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School-based Prevention of Teacher Violence Against Children in Zambia

RecruitingNAAges 8 Years - 80 YearsAllTobias Hecker, PhD
NCT07773961 on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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What the trial is, and whether it could suit you

The United Nations Conventions on the Rights of the Child UN General Assembly, 1989), outlawed violence against children worldwide. Yet, 75% of all children worldwide - experience violence while growing up (Know Violence in Childhood, 2017). In Low- and Middle-Income countries prevalence rates at home and at school are higher (Hoeffler, 2017), with particularly high rates in Africa (Hecker et al., 2018; Nkuba, Hermenau, \& Hecker, 2018; Hillis et al., 2016). Violence against children is related to negative mental health outcomes, lower quality in the child-adult relationship, lower cognitive functioning, and emotional and behavioural problems that begin in childhood and may persist through adolescence until adulthood (Berlin et al., 2009; Gershoff \& Grogan-Kaylor, 2016; Hecker et al., 2016; Kim \& Cicchetti, 2010; Majer et al., 2010; Mills et al., 2011; Newbury et al., 2018; Wilson et a

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📋 Eligibility rules (as published)
Inclusion Criteria: Schools: * public primary school (state owned schools, guided by Zambian education policy) * at least 35 students in the selected grade (3th school grade). o if it has less than 35 students in a grade, then it will be combined with nearby selected public primary school which must be within 15 km from the respective and an equal number from each school cluster will be selected to participate in the study. * at least 8 but no more than 50 employed teachers. o in case of less than 25 teachers, the selected school will form a school cluster together with another near-by (i.e., within 15 km) public primary school. All participants: • Written informed consent (if underaged by parents (written) \& minors themselves (orally) Students: * being enrolled in third school grade of public primary school. * being of age between 8 and 13 years. Teachers: * being employed at an eligible school. * being open to participate in the intervention during school holidays. Facilitators: * Ideally people holding a BA degree in psychology, social work, social sciences * Interest in the work with children * Being open minded and motivated * Balance of gender in the team of enumerators Exclusion Criteria: Schools: • Schools participating in the sponsorship program of Save the Children will be excluded. Students: • severe mental disabilities that make it impossible to follow the interview questions. Teachers: • acute intoxication of alcohol, drugs or any other substance which make it impossible to follow the interview questions.
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What it tests

  • Interaction Competencies with Children
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Where

1 site
Field Office Petauke - Save the Children Zambia
Petauke, Zambia
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