Peer Education for Gender Inclusion and Substance Use in Southern Africa (PEGISUS)

Peer Education for Gender Inclusion and Substance Use in Southern Africa (PEGISUS): A Pilot Trial Testing a Peer-based Intervention in Vocational Training Programs

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

PACTR

Registry ID

PACTR202502629432188

Enrollment

264

Registered

2025-02-14

Start date

2025-02-05

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-09-14

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Conditions

Mental and Behavioural Disorders

Interventions

Standard of Care

PEGISUS Peer Education for Gender Inclusion and Substance Use in Southern Africa

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Adolescents and young adults 16 - 24 years old At least weekly self-reported alcohol/drug use in a peer group in the past month or at least monthly heavy episodic drinking with peers over the past three months Comfortable communicating in the predominant local language or English Lives in the target community and plans to remain in the area for the next 12 months Eligible to participate in the vocational training (VT) program (according to the VT program's own entry guidelines) and willing to participate in the entirety of the program Interested to participate in a substance reduction and gender equity beliefs program and able to identify 2 to 5 peers to join Willing to have PEGISUS workshop sessions audio/video-recorded (if assigned to that group)

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Untreated major mental illness that interferes with study participation, such as active suicidality, or unmanaged bipolar disorder or psychotic disorder Currently receiving psychological treatment for substance use Participation in another VT/skills development program or another trial that is judged by the site investigator as non-compatible with this study Unable to provide informed consent or informed assent

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Self-reported substance use for participants aged 18 and older ASSIST;Self-reported substance use for participants aged 16 and 17 ASSIST-Y	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Self-reported substance use for participants aged 18 and older;Self-reported substance use for participants aged 16 and 17 ASSIST-Y;Self-reported gender equitable beliefs measured by adapted 23-item version of the Gender Equitable Men's Scale;Attendance at vocational training program number of months;Rate of completion of vocational program number and percentage completed;Employment;Income	—

Countries

South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Contacts

Public ContactBelinda Chamberlain

Unit Contracts Administrator

belinda.chamberlain@mrc.ac.za+27219380947

Outcome results

None listed

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