The Good Schools Study: A cluster randomised controlled trial of an intervention to prevent violence against children in Ugandan primary schools
Lead Research Organisation:
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Department Name: Public Health and Policy
Abstract
Violence against children in schools is common practice in many countries, and research into prevention and treatment has been outlined as a priority in the World Report on Violence against Children. In most countries, children spend more time at school than anywhere else besides their family home, and can suffer violence from teachers and other school staff, and other children. Despite this, in most countries evidence is lacking from rigorously conducted studies on the prevalence, epidemiology and consequences of this violence. Existing studies tend to come from North America, where corporal punishment from teachers is far less common.
In Uganda, no rigorous, representative prevalence data exist, but one survey indicated more than 80% of children have experienced physical punishments such as caning and slapping by teachers. More research exists on sexual violence in schools suffered by girls in African schools, and qualitative studies indicate girls in Ugandan secondary schools experience sexual violence and harassment from teachers and fellow students but are not able to report it for fear of reprisals.
The Good School Toolkit has been developed and refined for 6 years in Uganda by Raising Voices. The Toolkit takes a systemic approach, involving an entire school in a process of change to reduce violence and improve teaching techniques. The Toolkit draws on the Transtheoretical Model and incorporates standard behaviour change techniques such as setting a goal and making an action plan, which are effective in modifying behaviour. This study aims to determine whether use of the Good School Toolkit reduces children's experience of violence by school staff. We will also examine the effects of the Toolkit on children's mental health, well-being, and educational outcomes.
The study will include a trial, which will be complemented by a qualitative study, a process evaluation, and an economic evaluation. We will also follow a sub-group of trial participants over time.
We will conduct a cluster randomised controlled trial in 42 primary schools in Luwero District, Uganda. Half of the schools will receive the Toolkit, and other half will be put on a waiting list to receive the Toolkit at the end of the study if it is shown to be effective. School staff, and children in Primary 5, 6 and 7 will be surveyed (aged about 11-14 years) at the beginning and the end of the study, and schools which received the Toolkit will be compared with those which did not.
A qualitative study will also be conducted to explore mechanisms by which the Toolkit might be affecting violence, mental health and educational outcomes. In-depth work will focus on how school staff and children have experienced the Toolkit intervention, and what aspects of it may be refined to be more effective.
The Toolkit is specifically designed to be implemented at very low cost, appropriate for low income settings. An economic evaluation will be performed to explore the economic and financial costs of this intervention, with the aim of informing possible scale-up of the Toolkit.
All students in Primary 5 at baseline will be followed longitudinally until follow-up, when most will be in Primary 7. This will enable exploration of trajectories of change in mental health and educational outcomes over time, and how violence experience impacts this. We will also be able to follow school staff over time.
The results from this evaluation will be used to brief policy-makers within the Ministry of Education and Sports involved in developing country-wide policy and practice around violence against children in schools.
In Uganda, no rigorous, representative prevalence data exist, but one survey indicated more than 80% of children have experienced physical punishments such as caning and slapping by teachers. More research exists on sexual violence in schools suffered by girls in African schools, and qualitative studies indicate girls in Ugandan secondary schools experience sexual violence and harassment from teachers and fellow students but are not able to report it for fear of reprisals.
The Good School Toolkit has been developed and refined for 6 years in Uganda by Raising Voices. The Toolkit takes a systemic approach, involving an entire school in a process of change to reduce violence and improve teaching techniques. The Toolkit draws on the Transtheoretical Model and incorporates standard behaviour change techniques such as setting a goal and making an action plan, which are effective in modifying behaviour. This study aims to determine whether use of the Good School Toolkit reduces children's experience of violence by school staff. We will also examine the effects of the Toolkit on children's mental health, well-being, and educational outcomes.
The study will include a trial, which will be complemented by a qualitative study, a process evaluation, and an economic evaluation. We will also follow a sub-group of trial participants over time.
