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Good School Toolkit-Secondary Schools to prevent violence against students: protocol for a pilot cluster randomised controlled trial.

Karen Devries, Clare Tanton, Louise Knight, Janet Nakuti, Barbrah Nanyunja, Yvonne Laruni, Mathew Amollo, John Apota, Timothy Opobo, Jodie Pearlman and 3 more

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Article in BMJ open, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Karen DevriesLondon School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK karen.devries@lshtm.ac.uk.ORCID 0000-0001-8935-2181
Clare TantonLondon School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-4612-1858
Louise KnightLondon School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
Janet NakutiRaising Voices, Kampala, Uganda.
Barbrah NanyunjaRaising Voices, Kampala, Uganda.
Yvonne LaruniRaising Voices, Kampala, Uganda.
Mathew AmolloAfrichild Centre, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.
John ApotaAfrichild Centre, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.
Timothy OpoboAfrichild Centre, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda.
Jodie PearlmanLondon School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-7651-2067
Elizabeth AllenLondon School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK.
Chris BonellPublic Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-6253-6498
Dipak NakerRaising Voices, Kampala, Uganda.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionNo whole-school interventions which seek to reduce physical, sexual and emotional violence from peers, intimate partners and teachers have been trialled with adolescents. Here, we report a protocol for a pilot trial of the Good School Toolkit-Secondary Schools intervention, to be tested in Ugandan secondary schools. Our main objectives are to (1) refine the intervention, (2) to understand feasibility of delivery of the intervention and (3) to explore design parameters for a subsequent phase III trial. METHODS AND ANALYSIS: We will conduct a pilot cluster randomised controlled trial, with two arms and parallel assignment. Eight schools will be randomly selected from a stratified list of all eligible schools in Kampala and Wakiso Districts. We will conduct a baseline survey and endline survey 18 months after the baseline, with 960 adolescents and 200 teachers. Qualitative data and mixed methods process data collection will be conducted throughout the intervention. Proportion of staff and students reporting acceptability, understanding and implementing with fidelity will be tabulated at endline for intervention schools. Proportions of schools consenting to participation, randomisation and proportions of schools and individual participants completing the baseline and endline surveys will be described in a Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials diagram. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION: The ethical requirements of our project are complex. Full approvals have been received from the Mildmay Ethics Committee (0407-2019), the Uganda National Council for Science and Technology (SS 6020) and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (16212). Results of this study will be published in peer-reviewed academic journals, and shared with public bodies, policy makers, study participants and the general public in Uganda. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: PACTR202009826515511.

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SchoolsViolenceAdolescentFacultyHumansRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicSchool Health ServicesStudentsUgandaadolescentchild protectionepidemiologypublic healthrandomized controlled trialschools

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PMCPMC10862314

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