Using Cultural Ceremonies to Reduce Intimate Partner Violence and HIV Transmission

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: HIV
• Interventions: Behavioral: Intervention to reduce IPV and HIV

• Registration Number: NCT02311699
• