Sharing Stories: A digital intervention for caregivers with young children in the COVID-19 era to promote child social, emotional and language development, responsive parenting and parental mental wellbeing in Zambia, Tanzania, and Uganda

Does a digital intervention, delivered to caregivers with young children in Zambia, Tanzania and Uganda, promote child social, emotional and language development, responsive parenting and parental mental wellbeing when compared to a wait-list control group?

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN77689525

Enrollment

720

Registered

2020-12-02

Start date

2020-08-25

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2023-11-20

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Conditions

Child social, emotional and language development, responsive parenting, parental mental wellbeing Not Applicable

Interventions

A pilot randomized control trial to evaluate a digital group-based parenting intervention for caregivers of young children aged between 9 and 32 months. Caregiver-child pairs are stratified based on c

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Primary caregivers of children between the ages of 9 - 32 months at enrolment 2. Living in selected areas 3. Have access to a working smartphone in their household

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Caregivers aged under 18 years

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Measured at baseline and 6-weeks: 1. Child social and emotional outcomes, measured using the: 1.1. Caregiver Reported Early Development Instrument Socio-Emotional long form 1.2. The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire 1.3. The Child Behaviour Checklist (CBCL) attention and aggression subscales - updated 02/06/2021: the attention subscale was removed as hyperactivity-inattention is already measured by the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ), which is included in the baseline and follow-up questionnaire 2. Child language outcomes, measured using the Caregiver Reported Early Development Instrument Language long form 3. Positive, responsive parenting behaviours, measured using the 3.1. Parent-Child Conflict Tactics scales 3.2. The Family Care Indicators	—

Measure

Time frame

Measured at baseline and 6-weeks: 1. Child social and emotional outcomes, measured using the: 1.1. Caregiver Reported Early Development Instrument Socio-Emotional long form 1.2. The Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire 1.3. The Child Behaviour Checklist (CBCL) attention and aggression subscales - updated 02/06/2021: the attention subscale was removed as hyperactivity-inattention is already measured by the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ), which is included in the baseline and follow-up questionnaire 2. Child language outcomes, measured using the Caregiver Reported Early Development Instrument Language long form 3. Positive, responsive parenting behaviours, measured using the 3.1. Parent-Child Conflict Tactics scales 3.2. The Family Care Indicators

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Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Measured at baseline and 6 weeks: 1. Parenting stress, measured using the Parental Stress Scale short form 2. Parental mental health, measured using the Patient Health Questionnaire-9 and the Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7	—

Countries

Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 10, 2026