Dissemination and Implementation of a Web-based Relationship Safety App, myPlanKenya, for Women at Risk for Intimate Partner Violence in Nairobi, Kenya

Last updated: January 29, 2025
Sponsor: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Overall Status: Active - Recruiting

Phase

N/A

Condition

N/A

Treatment

Personalized safety planning tool

Clinical Study ID

NCT05609786
IRB00017456
  • Ages > 16
  • Female
  • Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Summary

This effectiveness-implementation hybrid-3 study evaluates dissemination, implementation, and effectiveness of myPlanKenya. myPlanKenya will be disseminated through formal and informal sectors. This clinical trial portion of the study enrolls women at risk for intimate partner violence (IPV) who are referred to myPlanKenya by disseminators (i.e. "end-users").

This trial aims to evaluate the effectiveness of myPlanKenya referral on resilience, health and safety among a cohort of women referred to myPlanKenya based on disclosure of IPV or assessed to have IPV related risks.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Female

  • Age 16 or older

  • Physical or sexual partner violence or relationship-based fears within the past sixmonths; behaviorally assessed

  • Living in Nairobi, Kenya with no plans to move in the next 12 months

  • Access to a safe smart phone or computer (personal or shared), and comfort using itto access the myPlan Kenya app

  • Literate in English or Swahili languages; confirmed by reading and completing ashort passage by filling in several blanks with the appropriate words, selected froma drop-down menu.

Exclusion

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Male

  • Under age 16

  • Have not experienced physical or sexual partner violence or relationship-based fearsin past 6 months

  • Lives outside of the study area or plans to move within the next 12 months

  • Does not have access to a safe smart phone or computer, or is uncomfortable using itto access the myPlan Kenya app

  • Illiterate in English or Swahili languages

Study Design

Total Participants: 400
Treatment Group(s): 1
Primary Treatment: Personalized safety planning tool
Phase:
Study Start date:
June 22, 2022
Estimated Completion Date:
October 31, 2025

Connect with a study center

  • Ujamaa Africa

    Nairobi,
    Kenya

    Active - Recruiting

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