Dissemination and Implementation of a Web-based Relationship Safety App, myPlanKenya, for Women at Risk for Intimate Partner Violence in Nairobi, Kenya

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: Violence, Gender-Based; Violence, Domestic; Violence, Sexual
• Interventions: Behavioral: Personalized safety planning tool

• Registration Number: NCT05609786
• Lead Sponsor: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Brief Summary

This effectiveness-implementation hybrid-3 study evaluates dissemination, implementation, and effectiveness of myPlanKenya. myPlanKenya will be disseminated through formal and informal sectors. This clinical trial portion of the study enrolls women at risk for intimate partner violence (IPV) who are referred to myPlanKenya by disseminators (i.e. "end-users").

This trial aims to evaluate the effectiveness of myPlanKenya referral on resilience, health and safety among a cohort of women referred to myPlanKenya based on disclosure of IPV or assessed to have IPV related risks.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2022-06-22
• Study First Submitted: 2022-11-02
• Study First Submitted QC: 2022-11-02
• Study First Posted: 2022-11-08
• Primary Completion: 2024-12-31
• Status Verified: 2025-01
• Last Update Submitted: 2025-01-29
• Last Update Posted: 2025-01-30
• Study Completion: 2025-10-31

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: RECRUITING
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 400

Inclusion Criteria

• Female
• Age 16 or older
• Physical or sexual partner violence or relationship-based fears within the past six months; behaviorally assessed
• Living in Nairobi, Kenya with no plans to move in the next 12 months
• Access to a safe smart phone or computer (personal or shared), and comfort using it to access the myPlan Kenya app
• Literate in English or Swahili languages; confirmed by reading and completing a short passage by filling in several blanks with the appropriate words, selected from a drop-down menu.

Exclusion Criteria

• Male
• Under age 16
• Have not experienced physical or sexual partner violence or relationship-based fears in past 6 months
• Lives outside of the study area or plans to move within the next 12 months
• Does not have access to a safe smart phone or computer, or is uncomfortable using it to access the myPlan Kenya app
• Illiterate in English or Swahili languages

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
myPlan Kenya	Personalized safety planning tool	myPlan Kenya web-based application

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in help-seeking	Baseline, 6-month, 12-month	6-item index on help-seeking, which assesses abuse disclosure and services/information received on a 2-point scale (yes/no), and the helpfulness of these disclosures and services on a 5-point Likert scale. Scale examined for fit and will be handled as individual items as needed.
Change in resilience as assessed by Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale	Baseline, 6-month, 12-month	10-item Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale, which assesses resilience using a 5-point Likert scale (0-4). Items are scored from 0-40, with higher scores indicating greater resilience and lower scores indicating lower resilience.
Change in safety/IPV experience(s) as assessed by the Conflict Tactics Scale-2	Baseline, 6-month, 12-month	10-item adapted Conflict Tactics Scale-2 (CTS2), which assesses IPV experiences using a 3-point scale on the frequency of these experiences.
Change in decisional conflict	Baseline, 6-month, 12-month	12-item pre-intervention and 10-item post-intervention decisional conflict measures (specific to safety), assessed using a 5-point Likert scale (0-4). Items are scored from 0-60 pre-intervention and 0-50 post-intervention, with higher scores indicating higher lower decisional conflict and lower scores indicating higher decisional conflict.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in IPV recognition as assessed by the Abusive Behaviors Scale	Baseline, 6-month, 12-month	7-item adapted Abusive Behaviors Scale, which assesses IPV recognition using a 5-point Likert scale (0-4). Items are scored from 0-35, with higher scores indicating greater IPV recognition and lower scores indicating lower IPV recognition.
Change in safety strategies	Baseline, 6-month, 12-month	5-item index on safety strategies, which assesses the use of strategies on a 2-point scale (yes/no), and the helpfulness of these strategies on a 5-point Likert scale.
Change in relationship intention	Baseline, 6-month, 12-month	Single item which assesses intention for current relationship on a 4-point scale.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Ujamaa Africa; 🇰🇪 Nairobi, Kenya