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Clinical Trials/NCT02619305
NCT02619305
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Social Network Outcomes of a Livelihood Intervention for Impoverished Women in Rural Uganda: Randomized Controlled Trial

Massachusetts General Hospital1 site in 1 country600 target enrollmentNovember 2015
ConditionsIndigency

Overview

Phase
Not Applicable
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
Indigency
Sponsor
Massachusetts General Hospital
Enrollment
600
Locations
1
Primary Endpoint
Hopkins Symptom Checklist Scale
Last Updated
10 years ago

Overview

Brief Summary

The objective of our study is to determine whether a livelihood intervention can change economic and psychosocial outcomes of social network ties and geographically proximate neighbors of impoverished women in rural Uganda.

Registry
clinicaltrials.gov
Start Date
November 2015
End Date
June 2017
Last Updated
10 years ago
Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Parallel
Sex
All

Investigators

Responsible Party
Principal Investigator
Principal Investigator

Alexander Tsai

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

Massachusetts General Hospital

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • Eligibility will be limited to all adults living in Nyakabare Parish (i.e., aged 18 years and older), including emancipated minors. Emancipated minors will be defined as persons living below 18 years of age who are married, are pregnant, live with a biological child in the household, or are responsible for their own livelihood.

Exclusion Criteria

  • Persons under the age of 18 (other than emancipated minors as described above) and persons who do not live within Nyakabare Parish will not be permitted to participate.

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Hopkins Symptom Checklist Scale

Time Frame: 12 months

Scale items range from 1 (not at all) to 4 (very much)

Household Food Insecurity Access Scale

Time Frame: 12 months

Scale items range from 0 (never) to 3 (more than 10 days in the past month)

Secondary Outcomes

  • Social Capital Scale(12 months)
  • Norms about Intimate Partner Violence Scale(12 months)
  • Social Integration Scale(12 months)
  • HIV Stigma Scale(12 months)

Study Sites (1)

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