We will conduct a cluster randomised controlled trial in 42 primary schools in Luwero District, Uganda. Half of the schools will receive the Toolkit, and other half will be put on a waiting list to receive the Toolkit at the end of the study if it is shown to be effective. School staff, and children in Primary 5, 6 and 7 will be surveyed (aged about 11-14 years) at the beginning and the end of the study, and schools which received the Toolkit will be compared with those which did not.
A qualitative study will also be conducted to explore mechanisms by which the Toolkit might be affecting violence, mental health and educational outcomes. In-depth work will focus on how school staff and children have experienced the Toolkit intervention, and what aspects of it may be refined to be more effective.
The Toolkit is specifically designed to be implemented at very low cost, appropriate for low income settings. An economic evaluation will be performed to explore the economic and financial costs of this intervention, with the aim of informing possible scale-up of the Toolkit.
All students in Primary 5 at baseline will be followed longitudinally until follow-up, when most will be in Primary 7. This will enable exploration of trajectories of change in mental health and educational outcomes over time, and how violence experience impacts this. We will also be able to follow school staff over time.
The results from this evaluation will be used to brief policy-makers within the Ministry of Education and Sports involved in developing country-wide policy and practice around violence against children in schools.
Technical Summary
The Good Schools Study consists of a cluster randomised controlled trial, a qualitative study, an economic evaluation and a nested cohort study. We are conducting a process evaluation but are seeking funds for that elsewhere.
Trial. The trial is a 2-arm, unblinded, cluster randomised controlled trial with parallel assignment (NCT01678846, clinicaltrials.gov). Clusters are 42 primary schools registered in Luwero District, Uganda. Within each primary school, all school staff and a random sample of up to 130 children in Primary 5, 6 and 7 are eligible to participate. Two cross-sectional surveys, one completed in July 2012, and one to be conducted in June-July 2014, are being used to assess children's and schools staffs' experiences/use of violence, and to compare the randomised groups. Our main analysis will be a cross-sectional comparison at follow-up.
Qualitative study. The main aims of the qualitative study relate to exploring possible causal pathways through which the intervention is operating and how different aspects of context may affect scalability of the intervention. A range of qualitative methods of data collection will be used with education officials, headteachers, school management committees (which include parents), school staff and learners. We will draw on a range of analytic techniques, including techniques from Grounded Theory, such as constant comparison and seeking deviant cases.
Economic evaluation. An economic evaluation of the Good School Toolkit will be performed in order to assess the cost effectiveness of implementing the intervention compared to a 'do nothing' alternative. We will do a full economic costing from the provider's perspective.
Nested cohort study. A nested cohort study of all school staff and children in Primary 5 at baseline is also being included to examine changes in educational outcomes and mental health within individuals over time. We will also be able to follow school staff longitudinally.
Trial. The trial is a 2-arm, unblinded, cluster randomised controlled trial with parallel assignment (NCT01678846, clinicaltrials.gov). Clusters are 42 primary schools registered in Luwero District, Uganda. Within each primary school, all school staff and a random sample of up to 130 children in Primary 5, 6 and 7 are eligible to participate. Two cross-sectional surveys, one completed in July 2012, and one to be conducted in June-July 2014, are being used to assess children's and schools staffs' experiences/use of violence, and to compare the randomised groups. Our main analysis will be a cross-sectional comparison at follow-up.
Qualitative study. The main aims of the qualitative study relate to exploring possible causal pathways through which the intervention is operating and how different aspects of context may affect scalability of the intervention. A range of qualitative methods of data collection will be used with education officials, headteachers, school management committees (which include parents), school staff and learners. We will draw on a range of analytic techniques, including techniques from Grounded Theory, such as constant comparison and seeking deviant cases.
Economic evaluation. An economic evaluation of the Good School Toolkit will be performed in order to assess the cost effectiveness of implementing the intervention compared to a 'do nothing' alternative. We will do a full economic costing from the provider's perspective.
