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Clinical Trials/ISRCTN19056780
ISRCTN19056780
Completed
N/A

Stepped-wedge cluster randomized controlled trial of the community case detection tool for children aged 6-18 years in need of mental healthcare services in Northern and Western Uganda

War Child0 sites3,323 target enrollmentDecember 30, 2021

Overview

Phase
N/A
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
Mental health conditions
Sponsor
War Child
Enrollment
3323
Status
Completed
Last Updated
last year

Overview

Brief Summary

2024 Results article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39025558/ (added 19/07/2024)

Registry
who.int
Start Date
December 30, 2021
End Date
November 8, 2022
Last Updated
last year
Study Type
Interventional
Sex
All

Investigators

Sponsor
War Child

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • Two groups of participants are identified. The CCDT employs a gatekeeper model and is developed for trusted and respected community members (‘community gatekeepers’). Community gatekeepers use the CCDT to proactively detect children in need of mental healthcare to encourage help\-seeking.
  • Community gatekeepers:
  • Community gatekeepers will be selected from WCH’s and TPO’s existing networks and community\-based structures. They include: Village Health Teams (VHTs), teachers, group activity facilitators, child protection committee members, local community leaders and refugee committee leaders. They will be selected, based on the below criteria, by WCH’s and TPO’s Project Coordinators, responsible for ongoing programming with children and adolescents in each cluster.
  • Specific inclusion criteria are:
  • 1\. At least 18 years of age
  • 2\. Trusted and respected members from the community
  • 3\. Engaged in promoting child wellbeing
  • 4\. Access to children, adolescents and caregivers
  • 5\. Demonstrate a high level of empathy and interest in children’s wellbeing
  • 6\. Willing to provide informed consent and participate in supervision meetings to provide feedback on the feasibility of the approach

Exclusion Criteria

  • Not providing consent/assent

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Not specified

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