A Livelihood Intervention for Impoverished Women in Rural Uganda

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Indigency
• Interventions: Other: Livelihood intervention

• Registration Number: NCT02619227
• Lead Sponsor: Massachusetts General Hospital

Brief Summary

The objective of the study is to determine whether a livelihood intervention can improve economic and psychosocial wellbeing 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: 2016-12
• Study Completion: 2016-12

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 92

Inclusion Criteria

• Women aged 18-60 years (or emancipated minors aged 16-17 years) who live with at least one child under the age of 5 in the same household
• Women aged 18-60 years (or emancipated minors aged 16-17 years) who agree to participate in the livelihood intervention training program
• Women aged 18-60 years (or emancipated minors aged 16-17 years) who agree to participate in study data collection

Exclusion Criteria

• Men
• Women who do not live in Nyakabare Parish
• Women under 18 years of age (if not emancipated minors) or older than 60 years of age
• Women who do not live with at least one child under the age of 5 in the same household
• Women who decline to participate in the livelihood intervention training program
• Women who decline to participate in study data collection
• Women who live in the same household as another study participant

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Immediate treatment	Livelihood intervention	Participants will receive 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
Household Food Insecurity Access Scale	12 months	Scale items range from 0 (never) to 3 (more than 10 days in the past month)
Hopkins Symptom Checklist Scale	12 months	Scale items range from 1 (not at all) to 4 (very much)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Self-Reported Health Scale	12 months	Scale item ranges from 1 (very bad) to 4 (very good)
Intimate Partner Violence Scale	12 months	Experience (yes/no) of 12 different forms of emotional, sexual, or physical victimization by an intimate partner (range 0-12)
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)
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)
Decision Making Power Scale	12 months	Primary decision making (yes/no) on household expenditures in 7 different categories: food, livestock, health care, transport, social, educational, other household (range, 0-7)

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

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