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REACH UP: a pilot early childhood parenting programme for children aged 12 - 30 months in a rural district in Zimbabwe

REACH UP: pilot of a cluster randomized controlled trial of an early childhood parenting programme for children 12 - 30 months in a rural district in Zimbabwe

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ISRCTN
Registry ID
ISRCTN12021015
Enrollment
384
Registered
2020-10-14
Start date
2016-06-08
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2024-11-18

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Conditions

Child development Not Applicable

Interventions

A two-stage sampling procedure is used. Firstly each of the 51 ECD centers which had been established under the J.F. Kapnek ECD programme in the Southern Sanyati region are assigned a unique identifi

Sponsors

University of the West Indies
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Caregivers with a child aged 12 – 30 months, residing in the catchment area served by the selected ECD centres

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Children with congenital abnormalities or other known disabilities that could affect development

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
1. Children’s development measured using the Griffiths Mental Development Scales Extended Revised (GMDS-ER) at the end of the intervention period 2. Mothers’ knowledge of child development measured using a parenting attitudes questionnaire at baseline and at the end of the intervention 3. Stimulation provided in the home measured using the Infant and Toddler Home Observation for Measurement of Environment (HOME) scales at baseline. The Early Childhood Observation for the Measurement of Environment (HOME) scales was used at the end of the intervention period

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Maternal depressive symptoms measured using the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CESD) at baseline and at the end of the intervention

Countries

Zimbabwe

Contacts

Public ContactJoanne;Rose Smith;Mugweni

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joanne.smith02@uwimona.edu.jm;ro.mugweni@gmail.com+876 (0)927-2471;+263 (0)39 263408

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026