Social Network Outcomes of a Livelihood Intervention for Impoverished Women in Rural Uganda

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Indigency
• Interventions: Other: Social network tie

• Registration Number: NCT02619305
• Lead Sponsor: Massachusetts General Hospital

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.

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: 2017-06
• Study Completion: 2017-06

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 600

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.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Immediate treatment	Social network tie	Participants will be social network ties of women receiving 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
Hopkins Symptom Checklist Scale	12 months	Scale items range from 1 (not at all) to 4 (very much)
Household Food Insecurity Access Scale	12 months	Scale items range from 0 (never) to 3 (more than 10 days in the past month)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Social Capital Scale	12 months	Agreement (yes/no) with 4 questions about social trust and social cohesion (range, 0-4)
Norms about Intimate Partner Violence Scale	12 months	Agreement (yes/no) with 5 different statements about the acceptability of intimate partner violence under 5 different scenarios (range, 0-5)
Social Integration Scale	12 months	Frequency of participation in 11 different community groups: vocational, positive living, local council, water, village health, agricultural extension, savings, religious, women's, gardening (range, 0-11)
HIV Stigma Scale	12 months	Agreement (yes/no) with 15 statements about persons living with HIV (range, 0-15), to be assessed among social network ties of HIV-positive study participants

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

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