FAmily Oriented Mindfulness Informed Legal Education (FAMiLE) Programme for Parent or Carers Affected by Incarceration and Improving Parenting in Nigeria

Teesside University

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Trauma; Parenting Intervention; Depression; Anxiety

Treatments: Behavioral: FAmily oriented Mindfulness informed Legal Education (FAMiLE)

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06628518

0000-0003-0516-0313f

Details and patient eligibility

About

Incarceration is a prevalent problem globally and in Nigeria. Its effect significantly impacts left behind parent or primary care givers and also the wellbeing of the families and children. Limited access to support has posed a constraint in effectively addressing the issues suffered by affected families in Nigeria. In addition, having a family member incarcerated could affect parenting due to factors such as anxiety, trauma, depression, poor social support, awareness of legal channels for complaint and harsh parenting to children. The implication is that it could not only have a negative impact on the affected victim but also on their parenting styles or caring responsibilities, which could be detrimental to children's development and wellbeing and resort to criminal behaviours. In essence this study seeks to examine the feasibility and acceptability of a brief FAmily oriented Mindfulness informed Legal Education (FAMiLE) intervention in comparison to the waitlist control group (who will be administered the intervention at a later date) in improving parenting, legal awareness, social cohesion, wellbeing and reducing trauma and anxiety as a result of the effect of having a family member incarcerated.

Enrollment: 24 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 75 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 18 years and above
• Parent or carer with child(ren) or with caring responsibilities for children affected by incarceration.
• Able to provide full consent for their participation.
• A resident of the study areas (Delta, Jos or Lagos State)

Exclusion criteria

• Less than 18 years
• Unable to consent
• Currently undergoing severe mental health treatment
• Unable to speak the English language fluently

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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24 participants in 2 patient groups

FAmily oriented Mindfulness informed Legal Education (FAMiLE)

Experimental group

Description:

The FAmily oriented Mindfulness informed Legal Education (FAMiLE) is a four sessions intervention lasting approximately 90 minutes each. A session will be delivered weekly for 4 weeks.

Treatment:

Behavioral: FAmily oriented Mindfulness informed Legal Education (FAMiLE)

Control - Waitlist Group

No Intervention group

Description:

The control group will not receive an intervention until after the assessment periods at baseline, end of intervention and 3 months follow up before they will be administered the FAMiLE intervention.