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Familia Imara: A Parenting Program to Reduce Family Violence in Tanzania
Sponsor: Saini Das
Summary
This cluster-randomized controlled trial will evaluate the effectiveness, implementation, and scalability of Familia Imara, a group-based, couples-focused, community health worker (CHW)-delivered parenting program, on reducing intimate partner violence (IPV), harsh discipline, and improving child development and nutrition outcomes in the Mara and Geita regions of Tanzania. Villages will be randomly assigned to either an intervention or control arm. The study will be implemented in two sequential cohorts. In Cohort 1, a traditional randomized controlled trial will compare intervention villages receiving the program to control villages receiving no intervention (waitlist control), with delivery supported primarily by implementing partners in collaboration with government supervisors. In Cohort 2, the same villages will retain their original assignment. Intervention villages will receive the program under a government-led delivery model to assess scalability and integration into existing systems, while control villages will transition from waitlist to receive the intervention. Evidence generated will inform policy and practice for preventing family violence and promoting early childhood development at scale.
Official title: Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial to Assess the Effectiveness of Familia Imara in Preventing Violence Against Women and Children and Improving Child Nutrition and Development in Tanzania
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
Any - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
6216
Start Date
2026-05-02
Completion Date
2028-04-01
Last Updated
2026-06-04
Healthy Volunteers
Yes
Conditions
Interventions
Familia Imara
Familia Imara is a couples-based, group parenting program delivered by trained community health workers (CHWs) in community settings. In each village, one male and one female CHW are assigned to facilitate the program. They co-facilitate joint couples' sessions and lead separate peer group sessions for mothers and fathers in a gender-matched format. Sessions are approximately 2 hours in duration and occur twice monthly over a 10-month period. Curriculum content includes: prevention of IPV and harsh discipline, play and early learning stimulation, nutrition and infant and young child feeding practices, couples' communication and conflict resolution, stress management, power, and gender norms and roles.
Locations (1)
National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR)
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania