SMART Africa (Strengthening Mental Health Research and Training)

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Comparison Group, Multiple Family Groups by Parent Peers, Multiple Family Groups by Community Health Workers

In brief

The objective of this research study is to examine the implementation of and outcomes associated with an evidence-based practice (EBP), specifically Multiple Family Group (MFG) targeting youth disruptive behavior challenges and success, through a scale up intervention study in Uganda, and two pilot studies that will be conducted in Kenya and Ghana.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03081195

Run by

Washington University School of Medicine

People needed

3117

Starts

2017-10-06

Expected to finish

2021-05-31

Last updated by the study team

2024-11-25

Who can join

Age: 8 and older, up to 99. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Inclusion criteria for caregiver/child dyads:
• Adult caregiver of a child in primary school, grades two through 7, ages 8 to 13 years
• Adult caregiver willing to consent and available for research and intervention activities
• Child between the ages 8 to 13 or in primary school (grades two through seven) who is screened for ODD or CD as measured by the Disruptive Behavior Disorder Rating Scale, Impairment Scale, and Iowa Conners Scale.
• Child willing to assent.
• Inclusion criteria for parent peers:
• Caregivers of children who agree to be trained to provide support to families.
• Inclusion criteria for community health workers
• Lay paraprofessionals who work within primary care settings.
• Inclusion criteria for school directors
• Directors who oversee schools where the proposed intervention will have been tested.

You may not qualify if…

• Exclusion criteria for caregiver/child dyads:
• Lack of understanding of study and study procedures as determined by the research team
• Child or caregiver refusal to participate
• Exclusion criteria for parent peers:
• Refusal to participate
• Exclusion criteria for community health workers
• Refusal to participate
• Exclusion criteria for school directors
• Refusal to participate

Where it is running

• Washington University in St. Louis — St Louis, Missouri, United States
• University of Ghana — Accra, Ghana
• University of Nairobi — Nairobi, Kenya
• Reach the Youth Uganda — Masaka, Uganda

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