Pathways to Improved Adolescent Mental Health in Conflict Affected Families
Running, not enrolling · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Mental Health Issue, Gender Equality
In brief
The study combined a youth-friendly economic empowerment program (Rabbits for Resilience (RFR) with a gender equality couple curriculum program (HIKA) to advance knowledge on the combined and synergistic impact of structural interventions and pathways with families for improved adolescent mental health in resource-poor communities. The investigators' multidisciplinary team will conduct a randomized controlled trial with three arms (RFR only, HIKA only, RFR + HIKA) with young adolescents ages 10-14 years and the adolescents' mothers and fathers living in 1080 rural households in 30 villages in two rural conflict-affected territories of South Kivu province of Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT05763719
- Run by
- Johns Hopkins University
- People needed
- 3024
- Starts
- 2023-03-15
- Expected to finish
- 2026-12-31
- Last updated by the study team
- 2026-07-20
Who can join
Age: 10 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Resident in household located in one of 30 villages in 2 territories in South Kivu province in Eastern DRC
- One adolescent (boy or girl) age 10-14 years living in household
- Mother and father (parents or guardians) of eligible adolescent living in same household
- Family plans to remain residents in the village for next 18 months
- Parents/guardians (mother and father) consent to participate in 22 week couple curriculum
- Adolescent consents to participate in animal husbandry economic empowerment program
You may not qualify if…
- Household members planning to move or leave the study village in next 18 months
- Household does not have a boy or girl age 10-14 years living in it
- Mother and/or father (parents or guardians) are not living in the household
- Parents/guardian do not consent to participate in 22 week couple curriculum
- Adolescent does not consent to participate in the animal husbandry economic empowerment program
Where it is running
- Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing — Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov
Trial information comes from ClinicalTrials.gov and is refreshed daily. TrialsForMe does not provide medical care and does not run the studies it lists.