Bandebereho Father Groups Randomized Control Trial in Rwanda

Promundo, United States

Status: Completed

Conditions: Prenatal Care; Partner Communication; Contraception; Gender Relations; Violence

Treatments: Behavioral: MenCare+/Bandebereho fathers'/couples' group education

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02694627

137D

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study seeks to assess the impact of the MenCare+/Bandebereho fathers'/couples' group education intervention on men's attitudes towards, and participation in, sexual and reproductive health, maternal, newborn and child health, and equitable and non-violent relationships with their children and partners.

Full description

This study seeks to assess the impact of the MenCare+/Bandebereho fathers'/couples' group education intervention on men's attitudes towards, and participation in, sexual and reproductive health, maternal, newborn and child health, and equitable and non-violent relationships with their children and partners. The MenCare+/ Bandebereho program is a multi-component comprehensive intervention being implemented by the Rwanda Men's Resource Center (RWAMREC) and Promundo-US, in collaboration with the Rwanda Ministry of Health and local authorities in Karongi, Musanze, Nyaruguru and Rwamagana districts. The proposed study will evaluate one component of the program, a 15-session group education intervention targeting young fathers and mothers. The impact of the fathers' group education will be assessed through a randomized control trial design with an intervention arm of men and women participating in the father groups and a control arm of men and women who do not participate in the intervention. The study will collect quantitative and qualitative data over a period of approximately three years.

Enrollment: 2,400 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 21 to 35 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Men aged 21-35 years
• Living with a partner
• Expectant (or soon to be) father or father of young children under-5
• Living in an area with a group facilitator

Exclusion criteria

• Participated in previous cycles of the same intervention

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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2,400 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention

Experimental group

Description:

See intervention description

Treatment:

Behavioral: MenCare+/Bandebereho fathers'/couples' group education

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

Participants randomized into the control arm are surveyed at the same time points as intervention participants, but do not receive any intervention.