Safe-space Program in Secondary Schools to Address School-related Gender-based Violence in Zambia: a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 6,000
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Experience of any SRGBV, past two weeks
研究概览
简要总结
The objective of this mixed-methods study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a school-based safe-space program delivered to secondary school students in Zambia. The quantitative component of the study uses a randomized controlled trial to measure changes in students' experience of school-related gender-based violence (SRGBV), attitudes towards gender and SRGBV, socio-emotional well-being, and school climate, among other outcomes. Meanwhile, the qualitative component of the study aims to understand the prevailing norms around SRGBV in schools, the perception of the intervention and its impact, and the potential mechanisms through which the intervention generates its outcomes.
详细描述
This study will evaluate the impact of the Empowerment Pilot, a school-based safe-space program delivered to secondary school students in Zambia, implemented between May and November 2023. The main question it aims to answer is whether the Empowerment Pilot changes attitudes and norms around gender roles and school-related gender-based violence (SRGBV), increases socio-emotional well-being, improves school climate, and reduces SRGBV. We use a mixed-methods triangulation design and combined qualitative and quantitative approaches in data collection and analysis to enhance the validity, depth, and relevance of our findings. Data will be collected from approximately 6,000 adolescent girls and boys and their teachers across three districts in Zambia.
The mixed-methods evaluation gives equal importance to the qualitative and quantitative components. However, this registration primarily describes the quantitative component of the study.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Prevention
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 10 Years 至 —（Child, Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •for Adolescent Participants:
- •Students enrolled in grades 8 - 11 of secondary schools in the 2023 school year at the start of the intervention
排除标准
- 未提供
结局指标
主要结局
Experience of any SRGBV, past two weeks
时间窗: two weeks prior to the endline survey
A binary variable of self-reported experience of any SRGBV in the past two weeks
Attitudes towards gender roles and SRGBV (adolescents)
时间窗: ~4 months post-intervention
A normalized index based on 16 items that measure attitudes towards gender roles, SRGBV, and support to victims
Experience of any SRGBV, past school term
时间窗: ~4 months (Term 3 of School Year 2023)
A binary variable of self-reported experience of any SRGBV in the past school term
School climate
时间窗: ~4 months post-intervention
A composite score based on 16 statements about aspects of school climate and student-teacher interactions
Socio-emotional well-being
时间窗: ~4 months post-intervention
A normalized index based on 3 scales related to subjective well-being: perceived social support; perceived safety; and anxiety.
次要结局
- General self-efficacy(~4 months post-intervention)
- Knowledge of SRGBV(~4 months post-intervention)
- Gender equitable injunctive norms(~4 months post-intervention)
- Attitudes towards gender roles and norms(~4 months post-intervention)
- Gender equitable descriptive norms(~4 months post-intervention)
- Descriptive norms around bystander intervention (vignettes)(~4 months post-intervention)
- School absenteeism(one month prior to the endline survey)
- Assertive communication(~4 months post-intervention)
- Experience of emotional violence, past school term(~4 months (Term 3 of School Year 2023))
- Bystander reporting(~4 months post-intervention)
- Attitudes towards bystander intervention (vignettes)(~4 months post-intervention)
- Injunctive norms around bystander intervention (vignettes)(~4 months post-intervention)
- Perceived safety at school(~4 months post-intervention)
- Aspired age of marriage(~4 months post-intervention)
- Agency(~4 months post-intervention)
- School enrollment(~4 months post-intervention)
- Experience of sexual violence, past two weeks(2 weeks prior to the endline survey)
- Experience of emotional violence, past two weeks(2 weeks prior to the endline survey)
- Attitudes towards SRGBV(~4 months post-intervention)
- Perceived social support(~4 months post-intervention)
- Experience of physical violence, past two weeks(2 weeks prior to the endline survey)
- Experience of sexual violence, past school term(~4 months (Term 3 of School Year 2023))
- Experience of physical violence, past school term(~4 months (Term 3 of School Year 2023))
- Aspiration - education attainment(~4 months post-intervention)
- Aspiration for a career(~4 months post-intervention)
- Attitudes towards reporting SRGBV(~4 months post-intervention)
- Anxiety(~4 months post-intervention)
研究者
Wei Chang
Economist
World Bank