A Livelihood Intervention for Impoverished Women and Children in Rural Uganda

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Indigency
• Interventions: Other: Livelihood intervention

• Registration Number: NCT02619279
• Lead Sponsor: Massachusetts General Hospital

Brief Summary

The objective of the study is to determine whether a livelihood intervention can improve health and schooling outcomes of the children of woman participating in a livelihood intervention in rural Uganda.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2015-08-15
• Study Start: 2015-11
• Status Verified: 2015-12
• Study First Submitted QC: 2015-12-01
• Last Update Submitted: 2015-12-01
• Study First Posted: 2015-12-02
• Last Update Posted: 2015-12-02
• Primary Completion: 2016-12
• Study Completion: 2016-12

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 150

Inclusion Criteria

• All children under 18 years

Exclusion Criteria

• Adults older than 18 years

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Immediate treatment	Livelihood intervention	Participants' mothers will receive a livelihood intervention package consisting of a orientation and training and a loan package of chickens and associated implements to create poultry microenterprises

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Stunting based on Anthropometric Measurements	12 months	Height-for-age calculated based on child height and child age, measured for children under 5 years of age
Weight-for-Height based on Anthropometric Measurements	12 months	Weight-for-height calculated based on child height and child weight, measured for children under 5 years of age
Raven's Colored Progressive Matrices test	12 months	Raven's Colored Progressive Matrices test score (range, 0-18), measured for children aged 5-8 years
Mullen Early Learning Scales	12 months	Mullen Early Learning Scales: 144 items total, divided across 4 subtests in visual receptive organization, visual expressive organization, language expressive organization, and language receptive organization
Home Observation of the Measurement of Environment Scale	12 months	Home Observation of the Measurement of Environment, modified for the Ugandan context (58 items distributed across the following domains: Responsivity, Encouragement of maturity, Emotional climate, Learning materials and opportunities, Enrichment, Family companionship, Family integration and Physical environment)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Mother's Aspirations for Child Education Scale	12 months	Mother's aspiration for child's educational attainment, ranging from 1 (finish P7 primary school) to 5 (finish graduate school)
Child Educational Investment Scale	12 months	Average time spent on school and schoolwork in the past 7 days (number of hours)
Child Non-Educational Investment Scale	12 months	Average time spent on household chores and playing in the past 7 days (number of hours)
Mother's Educational Investment Scale	12 months	Average time spent on reading to children or helping with homework in past 7 days (number of hours)
Mother's Aspirations for Child Career Scale	12 months	Mother's aspirations for child's adult employment by age 25 (with the option to select one of 33 different blue-collar and white-collar occupational categories)

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Mbarara University of Science and Technology; 🇺🇬 Mbarara, Uganda