Primary Prevention of Intimate Partner Violence in India
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Intimate Partner Violence
- Sponsor
- Emory University
- Enrollment
- 80
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- IPV Intervention Safety
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 7 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
The goal of this study is to test and evaluate the feasibility, acceptance, safety, and efficacy of an an intimate partner violence (IPV) intervention in recently-married, low-income husband-wife dyads in Pune, India.
Detailed Description
The goal of this study is to test and evaluate the feasibility, acceptance, safety, and efficacy of an an intimate partner violence (IPV) intervention in recently-married, low-income husband-wife dyads in Pune, India conducted over a six week period. Acceptability and feasibility will be assessed through semi-structured interviews with participants and staff post-intervention. Safety will be gauged through semi-structured interviews with women participants and efficacy will be gauged through change in proximal determinants of IPV in this population (i.e. time spent in the relationship, self-esteem, resilience, communication and conflict management skills, sexual communication, attitudes toward IPV acceptability, and conceptualization of IPV).
Investigators
Ameeta Kalokhe
Assistant Professor
Emory University
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Recently married (i.e. \<1 year) husband-wife dyads
- •First marriage
- •Planning to reside in Pune for the majority of the next 6 months
- •Marathi fluency
- •Lives with partner
- •Lives in a slum, slum redevelopment community, or chawl
Exclusion Criteria
- •Pregnant in third trimester of pregnancy
- •Women who respond affirmatively to either a physical and/or sexual IPV item on the IFVCS short form
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
IPV Intervention Safety
Time Frame: Duration of Study (Up to 3 Months)
Safety of the intervention will be gauged by extracting themes of incident IPV events or changes in IPV frequency or severity reported by the wife at the three-month follow-up through semi-structured interviews between administrators and participants.
IPV Intervention Acceptability
Time Frame: Duration of Study (Up to 3 Months)
Acceptability of the intervention to the dyad will be collected qualitatively and gauged by extracting themes regarding acceptability of modular content, timing of the intervention, safety precautions, number and duration of the intervention sessions, and appropriateness of intervention staff through semi-structured interviews between administrators and participants.
IPV Intervention Feasibility
Time Frame: Duration of Study (Up to 3 Months)
Intervention feasibility will be qualitatively assessed by extracting themes from post-session semi-structured interviews of difficulties in intervention delivery, participant understanding of the intervention, and logistical problems with the intervention setting, timing, staff training, and debriefings as reported by the intervention administrator.
Secondary Outcomes
- Change in Sexual Communication Skills(Baseline, Post-Intervention (3 Months))
- Change in Time Spent Together(Baseline, Post-Intervention (3 Months))
- Change in Self-esteem(Baseline, Post-Intervention (3 Months))
- Change in Communication Skills(Baseline, Post-Intervention (3 Months))
- Change in Conceptualization of IPV(Baseline, Post-Intervention (3 Months))
- Change in Attitudes toward IPV Acceptability(Baseline, Post-Intervention (3 Months))
- Change in Conflict Negotiation Skills(Baseline, Post-Intervention (3 Months))
- Change in Reproductive Health Beliefs linked to IPV(Baseline, Post-Intervention (3 Months))