The Sugira Muryango PLAY Collaborative
Child Development, Parenting, Parent-Child Relations
About this trial
This is an interventional prevention trial for Child Development
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
Household inclusion criteria: Participants must be the primary caregiver to a child between birth and 36 months. Caregivers must live in the same household as the child and must be the child's legal guardian. Legal guardians may be parents, aunts, uncles, grandparents, or foster parents. Participants must be categorized as Ubudehe 1 under the socio-economic categorization of households from LODA.
Government Official inclusion criteria: Government officials must be located at the Village, Cell, Sector and/or District level and must participate in the 1-day ECD training. Government officials must also agree to participate in the PLAY Collaborative activities throughout the course of program delivery.
IZU interventionist inclusion criteria: IZUs must be a part of the Inshuti z'Umuryango/Friends of the Family program, must be over the age of 18, and must be literate in Kinyarwanda.
Cell Level IZU Mentor inclusion criteria: Cell Level IZU Coordinators must be situated at the Cell Level and able to supervise at least 12 IZU interventionists, they must be over 18 years of age, and must be literate in Kinyarwanda.
Exclusion Criteria:
Household exclusion criteria: Potential participants will be excluded if they do not meet the inclusion criteria above, are experiencing an active crisis (e.g., psychosis), or have severe cognitive impairments which preclude their ability to speak to the research questions/assessments under scrutiny.
Government Official exclusion criteria: Government officials will be excluded from participation in the PLAY Collaborative if they are not located at the Cell, Sector or District level and if they are unable to meet the demands of participation in the PLAY Collaborative.
IZU interventionist exclusion criteria: IZUs will be excluded from participation if they do not meet the inclusion criteria above and if they are unable to meet the demands of delivering the Sugira Muryango program.
Cell Level IZU Mentor exclusion criteria: Cell Level IZU Coordinators will be excluded if they do not meet the inclusion criteria above or are unable to meet the demands of supporting the delivery of the Sugira Muryango program.
Sites / Locations
- FXB Rwanda
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
Experimental
Treatment
Waitlist Control
Families in the treatment cells will receive the Sugira Muryango treatment immediately after household identification and enrollment.
Families in the control cells will receive the Sugira Muryango treatment following the completion of the 12-month follow up on the original treatment group.