Art as Healing: A Community-informed Art-based Programme (CiAbP) for Reintegrating Ex-offenders Into Society in Nigeria
Study Details
Study Description
Brief Summary
The goal of this pilot experimental study is to test a community-informed art-based programme in improving community members trauma from crime and to aid the reintegration of ex-offenders into society.
The main question it aims to answer are:
• What is the feasibility in terms of recruitment, retention, adherence to the intervention and communities/victims' satisfaction with CiAbP to promote healing and improve the successful reintegration of ex-offenders into society?
Participants will be randomly allocated into two groups. The first group, the intervention group, will receive the Community-informed Art-based programme (CiAbP). The second group will receive government intervention involving media messages from the National Orientation Agency devoid of CiAbP. The CiAbP. sessions will cover relevant aspects of art, such as photo story, story telling, poetry, and drawing in tackling trauma and negative attitudes towards ex-offenders reintegration.
Researchers will compare CiAbP group with the media orientation group to see if there are differences between a change in attitude towards ex-offenders' reintegration at base line, end of intervention and three months follow up.
| Condition or Disease | Intervention/Treatment | Phase |
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Study Design
Arms and Interventions
| Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
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| Experimental: Community-informed art-based programme (CiAbP) The CiAbP sessions will cover relevant aspects of art, such as poetry, spoken words, painting, drawing, literature, and music, in tackling trauma and negative attitudes towards ex-offenders reintegration. |
Behavioral: Community-informed art-based programme
The Community-informed art-based programme is an intervention incorporating art in the form of for example poetry and drawings in addressing trauma and encouraging community attitudes towards the positive reintegration of ex-offenders.
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| Active Comparator: Government intervention involving media messages It will involve media messages from the National Orientation Agency devoid of CiAbP and other media sources on materials such as health and public awareness. |
Other: Government Media Intervention
Government Media Intervention involving media content from the National Orientation Agency and other media sources
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Outcome Measures
Primary Outcome Measures
- Trauma Screening Questionnaire [Change is being assessed at baseline, at 12 weeks end of intervention, at 3-months post-intervention]
Change in traumatic experience is being assessed Change in traumatic experience is being assessed Change in traumatic experience is being assessed
- Belief in Redeemability Scale v2 [Change is being assessed at baseline, at 12 weeks end of intervention, at 3-months post-intervention]
Change in of attitude towards ex-offenders' reintegration is being assessed
- Service Satisfaction Scale [Change is being assessed at baseline, at 12 weeks end of intervention, at 3-months post-intervention]
Change in service satisfaction is being assessed
Eligibility Criteria
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
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Community members with previous experience of trauma
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Aged 18+ years and are residents in areas including Lagos/Delta states and its environs.
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Able to give informed consent,
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Speak the English language,
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Able to partake in baseline, pre-, post- and three-month follow-up data collection.
Exclusion Criteria:
- The exclusion criteria are those not meeting the study's inclusion criteria.
Contacts and Locations
Locations
No locations specified.Sponsors and Collaborators
- Teesside University
Investigators
- Principal Investigator: Tarela Ike, Dr, Teesside University
Study Documents (Full-Text)
None provided.More Information
Publications
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