Evaluation of a cash-plus programme for children with disabilities in Laos

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Conditions: Multidimensional child poverty, caregiver well-being and household poverty amongst children with disabilities and households in Lao PDR
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Registration Number: ISRCTN80603476

Lead Sponsor: ondon School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

Brief Summary: 2024 Protocol article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38740503/ (added 14/05/2024)

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Ongoing

Sex: All

Target Recruitment: 450

Inclusion Criteria

Eligibility for the cash-plus programme for participants in both the control and intervention arms is based on the following:
1. Has a disability
2. Aged under 18 years old
3. Live in target districts (Pek, Phokoud, Khoun, Kham, Nonghed)

Exclusion Criteria

1. Aged over 18 years old
2. Without a disability

Study & Design

Study Type: Observational

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
The primary outcome measure will be assessed at baseline and endline.<br>Multidimensional child poverty measured using multidimensional poverty indices (MPIs) and multidimensional overlapping deprivation analysis (MODA), collating several variables of deprivation. Variables include education and early child development, health, food security, social participation, WASH and violence. Each indicator will be assigned a weight (e.g. equal weights for each domain, with any sub-domain measures equally weighted to the domain total) such that the total of the index falls between 0 to 1 (0 being the child experiences no deprivation on any indicator, 1 being child experiences deprivation across all indicators). <br><br>

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
All secondary outcome measures will be assessed at baseline and endline.<br>1. Household financial well-being (e.g., change in per capita household expenditures, poverty measured by comparing expenditure (food and non-food) and household assets against the national poverty line<br>2. Caregiver well-being measured using the Pediatric Quality of Life (PedsQL) Family Impact module<br>3. Unmet need for and out-of-pocket spending on different disability-related extra costs measured by caregiver-reported need for and use of different goods and services required to support their child’s participation (e.g. healthcare, assistive devices, inclusive education supports, additional transport, personal assistance)