Nested cohort study. A nested cohort study of all school staff and children in Primary 5 at baseline is also being included to examine changes in educational outcomes and mental health within individuals over time. We will also be able to follow school staff longitudinally.
Planned Impact
We aim to maximise impact by reaching participants, Ugandan policy makers and government officials, and international NGOs, and the research community. We also aim to build capacity in junior researchers inside and outside Uganda.
The most direct beneficiaries of the research will be participants and those in their communities. At this level we will aim to increase awareness of study findings and influence attitudes towards violence against children in the wider Ugandan public. This could potentially reduce violence against children and improve responses to children who disclose violence. Raising Voices has partnerships with 21 radio stations, 7 newspapers, 8 TV stations and various magazines in Uganda, and will use this network to publicise findings. This dissemination would begin at the end of the study and is likely to have maximum impact in the immediate term.
If the intervention is effective, we anticipate that our largest potential direct impact would result from encouraging the Uganda Ministry of Education and Sports to roll-out the Toolkit in Ugandan primary schools. As part of a committee that actively advises Raising Voices (our implementing partners who created the Toolkit) on the development of the Toolkit, key players within the Ministry of Education are already involved stakeholders and are searching for potential violence prevention strategies to take to scale. Roll out by the Ministry would have the potential to reduce violence against children, and improve mental health and educational outcomes in schools across Uganda. This advocacy would begin after trial results are obtained, and could potentially have substantial long term impacts, if for example the Toolkit materials are integrated into teacher training.
Raising Voices has an existing advocacy network and partner organisations throughout East and Sub-Saharan Africa. We will support partner organisations (Unicef, UN Habitat) to take up the Toolkit and to advocate for broader use in neighbouring countries (Tanzania, Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi and DRC), with aim of reducing violence against school children across the region. The study results will be presented at international and national research, international development meetings, and other expert meetings to key audiences (WHO, Unicef, UNIFEM, World Bank) and donors (including UK DfID). We will ask UN agencies to include the Good School Toolkit in examples of best practice on how to reduce violence against children in schools.
The Good Schools Study will contribute to building both institutional and individual research capacity in Uganda. Dr. Eddy Walakira (co-investigator), Acting Director for the new Center for the Study of the African Child, at Makerere University, will use the study to promote the new Center and attract further funds and collaborators, and to help enrich the child protection curriculum he has developed. Several of Dr Walakira's graduate students will be able to utilise data from the study to support their own postgraduate research. We also intend to encourage students at the LSHTM and Institute of Education to use data from the trial.
We will aim to publish the study in prestigious peer reviewed academic journals with high readerships, to ensure that we reach different audiences. Where possible we will publish in open access journals. A press-release will be timed to coincide with the publication of the main trial paper, and used to launch the study findings internationally.
If the intervention does not prove effective, the study will still contribute novel information on the prevalence, risk factors and effects of violence against children in schools in a low income setting. To our knowledge, this is the first test of this type of intervention to prevent violence, and null results would be publicised to raise awareness of the issues and the need to find effective interventions.
The most direct beneficiaries of the research will be participants and those in their communities. At this level we will aim to increase awareness of study findings and influence attitudes towards violence against children in the wider Ugandan public. This could potentially reduce violence against children and improve responses to children who disclose violence. Raising Voices has partnerships with 21 radio stations, 7 newspapers, 8 TV stations and various magazines in Uganda, and will use this network to publicise findings. This dissemination would begin at the end of the study and is likely to have maximum impact in the immediate term.
If the intervention is effective, we anticipate that our largest potential direct impact would result from encouraging the Uganda Ministry of Education and Sports to roll-out the Toolkit in Ugandan primary schools. As part of a committee that actively advises Raising Voices (our implementing partners who created the Toolkit) on the development of the Toolkit, key players within the Ministry of Education are already involved stakeholders and are searching for potential violence prevention strategies to take to scale. Roll out by the Ministry would have the potential to reduce violence against children, and improve mental health and educational outcomes in schools across Uganda. This advocacy would begin after trial results are obtained, and could potentially have substantial long term impacts, if for example the Toolkit materials are integrated into teacher training.
Raising Voices has an existing advocacy network and partner organisations throughout East and Sub-Saharan Africa. We will support partner organisations (Unicef, UN Habitat) to take up the Toolkit and to advocate for broader use in neighbouring countries (Tanzania, Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi and DRC), with aim of reducing violence against school children across the region. The study results will be presented at international and national research, international development meetings, and other expert meetings to key audiences (WHO, Unicef, UNIFEM, World Bank) and donors (including UK DfID). We will ask UN agencies to include the Good School Toolkit in examples of best practice on how to reduce violence against children in schools.
The Good Schools Study will contribute to building both institutional and individual research capacity in Uganda. Dr. Eddy Walakira (co-investigator), Acting Director for the new Center for the Study of the African Child, at Makerere University, will use the study to promote the new Center and attract further funds and collaborators, and to help enrich the child protection curriculum he has developed. Several of Dr Walakira's graduate students will be able to utilise data from the study to support their own postgraduate research. We also intend to encourage students at the LSHTM and Institute of Education to use data from the trial.
We will aim to publish the study in prestigious peer reviewed academic journals with high readerships, to ensure that we reach different audiences. Where possible we will publish in open access journals. A press-release will be timed to coincide with the publication of the main trial paper, and used to launch the study findings internationally.
If the intervention does not prove effective, the study will still contribute novel information on the prevalence, risk factors and effects of violence against children in schools in a low income setting. To our knowledge, this is the first test of this type of intervention to prevent violence, and null results would be publicised to raise awareness of the issues and the need to find effective interventions.
Publications
Barr AL
(2017)
Methods to increase reporting of childhood sexual abuse in surveys: the sensitivity and specificity of face-to-face interviews versus a sealed envelope method in Ugandan primary school children.
in BMC international health and human rights
Carlson C
(2020)
Violence against children and intimate partner violence against women: overlap and common contributing factors among caregiver-adolescent dyads.
in BMC public health
Child JC
(2014)
Responding to abuse: Children's experiences of child protection in a central district, Uganda.
in Child abuse & neglect
Clarke K
(2016)
Patterns and predictors of violence against children in Uganda: a latent class analysis.
in BMJ open
Devries K
(2016)
Violence against children and education.
in International health
Devries K
(2018)
Reducing Physical Violence Toward Primary School Students With Disabilities.
in The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine
Devries KM
(2017)
Does the Good Schools Toolkit Reduce Physical, Sexual and Emotional Violence, and Injuries, in Girls and Boys equally? A Cluster-Randomised Controlled Trial.
in Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research
Devries KM
(2015)
The Good School Toolkit for reducing physical violence from school staff to primary school students: a cluster-randomised controlled trial in Uganda.
in The Lancet. Global health
Devries KM
(2017)
Witnessing intimate partner violence and child maltreatment in Ugandan children: a cross-sectional survey.
in BMJ open
Devries KM
(2016)
Collecting data on violence against children and young people: need for a universal standard.
