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Study name	Protocol for a cluster‐randomized controlled trial evaluating the impact of a preschool‐based capacity building intervention on intimate partner violence and substance misuse in Sri Lanka
Methods	Study design: cluster‐RCT Country: Sri Lanka
Participants	Families (parents) utilizing government preschools Inclusion criteria:  a. Families utilizing government preschools in two urban areas in Sri Lanka. All parents of children attending these preschools will be eligible for inclusion in the study and will be included if consenting. Exclusion criteria: not specified Stated purpose: to determine whether such preschool‐based capacity building programmes reduce the prevalence of IPV in preschool‐attending families. Secondary aims include assessing the impact of such programmes on awareness and uptake of services, and on the prevalence of alcohol and drug misuse in these families.
Interventions	Intervention: Capacity‐building intervention A community‐based support programme delivered by preschool teachers and volunteer parents that will increase awareness, knowledge and uptake of available services for IPV and substance misuse, and of the link between these issues and poorer education outcomes in children. The following specific activities and interventions will be implemented in the intervention preschools: capacity building, training, and support to selected mothers on the provision of safe, confidential and relevant community‐based referral and support services to women affected by IPV; capacity building, training and support to selected fathers on the provision of safe, confidential and relevant community‐based referral and support to men seeking support for substance misuse problems; capacity building and on‐the‐job training and support to preschool teachers on provision of IPV and substance misuse prevention educational messages (including the links between these issues and poor child development), and referral pathways to services for these issues Control: No intervention in control preschools (if the intervention is demonstrated as being effective, these control preschools will receive the intervention at the conclusion of the study)
Outcomes	Participants'outcomes of interest for this review Nil Economic outcomes Uptake of services for IPV and substance misuse ‐ locally‐relevant tools developed during initial project workshops Time points: baseline, post‐intervention (10 months post‐intervention)
Starting date	23 January 2018 Completed (28 February 2019)
Contact information	Polly Wallace, Polly.Wallace@anu.edu.au
Notes	Source of funding: The Commonwealth Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Australia Prospective trial registration number: NCT03341455