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ClinicalTrials.gov ID

NCT06777849

Lead Sponsor

Aga Khan UniversityOTHER

Overall Status

Recruiting

Study Type

Interventional

Phase

Not Applicable

Enrollment

3,000Estimated

Last Update Posted

Jan 17, 2025Actual

Start Date

Dec 18, 2024Actual

Primary Completion Date

Feb 2027Estimated

Completion Date

May 2027Estimated

Official Title

Mainstreaming a Life Skills Education Programme Right to Play- Plus to Reduce Violence Against Girls in Pakistan

Brief Summary

Right to Play-Plus (RTP-Plus) aims to address violence against women and girls by promoting changes in social norms among young people within the school environment. The project focuses on building the capacity of young people to identify harmful gender norms and prevent violence against girls and boys by incorporating Right to Play's play-based learning methodology and Aahung's Life Skills Based Education curriculum. The strategies employed include interactive, learner-centered methodologies, curricular activities, and the development of peer educators and junior leaders. Teachers play a crucial role as key influencers and delivery agents of the curricular content. The project emphasizes capacity development for teachers, challenging their social norms, strengthening their play-based methodologies, and improving their sexual and reproductive health and rights knowledge (SRHR). The ultimate goal is to equip teachers to effectively deliver a gender transformative curriculum, empowering young people to respond to and prevent violence.

The research question for this study is:

What is the effectiveness of an adapted play-based life skills education that incorporates a "whole school" approach in reducing sexual harassment and abuse, peer violence experiences, mental illness (including suicidal ideation), improving resilience, and promoting gender equity, SRHR knowledge in both home and public settings?

The research objective will be achieved through two-arm cluster randomized controlled trial (for girls-only, co-ed, and boys-only schools). The intervention arm participants will be able to participate in the adapted play-based life skills education intervention, which the Right to Play and Aahung will deliver. It will be provided to all eligible school children in grade 6. Moreover, a delayed intervention will be offered to the control arm upon completion of endline data collection after the comprehensive intervention is delivered in the intervention arm.

• Mental Health
• Gender Based Violence
• Resilience
• Gender Equity
• Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights

• Right to Play-Plus (RTP-Plus)
• Control

Ages Eligible for Study

Child (0-17)

Sexes Eligible for Study

All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Schools will be chosen from District Malir and adjacent areas, including Korangi and East Karachi. Among the 100 selected schools, the following distribution will be maintained: 40 girls-only schools (public), 40 co-ed schools (private), and 20 boys-only schools (public).
• Schools having a minimum of 30 students enrolled in grade 6
• Private schools with low to medium fees, with monthly amounts ranging from PKR 2000 to 3500.
• Factors such as teacher availability, school management support, accessibility to research and intervention partners, and school clustering will also be considered for the selection of these hundred schools.
• Schools' willingness to adapt child protection and safeguarding/anti-harassment administrative measures and policies to improve school safety, reduce the use of corporal punishment, enhance school performance, and increase girls' retention rates, primarily apply to private schools.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Schools where Right to Play or Aahung have already implemented their play-based/other activities.

Primary Purpose

Health Services Research

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional Model

Parallel Assignment

Masking

None (Open Label)

Lead Sponsor

Aga Khan UniversityOTHER

Collaborators

George Washington UniversityOTHER

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