in International health
Description | GSS featured in regorous literature review |
Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
Policy Influence Type | Citation in systematic reviews |
Description | Included in WHO Violence Prevention Alliance 2016 Meeting report |
Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
URL | http://www.who.int/violenceprevention/VPA2016-AnnualMeetingReport.pdf?ua=1 |
Guideline Title | INSPIRE: Seven strategies to end violence against children |
Description | Inclusion in WHO violence prevention guidelines |
Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
Policy Influence Type | Citation in clinical guidelines |
Description | Inclusion in country report |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
URL | http://www.endcorporalpunishment.org/assets/pdfs/states-reports/Uganda.pdf |
Description | Inclusion in evidence brief |
Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
URL | https://www.unicef-irc.org/publications/804-undermining-learning-multi-country-longitudinal-evidence... |
Description | Inclusion in major global report |
Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
URL | http://globalreport.knowviolenceinchildhood.org/?utm_source=IGWG&utm_campaign=657e92b673-EMAIL_CAMPA... |
Description | Inclusion in major literature review of best practices |
Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
Policy Influence Type | Citation in systematic reviews |
URL | https://www.unicef.org/education/files/SRGBV_review_FINAL_V1_web_version.pdf |
Description | Inclusion in thematic briefs |
Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
Policy Influence Type | Citation in other policy documents |
Description | Review of the Joint Global Health Trials funding scheme, 22 November 2019. |
Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
URL | https://mrc.ukri.org/documents/pdf/review-of-the-joint-global-health-trials-and-funding-scheme/ |
Description | School-based violence prevention: a practical handbook- World Health Organization 2019 |
Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
URL | https://www.end-violence.org/sites/default/files/paragraphs/download/WHO%20Handbook.pdf |
Description | Adaptation of the Good School Toolkit for reducing violence in secondary schools |
Amount | £147,420 (GBP) |
Funding ID | MR/M026264/1 |
Organisation | Medical Research Council (MRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 04/2015 |
End | 07/2016 |
Description | MRC/NIHR/DFID call for research to improve adolescent health in LMIC settings |
Amount | £426,001 (GBP) |
Funding ID | MR/R022208/1 |
Organisation | Medical Research Council (MRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 03/2018 |
End | 03/2021 |
Description | Population and Systems Medicine Board |
Amount | £1,326,896 (GBP) |
Funding ID | MR/R002827/1 |
Organisation | Medical Research Council (MRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 11/2017 |
End | 10/2022 |
Description | CPC Network |
Organisation | CPC Learning Network |
Country | United States |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
PI Contribution | The PI was invited to become a member of the CPC Network. Thus far we have contributed information about our research project and one publication to be disseminated to Network members. |
Collaborator Contribution | The CPC Network has helped to disseminate our research, and has also facilitated contact with future potential collaborators in Uganda. |
Impact | Research dissemination |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | 13th World Congress on Safety and Injury Prevention |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | 13th World Congress on Safety and Injury Prevention, organised by the WHO |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | 1st INSPIRE Implementation Jamboree |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | 1st INSPIRE Implementation Jamboree. This was a global event to increase INSPIRE uptake Evidence based methodologies and practices to end VAC, which included presentations and sharing experiences of what works. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Article about the Good School Toolkit on Apolitical.com |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
Results and Impact | The Good School Toolkit and our study results were described on Apolitical.com, which raised general awareness and directed requests for information to Raising Voices. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
URL | https://apolitical.co/solution_article/scared-school-uganda-cut-violence-schoolchildren-42/ |
Description | Article in popular magazine |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | We were approached and asked to author an article for The Conversation, a popular online magazine which is read by various audiences in Africa. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
URL | https://theconversation.com/empowering-ugandas-teachers-offers-a-new-route-to-reducing-violence-in-s... |
Description | CIES 2015 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | CIES 2015 (Comparative and International Education Society Annual Conference). Conceptual, methodological and ethical reflections on monitoring and measurement from school related violence prevention research in Uganda Paper presentation for Panel on Monitoring and Measuring Gender Equality in Education in the post-2015 agenda. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
