Clinical trial NCT05609786: Dissemination and Implementation of a Web-based Relationship Safety App, myPlanKenya, for Women at Risk for Intimate Partner Violence in Nairobi, Kenya
Official title: Dissemination and Implementation of a Web-based Relationship Safety App, myPlanKenya, for Women at Risk for Intimate Partner Violence in Nairobi, Kenya
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: RECRUITING
Phase: NA
Conditions: Violence, Domestic
Violence, Sexual
Violence, Gender-Based
Keywords: Intimate Partner Violence
Relationships
Safety Planning
technology
implementation
Lead sponsor: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Ujamaa Africa
First posted: 2022-11-08
Enrollment: 400
Sex: FEMALE
Minimum age (years): 16
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: NA
Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose: PREVENTION

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.


Eligibility criteria: 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

Primary outcomes:
measure: Change in decisional conflict
timeFrame: Baseline, 6-month, 12-month
measure: Change in resilience as assessed by Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale
timeFrame: Baseline, 6-month, 12-month
measure: Change in safety/IPV experience(s) as assessed by the Conflict Tactics Scale-2
timeFrame: Baseline, 6-month, 12-month
measure: Change in help-seeking
timeFrame: Baseline, 6-month, 12-month
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Change in safety strategies
timeFrame: Baseline, 6-month, 12-month
measure: Change in IPV recognition as assessed by the Abusive Behaviors Scale
timeFrame: Baseline, 6-month, 12-month
measure: Change in relationship intention
timeFrame: Baseline, 6-month, 12-month
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Nairobi
country: Kenya
facility: Ujamaa Africa
Study officials:
affiliation: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
name: Michele Decker
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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