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Clinical Trials/ISRCTN35476268
ISRCTN35476268
Completed
N/A

Promoting young children?s social and emotional competence and preventing conduct problems: a cluster randomised controlled trial

niversity of the West Indies (Jamaica)0 sites216 target enrollmentAugust 11, 2009

Overview

Phase
N/A
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
Not specified
Sponsor
niversity of the West Indies (Jamaica)
Enrollment
216
Status
Completed
Last Updated
11 years ago

Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Registry
who.int
Start Date
August 11, 2009
End Date
TBD
Last Updated
11 years ago
Study Type
Interventional
Sex
All

Investigators

Sponsor
niversity of the West Indies (Jamaica)

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • Community preschools (catering to 3 \- 6 year old children) will be included in the study if the school principal and all teachers are willing to participate and if the school:
  • 1\. Is situated in a defined disadvantaged, urban area of Kingston and St Andrew
  • 2\. Has 3 or 4 classes of children
  • 3\. Has a minimum of 20 children in each class
  • Three children from each class will be selected for evaluation of outcomes. Teachers in each class will rate the behaviour of all children in their class on 10 questions for conduct problems using age\-appropriate items from the ICD\-10 classification of mental and behavioural disorders: Diagnostic criteria for research. Children with the highest scores will be included in the evaluation.

Exclusion Criteria

  • All community preschools who meet the inclusion criteria are eligible for participation. Children will be excluded if:
  • 1\. They have an attendance rate of less than 70%
  • 2\. They have an identified disability
  • 3\. They live in a children's home or place of safety

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Not specified

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