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The Pre-Texts Intervention for Youth Mental Health and Wellbeing in Kenya

Pre-Texts: An Arts-Based Intervention to Improve Health Outcomes Among School-Going Adolescents in Kenya

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
PACTR
Registry ID
PACTR202111497122432
Enrollment
300
Registered
2021-11-10
Start date
2021-11-08
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-08-03

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Mental and Behavioural Disorders

Interventions

Sponsors

Shamiri Institute
Lead Sponsor
Harvard University Mind Brain Behavior Initiative
Collaborator
Cultural Agents Initiative
Collaborator

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: All students aged between 13 to 18 years —who consent—will be eligible to participate and no other exclusion criteria will be applied.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: No further exclusion criteria will be applied.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Assess youth depression symptoms and severity using the Patient Health Questionnaire-8, or PHQ-8.;Assess anxiety disorder symptoms and severity based on the Generalized Anxiety Disorder Screener-7, or GAD-7.

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Academic performance changes, based on public academic records of grades and scores.;Changes in perceived control measured by the Perceived Control Scale for Children, or PCS.;Changes in secondary control measured by the Secondary Control Scale for Children;Changes in the adolescent wellbeing scale as measured by the EPOCH Measure of Adolescent Well-Being.;Changes in gratitude as measured by the Gratitude Questionnaire (6 item)

Countries

Kenya

Contacts

Public ContactTom Osborn

Executive Director

osborn@shamiri.institute+254706408811

Outcome results

None listed

Source: PACTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Aug 9, 2026