TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2021//
TI  - Preventing violence by teachers in primary schools: study protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial in Haiti
JO  - Frontiers in public health
A1  - López García, Ana Isabel
A1  - Scharpf, Florian
A1  - Hoeffler, Anke
A1  - Hecker, Tobias
SP  - e797267
EP  - e797267
VL  - 9
IS  - 
N2  - CONTEXT: Although teacher violence at schools is a serious problem in Haiti, there is a lack of systematic evidence on the effectiveness of school-based interventions in reducing teacher violence in this low-income country. <br><br>OBJECTIVE: To test the effectiveness of the preventative intervention Interaction Competencies with Children for Teachers (ICC-T) aiming to reduce teachers' use of violent disciplinary strategies and to improve their interaction competences with children in the Haitian context. DESIGN SETTING PARTICIPANTS: The study is designed as a two-arm matched cluster randomized controlled trial. The sample consists of 468 teachers and 1,008 children from 36 (community and public) primary schools around Cap-Haïtien (Département du Nord) in Haiti. Data will be collected in three phases, before the intervention, and 6 and 18 months after. INTERVENTION: In the group of intervention schools, ICC-T will be delivered as a 5-day training workshop. Workshop sessions are divided into five modules: 1) improving teacher-student interactions, 2) maltreatment prevention, 3) effective discipline strategies, 4) identifying and supporting burdened students, and 5) implementation in everyday school life. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE: The main outcome measure is teacher violence assessed in two ways: (i) teachers' self-reported use of violence, and (ii) children's self-reported experiences of violence by teachers. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Prior evaluations of ICC-T had been conducted in sub-Saharan Africa with promising results. This study will test for the first time the effectiveness of this intervention outside the context of sub-Saharan Africa.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 2296-2565
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2021.797267
ID  - ref1
ER  -