NCT07011264: BAJJAJJA

Economic Empowerment and Health Promotion of Uganda Grandmother-caregivers.

Not yet recruiting NA Last updated 14 August 2025

What this trial tests

NA trial testing The BAJJAJJA intervention in Financial Burden in 24 participants. Not yet recruiting.

Timeline

1 October 2025

Primary endpoint
30 August 2028

30 August 2029

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	University of Utah
Phase	NA
Status	Not yet recruiting
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	na
Design	single group
Masking	none
Primary purpose	prevention
Enrollment	24
Start date	1 October 2025
Primary completion	30 August 2028
Estimated completion	30 August 2029
Sites	1 location across United States

Drugs / interventions tested

• The BAJJAJJA intervention

Conditions studied

• Financial Burden — all drugs for Financial Burden →
• Health Behavior — all drugs for Health Behavior →
• Social Support — all drugs for Social Support →

Sponsor

University of Utah

Who can join

50 and older, female only, with Financial Burden or Health Behavior. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

Background:

There are an estimated 163 million children worldwide who are under the care of their grandparents or other relatives. In Uganda, social determinants of health (i.e., poverty, wars, and maternal and perinatal conditions) threaten the middle generation (age 15-49) and leave older adults, especially grandmothers (Bajjajja), to become the safety net. Yet, in this region, knowledge about effective interventions that support the health and wellbeing of these GMCs is limited to nonexistent. As such, Dr. Matovu proposes to refine, adapt, and test her BAJJAJJA intervention that she developed.

Specific Aims:

Dr. Matovu will achieve this goal through three Specific Aims:

1. Refine and adapt the BAJJAJJA intervention components through a collaborative and iterative feedback process with a diverse community group of 18 members;
2. Test the feasibility, acceptability and preliminary efficacy of the BAJJAJJA intervention in improving economic and health outcomes among 24 Ugandan GMCs; and
3. Explore the barriers and facilitators to (3a) maintenance of the BAJJAJJA individual intervention benefits and (3b) sustainability of the income generating activity at 6 months post-intervention.

This innovative study will utilize a community-engaged approach that emphasizes the meaningful involvement of community partners to develop an intervention that targets GMCs. Her outcomes will support her future efficacy clinical trial to test a novel multi-component and community-engaged BAJJAJJA intervention to promote the mental, physical, and economic wellbeing of GMCs.

Publications & conference data

No peer-reviewed publications indexed yet for this trial.