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Expanding Mental Health Interventions: Scaling Up the Pre-Texts Arts-Literacy Intervention

Expanding Mental Health Interventions for Kenyan Youth: Scaling Up the Pre-Texts Arts-Literacy Intervention

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
PACTR
Registry ID
PACTR202408747469286
Enrollment
1800
Registered
2024-08-14
Start date
2024-07-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-09-14

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

Treatment as Usual

Sponsors

Shamiri Institute
Lead Sponsor
Motsepe Presidential Research Accelerator Fund for Africa
Collaborator

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Primary school students in one of the selected schools from grade 1- 4  High school students in the selected schools from form 1-3

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: No exclusion criteria will be applied

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Changes in self-reported depression symptoms as measured by the Patient Health Questionnaire - 8  ;Changes in self-reported anxiety symptoms, measured by the Generalized Anxiety Disorder Screener  ;Improvements in innovation measured by the Curiosity and Exploration Inventory;Changes in students’ emotions, measured by thematic coded qualitative data on how they feel  ;Changes in students’ problematic behavior in classrooms as measured by the Problem Behavior Scale responded to by teachers.

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Changes in participants’ peer relationships as measured by the Peer Relationships Scale;Changes in school climate, as measured by the School Climate Measure ;Changes in average academic grade from school term before participation to school-term after participation, as measured by the average grade achieved by students across all enrolled students.;A feedback scale will be used to assess participant’s feedback about the program  ;Changes in the classroom climate as measured by the Teacher Classroom Climate Scale ;Changes in teachers’ self-efficacy in handling a classroom and their job as measured by the Teacher Self-Efficacy Tool ;Changes in teachers’ curiosity and exploration as measured by the Curiosity and Exploration Inventory

Countries

Kenya

Contacts

Public ContactTom Osborn

Executive Director

osborn@shamiri.institute+254706408811

Outcome results

None listed

Source: PACTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Sep 19, 2026