NCT03341455

Family Violence and Alcohol and Drug Misuse in Sri Lanka

Completed NA Last updated 5 July 2019

What this trial tests

NA trial testing Capacity building to support families affected by IPV & substance misuse in Intimate Partner Violence in 900 participants. Completed in 28 February 2019.

Timeline

23 January 2018

Primary endpoint
30 December 2018

28 February 2019

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	Australian National University
Phase	NA
Status	Completed
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	parallel
Masking	single
Primary purpose	prevention
Enrollment	900
Start date	23 January 2018
Primary completion	30 December 2018
Estimated completion	28 February 2019
Sites	1 location across Australia

Drugs / interventions tested

• Capacity building to support families affected by IPV & substance misuse

Conditions studied

• Intimate Partner Violence — all drugs for Intimate Partner Violence →
• Domestic Abuse — all drugs for Domestic Abuse →
• Drug and Alcohol Abuse — all drugs for Drug and Alcohol Abuse →

Sponsor

Australian National University

Who can join

18 and older, any sex, with Intimate Partner Violence or Domestic Abuse. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

The investigators aim to implement a community-based support program delivered by preschool teachers and volunteer parents that will increase awareness, knowledge and uptake of available services for IPV and substance misuse, and of the link between these issues and poorer education outcomes in children. Through this, the aim is to decrease the prevalence of IPV and substance misuse.

The proposed method of implementation is to deliver targeted training to preschool teachers, mothers with children at the preschools, fathers with children at the preschools, and community development officers managing preschools. This project will target the most vulnerable sections of the community and will provide a sustainable and feasible strategy for scale up of the intervention.

By intervening through these preschools the investigators aim to identify and support high-risk families early enough to arrest the cycle of violence that results in children themselves becoming victims and perpetrators of such violence.

Publications & conference data

2 peer-reviewed publications reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):

1. Primary-level and community worker interventions for the prevention of mental disorders and the promotion of well-being in low- and middle-income countries.
   Purgato M, Prina E, Ceccarelli C, Cadorin C, et al · · 2023 · cited 17× · PMID 37873968 · DOI 10.1002/14651858.cd014722.pub2
2. Protocol for a cluster-randomised controlled trial evaluating the impact of a preschool-based capacity building intervention on intimate partner violence and substance misuse in Sri Lanka.
   Lokuge K, Wallace P, Subasinghe K, Thurber K, et al · · 2018 · cited 1× · PMID 29716553 · DOI 10.1186/s12889-018-5423-8