Description | Children and youth facing violence in Africa: What do we know? What can we do? |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Children and youth facing violence in Africa: What do we know? What can we do? Young Lives, Ethiopian Development Research Institute (EDRI), Gender & Adolescence Global Evidence (GAGE), and UCL Institute of Education brought together researchers and policy actors in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to share evidence on what we know and what we can do to address violence against children (VAC) across Africa. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Comparative and International Education Society Annual Meeting: Education for Sustainability |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Comparative and International Education Society Annual Meeting: Education for Sustainability. An annual conference focused on various topics in education, panel on promising approaches to prevent school-related gender-based violence, organised by CIES in San Francisco. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | DFID film feature |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | The research on the GST was influential in DfID's REDNote on School Violence, which aims to reach DfID Education teams around the world. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8BNPyXIZBU |
Description | Design Workshop for Phase II of the UNFPA-UNICEF Global Programme to Accelerate Action to End Child Marriage |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Design Workshop for Phase II of the UNFPA-UNICEF Global Programme to Accelerate Action to End Child Marriage, organised by UNICEF in India. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Education Development Partners' meeting |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Raising Voices was invited to make a presentation on the Good School Toolkit to the Education Development partners at their meeting in Kampala. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Evidence based approach to preventing violence at school. The Good School Toolkit |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
Results and Impact | Naker, D. Evidence based approach to preventing violence at school. The Good School Toolkit, at the 7th Milestones of a Global Campaign for Violence Prevention Meeting 22-23 September 2015, WHO Headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
Description | Gender Violence, Poverty and Young People |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | Devries K. The Good Schools Study: Violence Prevention in Uganda. Gender Violence, Poverty and Young People; May 12, 2015; London. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
Description | Girls at School: How do we get them there; how do we keep them there?(Case Study of Good Schools Toolkit) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | Willington Ssekadde: Girls at School: How do we get them there; how do we keep them there?(Case Study of Good Schools Toolkit): The Open Square Summit on GBV and Education by the Global Women's Insititute Washington DC 2015 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
Description | Global Consultation on Comprehensive Strategies for Addressing Violence in Childhood |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Global Consultation on Comprehensive Strategies for Addressing Violence in Childhood. Presentations from various organizations and discussions around different programs and global initiatives addressing VAC at school, community, and parenting level, as well as link to gender. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Global Mental Health Forum 2013 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | Thumann B, Coleman M, Cousens S, Naker D, Nur U, Devries K. School-related factors associated with children's mental health in Uganda (Poster). Global Mental Health Forum 2013; 27-28 September, 2013; London. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2013 |
Description | Good Schools Toolkit presentation for promoting quality education in Uganda |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Supporters |
Results and Impact | Willington Ssekadde: Good Schools Toolkit presentation for promoting quality education in Uganda: Global VAC Meeting organised in Swaziland by UNICEF and Together for Girls 2014 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | ISPCAN conference presentations |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other academic audiences (collaborators, peers etc.) |
Results and Impact | 3 presentations about the Good Schools Study were made at ISPCAN 2014 in Nagoya, Japan. The presentations also generated considerable interest from audience members in the results of the Good Schools trial (which we hope to submit for publication by the end of 2014 or early 2015). The PI was invited to author an academic article on ethical data collection when researching violence against children for the journal Child Abuse and Neglect, and was also invited to further collaborate with the editor of Child Abuse and Neglect and another academic on a high impact publication about research ethics. The PI was also invited to join the Child Protection Committee, which is a network of international academics working on child protection, run by Colombia University. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
URL | http://www.cpcnetwork.org/partners/faculty-affiliates/ |
Description | Innovative solutions to entrenched problems: Good School Toolkit, Discussion Panel |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Supporters |
Results and Impact | Presentation to small panel of influential donors, New York. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | Joined up Thinking for Joined up Problems: Holistic Solutions to preventing Violence at School |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Supporters |
Results and Impact | Naker D, Joined up Thinking for Joined up Problems: Holistic Solutions to preventing Violence at School. Solutions Summit, Without Violence Forum New York, 2015 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
Description | MA Teaching |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Jenny Parkes has used the GST as an example of an effective whole school approach in her Gender, Education and Development module. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017,2018,2019 |
