Supporting African communities to increase resilience and mental health of kids with developmental disabilities and their caregivers using the World Health Organization’s Caregiver Skills Training Programme (SPARK trial): study protocol for a cluster randomised clinical controlled trial

Melissa Washington-Nortey; Vibian Angwenyi; Mekdes Demissie; Eva Mwangome; Tigist Eshetu; Hanna Negussie; Kimberley Goldsmith; Andrew Healey; Merga Feyasa; Girmay Medhin; Amanuel Belay; Temesgen Azmeraw; Medhanit Getachew; Rahel Birhane; Carophine Nasambu; Tsegereda haile Kifle; Angela Kairu; Beatrice Mkubwa; Fikirte Girma; Rehana Abdurahman; Ruth Tsigebrhan; Liya Tesfaye; Leonard Mbonani; Nadine Seward; Tony Charman; Andrew Pickles; Erica Salomone; Chiara Servili; Edwine Barasa; Charles r. Newton; Charlotte Hanlon; Amina Abubakar; Rosa a. Hoekstra

doi:10.1186/s13063-024-08488-w

Supporting African communities to increase resilience and mental health of kids with developmental disabilities and their caregivers using the World Health Organization’s Caregiver Skills Training Programme (SPARK trial): study protocol for a cluster randomised clinical controlled trial

Melissa Washington-Nortey, Vibian Angwenyi, Mekdes Demissie, Eva Mwangome, Tigist Eshetu, Hanna Negussie, Kimberley Goldsmith, Andrew Healey, Merga Feyasa, Girmay Medhin, Amanuel Belay, Temesgen Azmeraw, Medhanit Getachew, Rahel Birhane, Carophine Nasambu, Tsegereda haile Kifle, Angela Kairu, Beatrice Mkubwa, Fikirte Girma, Rehana AbdurahmanRuth Tsigebrhan, Liya Tesfaye, Leonard Mbonani, Nadine Seward, Tony Charman, Andrew Pickles, Erica Salomone, Chiara Servili, Edwine Barasa, Charles r. Newton, Charlotte Hanlon, Amina Abubakar, Rosa a. Hoekstra^*

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Original language	English
Journal	Trials
Volume	25
Issue number	1
Early online date	24 Oct 2024
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-024-08488-w
Publication status	E-pub ahead of print - 24 Oct 2024

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Washington-Nortey, M., Angwenyi, V., Demissie, M., Mwangome, E., Eshetu, T., Negussie, H., Goldsmith, K., Healey, A., Feyasa, M., Medhin, G., Belay, A., Azmeraw, T., Getachew, M., Birhane, R., Nasambu, C., Kifle, T. H., Kairu, A., Mkubwa, B., Girma, F., ... Hoekstra, R. A. (2024). Supporting African communities to increase resilience and mental health of kids with developmental disabilities and their caregivers using the World Health Organization’s Caregiver Skills Training Programme (SPARK trial): study protocol for a cluster randomised clinical controlled trial. Trials, 25(1). Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-024-08488-w

Washington-Nortey, Melissa ; Angwenyi, Vibian ; Demissie, Mekdes et al. / Supporting African communities to increase resilience and mental health of kids with developmental disabilities and their caregivers using the World Health Organization’s Caregiver Skills Training Programme (SPARK trial): study protocol for a cluster randomised clinical controlled trial. In: Trials. 2024 ; Vol. 25, No. 1.

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Supporting African communities to increase resilience and mental health of kids with developmental disabilities and their caregivers using the World Health Organization’s Caregiver Skills Training Programme (SPARK trial): study protocol for a cluster randomised clinical controlled trial. / Washington-Nortey, Melissa; Angwenyi, Vibian; Demissie, Mekdes et al.
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Washington-Nortey M, Angwenyi V, Demissie M, Mwangome E, Eshetu T, Negussie H et al. Supporting African communities to increase resilience and mental health of kids with developmental disabilities and their caregivers using the World Health Organization’s Caregiver Skills Training Programme (SPARK trial): study protocol for a cluster randomised clinical controlled trial. Trials. 2024 Oct 24;25(1). Epub 2024 Oct 24. doi: 10.1186/s13063-024-08488-w