Building Community Health Volunteers' Capacity to Support Parents With Young Children With SafeCare Kenya

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorPacific University

About this trial

The goal of this clinical trial is to implement and examine the impact of SafeCare Kenya, an adapted parenting program, to improve parents' skills and knowledge related to the care of their children between the ages of 18 months and 5 years old. The main questions it aims to answer are:

* Will SafeCare Kenya improve child and parent outcomes? * Is virtual delivery as effective as in-person delivery of SafeCare Kenya? * Is SafeCare Kenya feasible to deliver by community health volunteers?

Mothers will:

* Complete study assessments at three timepoints: baseline, 6 months and 18 months * Mothers in the SafeCare Kenya group will receive the program from their community health volunteer

Researchers will compare SafeCare Kenya to care as usual by community health volunteers to see if SafeCare Kenya families show improvements in parent interaction skills, safety and health knowledge, potential for child abuse, child behavior problems, child injuries, parenting stress, and child and parent quality of life.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

being the female primary caregiver

at least 18 years old of age

at least one child between 18 months and age 5

reside in Kibera

Disqualifiers

younger than 18 years old

unable to participate in English or Swahili

does not own smart phone to participate in virtual sessions.

18 years or older

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • SafeCare Kenya
  • Care as Usual by Community Health Volunteers

Treatment groups

369 Participants
are divided into 3 treatment groups

Sponsors and collaborators

Pacific University

Lead sponsor

Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

Collaborator

Georgia State University

Collaborator

Africa Institute of Mental and Brain Health

Collaborator