More than 1.7 billion children worldwide experience violence in their upbringing. Prevalence rates are particularly high in Africa. Toxic stress associated with violence impacts the developing brain. This affects behavioural, social, and emotional functioning of children. The project will test an intervention that simultaneously aims at reducing violence against children at home and at school. Specifically, the project will test (1) the feasibility and acceptability of the Intervention and (2) the initial effectiveness of reducing parental and teacher violence. To this end, the research team will conduct a mixed-methods two-arm school-based pilot cluster-randomised controlled trial (CRCT) in Tanzania.

Collaborators:

• Professor Tobias Hecker (Department of Psychology & Institute of Interdisciplinary Conflict and Violence Research, Bielefeld University, Germany)
• Professor Tumaini Nyamhanga (School of Public Health & Social Sciences, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Tanzania)

The project is funded by the German Federal Minstry of Education and Research (Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung) with funding code 01KA2402B and is administered by the DLR (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V.) and GLOHRA (German Alliance for Global Health Research).