NCT03893851: ICC-T_Tz

Preventing Violence by Teachers

Completed NA Last updated 27 January 2021

What this trial tests

NA trial testing Interactions Competencies with Children - for Teachers (ICC-T) in Violence by Teachers in 914 participants. Completed in 31 December 2020.

Timeline

8 April 2019

Primary endpoint
30 September 2020

31 December 2020

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	Bielefeld University
Phase	NA
Status	Completed
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	factorial
Masking	single
Primary purpose	prevention
Enrollment	914
Start date	8 April 2019
Primary completion	30 September 2020
Estimated completion	31 December 2020
Sites	1 location across Tanzania

Drugs / interventions tested

• Interactions Competencies with Children - for Teachers (ICC-T)

Conditions studied

• Violence by Teachers — all drugs for Violence by Teachers →

Sponsor

Bielefeld University

Who can join

Adults 9 to 65, any sex, with Violence by Teachers. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

Brief Summary:

Violence against children is regarded as a key contributor to poverty and damages lifetime prospects for children in disadvantaged communities. However, physical violence is legally accepted as a disciplinary measure in schools in 68 states worldwide. For example, in Tanzania, corporal punishment is still lawful at school. It is thus not surprising that recently very high rates of violence (\~90%) were found at secondary schools. For children of primary school age, no such information is available from representative samples to date.

Moreover, in recent studies teachers often report having to resort to violent disciplinary methods referring to a lack of nonviolent disciplinary alternatives . However, only few interventions that aim at equipping teachers with non-violent action alternatives in Sub-Saharan Africa have been implemented, and even fewer have been scientifically evaluated.

Thus, in this study the investigators will implement and assess the efficacy of an intervention aimed at reducing the use of harsh and violent disciplinary measures in schools. Interaction Competencies with Children - for Teacher (ICC-T) aims to enable teachers to use non-violent disciplinary measures and to strengthen their competencies in non-violent interactions. Previously its feasibility and efficacy were proven in secondary schools in Tanzania. The present study aims to adapt ICC-T to, and evaluate its efficacy on, primary school level. The training is expected to improve the teacher-student relationships, change teacher's attitudes towards corporal punishment and their use of violent disciplinary measures.

Publications & conference data

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

1. Reducing violent discipline by teachers using Interaction Competencies with Children for Teachers (ICC-T): study protocol for a matched cluster randomized controlled trial in Tanzanian public primary schools.
   Masath FB, Hermenau K, Nkuba M, Hecker T. · · 2020 · cited 7× · PMID 31898516 · DOI 10.1186/s13063-019-3828-z
2. Reducing Violent Discipline by Teachers: a Matched Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial in Tanzanian Public Primary Schools.
   Masath FB, Mattonet K, Hermenau K, Nkuba M, et al · · 2023 · cited 3× · PMID 37233888 · DOI 10.1007/s11121-023-01550-0