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Microfinance Intervention to Improve Health of Trauma Survivors in DRC

2. marts 2017 opdateret af: Nancy Glass, Johns Hopkins University

The objective is to test the effectiveness of a village-led microfinance program, Pigs for Peace, on health, household economic stability, and reintegration of trauma survivors to family and community.

The five-year experimental trial will use mixed-methods to address the following aims:

  1. Determine the effectiveness of a village-led microfinance program on participants health and reintegration in intervention households compared to participants in delayed control households. Health and reintegration will be measured at baseline and six, twelve, and 18-months post-baseline using self-report in both intervention and delayed control groups. We hypothesize that at six, twelve and 18 months post-baseline participants in intervention households will have improved health and increased reintegration to families in comparison to participants in control households.
  2. Determine the effectiveness of a village-led microfinance program on household economic stability in intervention households compared to delayed control villages. Household economic stability will be measured at baseline and six, twelve and 18 months post- baseline using self-report in both intervention and control households. We hypothesize that at six, twelve and 18-months post-baseline the intervention households will have improved household economic stability in comparison to control households.
  3. Examine the role of a village-led microfinance program on village-level health, economics, stigma and reintegration of survivors and their families in intervention and delayed control villages. Village members (n=5 in each village, n=50 total) will complete a baseline and 18 month post-baseline qualitative interview to examine the role of microfinance on village-level health, economics, stigma and reintegration in both intervention and control households.

Studieoversigt

Status

Afsluttet

Betingelser

Intervention / Behandling

Detaljeret beskrivelse

Mobutu Sese Seko's government of "Kleptocracy" collapsed in 1997 after 30 years of oppression. The new nation that emerged, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), remains an all-to-potent reminder of how human rights violations, and their related health and economic impacts, can devastate individuals, families and communities. The genocide in neighboring Rwanda, coupled with the collapse of the Mobutu government, has spawned two wars and over a decade of warfare throughout the region, resulting in millions of deaths in what is the deadliest conflict since World War II 1. The last decade has seen the use of rape as a weapon of war in the DRC, where rebels and soldiers subject women, men and children to brutalizing attacks, rape, torture, and mutilation. Survivors of the assault are often further traumatized by infections, disease, poverty, stigma and social isolation.

The US plays a significant role in global health. It is both the largest funder of innovation in global health and the largest donor to care and support programs in sub-Saharan Africa-notably through The US President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and responses to humanitarian crisis, such as USAID funded programs in DRC. The effectiveness and sustainability of these efforts are limited by gaps in knowledge of the role of social determinants, such as poverty, social isolation, chronic stress and trauma, and limited access to health care services has on the health of women and families. To begin to address these gaps, our overall goal is to build the science base for large-scale implementation of economic programs to improve the health of survivors of trauma living in man-made and natural disaster settings.

Undersøgelsestype

Interventionel

Tilmelding (Faktiske)

878

Fase

  • Ikke anvendelig

Kontakter og lokationer

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Studiesteder

  • Congo
    • South Kivu
      • Bukavu, South Kivu, Congo, 2375
        • PAIDEK Microfinance

Deltagelseskriterier

Forskere leder efter personer, der passer til en bestemt beskrivelse, kaldet berettigelseskriterier. Nogle eksempler på disse kriterier er en persons generelle helbredstilstand eller tidligere behandlinger.

Berettigelseskriterier

Aldre berettiget til at studere

16 år og ældre (Barn, Voksen, Ældre voksen)

Tager imod sunde frivillige

Ingen

Køn, der er berettiget til at studere

Alle

Beskrivelse

Inclusion Criteria:

  • household in participating 10 villages with at least one member:

    • 16 years or older,
    • male or female
    • interest in animal husbandry microfinance,
    • vulnerable, including survivor of sexual violence, widow, single mother
    • children under age 18 in the home.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • do not live in villages included in study

Studieplan

Dette afsnit indeholder detaljer om studieplanen, herunder hvordan undersøgelsen er designet, og hvad undersøgelsen måler.

Hvordan er undersøgelsen tilrettelagt?

Design detaljer

  • Primært formål: Andet
  • Tildeling: Randomiseret
  • Interventionel model: Parallel tildeling
  • Maskning: Ingen (Åben etiket)

Våben og indgreb

Deltagergruppe / Arm
Intervention / Behandling
Eksperimentel: Livestock microfinance
Participants randomized to the microfinance intervention receive a female pig loan with ongoing support to manage health and care of the pig by trained agents.
Adfærdsmæssigt: Livestock Microfinance
Participants randomized to the microfinance group receive the pig loan.
Aktiv komparator: Delayed Control Group
Participants randomized to delayed control group receives pig loan 12 months after the intervention group
Andet: Delayed Control Group
Participants enrolled in delayed control receive their pig loan 12 months after the intervention group.

Hvad måler undersøgelsen?

Primære resultatmål

Resultatmål
Foranstaltningsbeskrivelse
Tidsramme
Change from baseline Mental health distress at 18 months
Tidsramme: Baseline and 18 months post baseline

10 villages in rural South Kivu province of DRC will be selected for participation. Sixty-100 households in each village will then be randomized to intervention (receive 1st loan pig) and delayed control (receive offspring from loan pig) groups.

  • Outcome will be measured in both intervention and control villages.
  • Measurement of outcome will use self-report by participating household member.
  • An eligible participant is an adult head of household at least 16 years or older.
Baseline and 18 months post baseline

Samarbejdspartnere og efterforskere

Det er her, du vil finde personer og organisationer, der er involveret i denne undersøgelse.

Sponsor

Johns Hopkins University

Samarbejdspartnere

National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)

Efterforskere

  • Ledende efterforsker: Nancy Glass, PhD, MPH, RN, Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing

Publikationer og nyttige links

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Generelle publikationer

Datoer for undersøgelser

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Studer store datoer

Studiestart

1. januar 2011

Primær færdiggørelse (Faktiske)

1. september 2016

Studieafslutning (Faktiske)

1. september 2016

Datoer for studieregistrering

Først indsendt

7. oktober 2013

Først indsendt, der opfyldte QC-kriterier

6. december 2013

Først opslået (Skøn)

11. december 2013

Opdateringer af undersøgelsesjournaler

Sidste opdatering sendt (Faktiske)

3. marts 2017

Sidste opdatering indsendt, der opfyldte kvalitetskontrolkriterier

2. marts 2017

Sidst verificeret

1. marts 2017

Mere information

Begreber relateret til denne undersøgelse

Nøgleord

Yderligere relevante MeSH-vilkår

Andre undersøgelses-id-numre

  • R01MD006075 (U.S. NIH-bevilling/kontrakt)

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