Deliberate self-harm, teenage-pregnancy, bullying behaviour and aggressive behaviour among adolescents
Conditions
Interventions
1.To improve teaching quality teachers will be trained as trainers. A selected group will be trained as Master Trainers (MT).
• MT training programmes will be conducted with the help of Family Heal
Sponsors
South Asian Clinical Toxicology Research Collaboration
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Grade 6,7,8 and 9 students in Sinhala medium government schools in the Kurunegala District
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Students already diagnosed as having a learning disability
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Students’ Perception about the training (using self-administered questionnaire) 2.Knowledge on life skills of grade 8 and 9 mid adolescents (using modified version of life skills of school going mid adolescent questionnaire, Amarasinghe 2010) 3.Life skills application ability among grade 8 & 9 mid adolescents (using life skills of school going mid adolescents questionnaire, Amarasinghe 2010) 4.Self reported suicide ideation and behaviors among grade 8 & 9 mid adolescents (using Standard Sinhala translation of The Suicide Behaviors Questionnaire- Revised (SBQ-R), Osman et al, 2001). 5.Self reported aggressive behavior among grade 8 & 9 mid adolescents (using Standard Sinhala translation of The Aggression Scale, Orpinas & Frankowski 2001). 6.Self-reported bullying behavior among grade 8 & 9 mid adolescents (using Standard Sinhala translation of The Modified Aggression Scale, Bosworth,Espelage & Simon, 1999). 7.Self reported impulsive behavior among grade 8 & 9 mid adolescents (using modified versions of the Life History of Impulsive Behavior scale (LHIB-Q20), Coccaro & Schmidt-Kaplan, 2012) and Barratt Impulsiveness Scale, Patton, Stanford & and Barratt,1995) 8. Mental health among grade 8 & 9 mid adolescents (using all three versions of Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire -self administered, teachers and parents) [ 1. August 2013 2. August 2013, December 2013 and December 2014 3. December 2013 and December 2014 4.December 2013 and December 2014 5.December 2013 and December 2014 6.December 2013 and December 2014 7. December 2013 and December 2014 8. December 2013 and December 2014] | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Hospital admissions with Deliberate Self-Harm (DSH) from all 46 hospitals in Kurunegala District. 2. Teenage pregnancies as recorded in the pregnancy registers at 17 MOH offices in Kurunegala district 3.Suicides, with data collected from twenty eight police stations in Kurunegala District. [Continuous monitoring will be done by regularly visiting 46 hospitals, 17 MOH offices and 28 police stations from 18th February, 2013 to 31st December, 2015.] | — |
Countries
Sri Lanka
Contacts
Public ContactDr. P.H.G. Janaka Pushpakumara
Lecturer (Probationary)
Outcome results
None listed