Reducing Physical Violence Toward Primary School Students With Disabilities.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

We tested whether the Good School Toolkit reduces physical violence from peers and school staff toward students with and without disabilities in Ugandan primary schools.

Methods

We conducted a cluster randomized controlled trial, with data collected via cross-sectional surveys in 2012 and 2014. Forty-two primary schools in Luwero District, Uganda, were randomly assigned to receive the Good School Toolkit for 18 months, or to a waitlisted control group. The primary outcome was past week physical violence from school staff, measured by primary 5, 6, and 7 students' (aged 11-14 years) self-reports using the International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect Child Abuse Screening Tool-Child Institutional. Disability was assessed through the six Short Set

SUBMITTER: Devries K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5817160 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature