Preventing Intimate-partner Violence: Impact Evaluation of Engaging Men Through Accountable Practice in Eastern DRC

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Family Relations; Intimate Partner Violence; Domestic Violence

• Registration Number: NCT02765139
• Lead Sponsor: World Bank

Brief Summary

The objective of the study is to evaluate the impact of Engaging Men in Accountable Practice (EMAP) on the prevention of violence against women and girls in North and South Kivu (DRC). The study is conducted jointly by the World Bank's Africa Gender Innovation Lab and the International Rescue Committee (IRC). EMAP is a program developed and implemented by the IRC to engage men to reflect on how to reduce and prevent intimate partner violence through 16 weekly group discussion sessions. The study is a cluster randomized control trial in which two groups of 25 self-selected men in 15 communities receive the EMAP intervention while in 15 other communities, 50 self-selected men receive an alternative intervention. Key outcomes examined include: (i) Experience of past year physical, sexual and psychological violence reported by women whose partners are EMAP participants; (ii) Participant's gender attitudes and behaviors, conflict and hostility management skills; (iii) Power sharing and communication within the couple.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2016-02
• Study First Submitted: 2016-05-04
• Study First Submitted QC: 2016-05-05
• Study First Posted: 2016-05-06
• Primary Completion: 2017-12
• Study Completion: 2017-12
• Status Verified: 2018-05
• Last Update Submitted: 2018-05-16
• Last Update Posted: 2018-05-21

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Male
• Target Recruitment: 1387

Inclusion Criteria

• Age 20 or older but preferably at least 25;
• Resident of their village, having lived in the community for a minimum of six months with plans to continue living there for at least the coming six months;
• Ability to participate actively in group work and reflection activities;
• Commitment to attend meetings, sessions and other activities regularly without incentives;
• Commitment to non-violence toward women and girls for the duration of the EMAP intervention;

Exclusion Criteria

• Involved in the IRC-led adolescent girl intervention (COMPASS).

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in baseline prevalence of intimate-partner violence	Baseline, 12 months follow-up	Change in the % of women who self-report experience of violence by their male partner. The women interviewed are the partners of the male study participants.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in acceptability of intimate partner violence	Baseline, 12 months follow-up	Change in the % of women (partners of participants) and men (participants) who report that violence is acceptable in at least one of the situations listed in the survey.
Change in intention to commit violence	Baseline, 12 months follow-up	Change in the % of male participants who report that they are likely to become violent in a list of situations. Scale used: Proximal Antecedents to Violent Episodes.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

International Rescue Committee; 🇨🇩 Goma, Congo, The Democratic Republic of the