Indigency
Conditions
Brief summary
The objective of the study is to determine whether a livelihood intervention can improve health and schooling outcomes of the children of woman participating in a livelihood intervention in rural Uganda.
Interventions
Participants' mothers will receive a livelihood intervention package consisting of a orientation and training and a loan package of chickens and associated implements to create poultry microenterprises.
Sponsors
Mbarara University of Science and Technology
Massachusetts General Hospital
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
No minimum to 18 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* All children under 18 years
Exclusion criteria
* Adults older than 18 years
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Home Observation of the Measurement of Environment Scale | 12 months | Home Observation of the Measurement of Environment, modified for the Ugandan context (58 items distributed across the following domains: Responsivity, Encouragement of maturity, Emotional climate, Learning materials and opportunities, Enrichment, Family companionship, Family integration and Physical environment) |
| Stunting based on Anthropometric Measurements | 12 months | Height-for-age calculated based on child height and child age, measured for children under 5 years of age |
| Weight-for-Height based on Anthropometric Measurements | 12 months | Weight-for-height calculated based on child height and child weight, measured for children under 5 years of age |
| Raven's Colored Progressive Matrices test | 12 months | Raven's Colored Progressive Matrices test score (range, 0-18), measured for children aged 5-8 years |
| Mullen Early Learning Scales | 12 months | Mullen Early Learning Scales: 144 items total, divided across 4 subtests in visual receptive organization, visual expressive organization, language expressive organization, and language receptive organization |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Child Educational Investment Scale | 12 months | Average time spent on school and schoolwork in the past 7 days (number of hours) |
| Child Non-Educational Investment Scale | 12 months | Average time spent on household chores and playing in the past 7 days (number of hours) |
| Mother's Educational Investment Scale | 12 months | Average time spent on reading to children or helping with homework in past 7 days (number of hours) |
| Mother's Aspirations for Child Education Scale | 12 months | Mother's aspiration for child's educational attainment, ranging from 1 (finish P7 primary school) to 5 (finish graduate school) |
| Mother's Aspirations for Child Career Scale | 12 months | Mother's aspirations for child's adult employment by age 25 (with the option to select one of 33 different blue-collar and white-collar occupational categories) |
Countries
Uganda
Contacts
Primary ContactAlexander C Tsai, MD, PhD
Backup ContactBernard Kakuhikire, MBA
Outcome results
None listed