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

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Violence, Sexual; Violence, Domestic; Violence, Gender-Based

Treatments: Behavioral: Personalized safety planning tool

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05609786

IRB00017456

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Enrollment: 400 estimated patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 16+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Female
• Age 16 or older
• Physical or sexual partner violence or relationship-based fears within the past six months; 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 it to access the myPlan Kenya app
• Literate in English or Swahili languages; confirmed by reading and completing a short passage by filling in several blanks with the appropriate words, selected from a drop-down menu.

Exclusion criteria

• Male
• Under age 16
• Have not experienced physical or sexual partner violence or relationship-based fears in 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 it to access the myPlan Kenya app
• Illiterate in English or Swahili languages

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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400 participants in 1 patient group

myPlan Kenya

Experimental group

Description:

myPlan Kenya web-based application

Treatment:

Behavioral: Personalized safety planning tool