Gender-based violence and, more specifically, domestic violence is a prevalent problem globally and in Nigeria. Its effect significantly impacts women and also the wellbeing of their families. Limited access to support has posed a constraint in effectively addressing the issues suffered by affected victims in Nigeria. In addition, gender-based violence could affect parenting due to factors such as anxiety, trauma, depression, poor social support, limited awareness of legal channels for complaint and harsh parenting to children. The implication is that it could not only have a negative impact on the affected victim but also on their parenting styles or caring responsibilities, which could be detrimental to the child development, wellbeing and the potential subsequent resort to criminal behaviours. In essence, the current study aims to test the feasibility and acceptability of a novel cross disciplinary intervention titled, Problem Management plus Mindfulness-informed Legal Education (PM+MiLE) for addressing gender-based violence and improving parenting in Nigeria in comparison to the waitlist control group for the purposes of improving social cohesion, legal awareness, wellbeing and reducing depression, including trauma and anxiety as a result of experiencing gender-based violence, in Nigeria.
18 years and above
Female with child(ren) or with caring responsibilities for child(ren).
Able to provide full consent for their participation.
A resident of the study areas (Delta, Jos, Lagos State, etc.)
Less than 18 years
Unable to consent
Currently undergoing severe mental healthtreatment
Unable to speak the English language fl uently
Parallel
Psychosocial intervention
BehavioralThe PM+MiLE is a low-intensity intervention. The intervention will cover relevant aspects of brief mindfulness, legal education, awareness of human rights and challenges of complaint, including support. The problem management ambit will include understanding adversity, managing stress, managing problems, getting going and keep doing, strengthening social support and staying well and looking forward, including positive behaviour modification.The intervention will also incorporate child development and building positive parenting interactions with children.
Service Satisfaction Scale
A five item scale that can be used to assess and measure satisfaction, acceptability and quality of the intervention. Higher score denote positive outcomes and acceptability. Lower score denotes poor satisfaction and acceptability.
Gender-based Violence, Stress and Parenting Scale
The scale is a 4 item scale that will be use for assessing and measuring gender-based violence, stress and parenting. The scale has an overall rating of 20 with score ranging 1-5 indicating severe stress in parenting, 5-10 indicating moderately severe stress in parenting, 11-15 mild stress in parenting and 16- 20 no stress in parenting.
Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Checklist (PCL-5)
The PCL-5 is a 20-item self-report measure that can be used to assess the 20 DSM-5 symptoms of post traumatic stress disorder. A 5-10 point change represents reliable change (i.e., change not due to chance) and a 10-20 point change represents clinically significant change.
Generalised Anxiety Disorder (GAD-7)
The GAD-7 is a seven item scale for screening, measuring and assessing the severity of generalised anxiety disorder. Scores of 5, 10, and 15 are taken as the cut-off points for mild, moderate and severe anxiety, respectively.
Oslo Social Support Scale (OSSS-3)
The scale is a 3-item self-reported measure designed for assessing and measuring the level of social support. The sum score ranges from 3 to 14, with high values representing strong levels and low values representing poor levels of social support as indicated as follows: a) 3-8 poor social support, b) 9-11 moderate social support, c) 12-14 strong social support.
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Teesside University
Lead sponsor
Jos University Teaching Hospital
Collaborator
University of Manchester
Collaborator
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