NCT05933850

Culturally Adapted Strong Families Programme for Families Living in Gilgit Baltistan, Pakistan

Culturally Adapted Strong Families Programme to Improve Child Behavior and Family Functioning in Families Living in Gilgit Baltistan, Pakistan

• Status: Not Yet Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 90 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Pakistan Institute of Living and Learning · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The aim of this exploratory study is to test the Strong Family (SF) programme in improving family functioning when implemented in Gilgit-Baltistan. Participants will be randomized to one of the two study arms 1)- Intervention group in which participants will receive 3 group sessions of SF programme (8-12 families per group) 2)- Control group (control group will be in the waiting list and receive SF training sessions once the study will be completed).

Detailed description

This will be multicentre feasibility randomised controlled trial to test the effectiveness of the SF programme in improving family skills outcomes and caregiver and child mental health, as reported by caregivers when implemented in Gilgit-Baltistan. The study will record families' rates of recruitment and attendance to SF programme, evaluate the completeness of programme delivery, cultural acceptability through qualitative interviews and assess the fidelity of training delivery. A small pilot study with N=10 families (a female caregiver (mother) and one child between the age of 8-15 years from each family) will be conducted before main RCT. The study will be conducted in three districts including; Gilgit, Hunza and Skardu in Gilgit Baltistan, Pakistan. We will interview a subset of participants i.e. up to 5 caregivers from each study site (N=15 caregivers) to explore participants' opinions on the acceptability of the programme and to explore any barriers or facilitators to participation.

Conditions

• Mental Health

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Strong Families Programme Intervention	This is a family skills programme providing an evidence-informed prevention to support caregivers to be better parents and strengthen positive age-specific and age-appropriate family functioning and interactions to help prevent drug use, violence and other negative social consequences in their children.

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-10-01
• Primary completion: 2025-05-30
• Completion: 2025-12-31
• First posted: 2023-07-06
• Last updated: 2024-09-19