitudes towards emotional and physical violence will be assessed with an adapted version of the Conflict Tactic Scale (CTS).
Higher scores indicate higher levels of positive attitudes towards violence.
We hypothesize a stronger decrease of positive attitudes towards violence in the intervention group compared to the control group.
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The adapted version of CTS will be used at T1 (baseline, prior to intervention) and T2 (follow-up, 6-12 months after intervention)
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Change of student's mental health
Time Frame: The PSC-Y will be used at T1 (baseline, prior to intervention) and T2 (follow-up, 6-12 months after intervention)
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The Pediatric Symptom Checklist - Youth Report (PSC-Y) will assess students' emotional and behavioral problems. Higher scores indicate higher levels of students' mental health problems. We hypothesize a stronger reduction of mental health problems in the intervention group compared to the control group. |
The PSC-Y will be used at T1 (baseline, prior to intervention) and T2 (follow-up, 6-12 months after intervention)
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Change of students' quality of life
Time Frame: The KIDSCREEN-10 will be used at T1 (baseline, prior to intervention) and T2 (follow-up, 6-12 months after intervention)
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The KIDSCREEN-10 will assess students' quality of life. Higher scores indicate higher levels of students' quality of life. We hypothesize a stronger increase of quality of life in the intervention group compared to the control group. |
The KIDSCREEN-10 will be used at T1 (baseline, prior to intervention) and T2 (follow-up, 6-12 months after intervention)
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Change of students' cognitive functioning
Time Frame: The app-based tasks will be used at T1 (baseline, prior to intervention) and T2 (follow-up, 6-12 months after intervention)
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Four tasks from the tablet application Psych Lab 101 will be used to assess children's cognitive abilities including selective attention, working memory, interference control and impulsivity.
Higher scores indicate higher levels of students' cognitive abilities.
We hypothesize higher levels of cognitive functioning in the intervention group compared to the control group.
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The app-based tasks will be used at T1 (baseline, prior to intervention) and T2 (follow-up, 6-12 months after intervention)
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Other Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Change of students' academic performance
Time Frame: he standardized achievement tests will be used at T1 (baseline, prior to intervention) and T2 (follow-up, 6-12 months after intervention).
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Purpose-built tests will be used to assess students' numeracy and literacy skills.
Higher scores indicate higher levels of students' academic skills.
In addition, students' grades in the previous term's exams will be obtained from the school administration.
A change in academic performance in the intervention group is hypothesized.
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he standardized achievement tests will be used at T1 (baseline, prior to intervention) and T2 (follow-up, 6-12 months after intervention).
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Change of Students' social competence
Time Frame: The Social Cognitive Map Technique - peer nomination will be used at T1 (baseline, prior to intervention) and T2 (follow-up, 6-12 months after intervention).
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The Social Cognitive Map Technique will assess students' social competence through peer nominations.
Higher scores indicate higher levels of students' social competence.
We hypothesize a stronger increase of social competence in the intervention group compared to the control group.
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The Social Cognitive Map Technique - peer nomination will be used at T1 (baseline, prior to intervention) and T2 (follow-up, 6-12 months after intervention).
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Change of peer violence
Time Frame: The Multidimensional Peer Victimization Scale will be used at T1 (baseline, prior to intervention) and T2 (follow-up, 6-12 months after intervention).
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The Multidimensional Peer Victimization Scale will be used assess students' experiences of violence by peers.
Higher scores indicate higher levels of students' experiences of peer violence.
We hypothesize a stronger decrease of peer violence in the intervention group compared to the control group.
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The Multidimensional Peer Victimization Scale will be used at T1 (baseline, prior to intervention) and T2 (follow-up, 6-12 months after intervention).
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Collaborators and Investigators
Sponsor
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Anke Hoeffler, Prof. Dr., University of Konstanz
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Terms related to this study
Other Study ID Numbers
- ICC-T_CRCT_Haiti
Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)
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Drug and device information, study documents
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product
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