School-Based Mental Health Program Implementation in Uganda
- Conditions
- Teacher Mental Health KnowledgeTeacher Skills in Addressing Child Mental Health Problem
- Interventions
- Behavioral: ParentCorps
- Registration Number
- NCT01857388
- Lead Sponsor
- NYU Langone Health
- Brief Summary
Implementation of an adapted ParentCorps program in Ugandan schools will improve school mental health service resources, teachers' knowledge about child mental health, and teachers' classroom behavioral management and parent involvement skills.
- Detailed Description
Participating schools are randomly assigned to a 6-month long school-based intervention or to a wait-list control group. The intervention focuses on improving teacher's classroom behavioral management practices, parent engagement, and child mental health knowledge.
Teachers are assessed at the beginning and the end of the study, and again after 6 months of intervention. Teachers' parent engagement, mental health knowledge, and behavioral practices in the classroom are assessed through observations and teacher ratings.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 79
- Early childhood teachers
- Not early childhood teachers
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description ParentCorps ParentCorps Teachers from Intervention schools will receive ParentCorps training and support.
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Change of School Teacher Behaviors Outcome will be measured 3 times--before interveniton, after intervention (about 6 month after the baseline assessment), and 6-month post intervention (about 6 months after the 2nd evaluation) Teacher classroom behavioral management skills and parent engagement practices will be measured
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Makerere University
🇺🇬Kampala, Uganda