Description | Meeting on prevening VAC |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Meeting on preveninding VAC in Kenya |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Multi- Sectoral Forum on Data and Evidence to End Violence Against Children |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Multi- Sectoral Forum on Data and Evidence to End Violence Against Children consulting with participants from several UN agencies, donors, INGOs, and others, on evidence about VAC prevention and gaps, organised by UNICEF. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Old problem, Different Solutions: Good School Toolkit for Preventing Violence against Children at School |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Supporters |
Results and Impact | Naker D. Old problem, Different Solutions: Good School Toolkiit for Preventing Violence against Children at School, Elevate Children's Funders Group, Kampala 2015 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
Description | Panel Session |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Panel discussion hosted by RTL International in Mexico City, organised by Comparative and International Education Society (CIES). Event title: Establishing Schools that Model Kindness and Nurture Social and Emotional Development: A Crucial Addition to Academic Programming. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Panel Session hosted by UNGEI |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Panel session hosted by UNGEI, organised by Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) in Mexico City. Event title: Engaging education systems and stakeholders to address School-Related Gender-Based Violence (SRGBV): lessons and promising approaches. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Presentation |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Presentation for World Bank team tasked with developing upcoming GPE-supported secondary education program in Kampala. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Presentation to the Global Working Group on SRGBV |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Presentation to the Global Working Group on SRGBV -a coalition of governments, development organizations, civil society activists and research institutions came together to collaborate on ending gender-based violence in and around schools http://www.ungei.org/srgbv/index.html |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | Preventing Violence against Children at School: A systemic response to an entrenched problem |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | Naker, D: Preventing Violence against Children at School: A systemic response to an entrenched problem. Sept 14-17, 2015; Stellenbosch, South Africa. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
Description | Regional Meeting |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Stronger Together - 'Sharing, Learning & Reflection for better VAC Prevention Programming', 2018 Regional meeting for CRVPF Grantees in East Africa Region organised by Children's Rights and Violence Prevention Fund. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Resonding to Old Problems in New Ways: The Good School Toolkit |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Presentation to Violence Prevention Alliance Meeting, Washington DC. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2014 |
Description | Sexual Violence Research Initiative |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | Devries KM, Knight L, Child J, et al. The Good School Toolkit: Systemic approach to preventing violence against children in schools. Sexual Violence Research Initiative; Sept 14-17, 2015; Stellenbosch, South Africa. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
Description | Sexual Violence Research Initiative Conference |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | Grundlingh H, Knight L, Naker D, Devries K. Reducing secondary distress in violence researchers: A randomised trial of the effectivness of group debriefings. Sexual Violence Research Initiative; Sept 14-17, 2015; Stellenbosch, South Africa. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
Description | Sexual Violence Research Initiative Conference Poster |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | Knight L, Miriembe A, Nakuti J, et al. Poster: Good Schools Study process evaluation: Exploring delivery, adoption and reach of the Good School Toolkit intervention. Sexual Violence Research Initiative; Sept 14-17, 2015; Stellenbosch, South Africa. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
Description | Strategic Meeting Presentations |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Several Strategic meeting presentations to donors Epic Foundations, Ignite Philanthropy, Lantern Foundation and DFID UK on why we should prioritize VAC at School |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018,2019 |
Description | Strengthening Communities to Secure Children's Right to Freedom from Violence: International Expert Consultation |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Supporters |
Results and Impact | Devries K. Community based child protection mechanisms: Evidence from a school-based intervention. Strengthening Communities to Secure Children's Right to Freedom from Violence: International Expert Consultation; 2015; Oslo, Norway. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
Description | Symposium on the Day of the African Child |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Symposium on the Day of the African Child involving Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development and World Vision Uganda in Kampala. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
Description | Whole School Approaches to VAC Prevention |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Whole School Approaches to VAC Prevention. This event focused on sharing and learning from Global Evidence on Whole School Approaches to preventing VAC in Schools and was organised by UNESCO/UNGEI. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |