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Pathways to Improved Adolescent Mental Health in Conflict Affected Families
Sponsor: Johns Hopkins University
Summary
The study combined a youth-friendly economic empowerment program (Rabbits for Resilience (RFR) with a gender equality couple curriculum program (HIKA) to advance knowledge on the combined and synergistic impact of structural interventions and pathways with families for improved adolescent mental health in resource-poor communities. The investigators' multidisciplinary team will conduct a randomized controlled trial with three arms (RFR only, HIKA only, RFR + HIKA) with young adolescents ages 10-14 years and the adolescents' mothers and fathers living in 1080 rural households in 30 villages in two rural conflict-affected territories of South Kivu province of Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
Official title: Pathways to Improved Adolescent Mental Health Via an Economic and Gender Equality Intervention With Conflict Affected Families
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
10 Years - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
3024
Start Date
2023-03-15
Completion Date
2026-12-31
Last Updated
2025-12-24
Healthy Volunteers
Yes
Conditions
Interventions
Rabbits for Resilience (RFR) + HIKA
Economic empowerment program using animal husbandry for young adolescents and healthy relationship program for parents/couples in same household
Rabbits for Resilience (RFR) only
Economic empowerment program using animal husbandry with young adolescents
HIKA Healthy Relationship Program
Healthy relationship program for parents/couples
Locations (1)
Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing
Baltimore, Maryland, United States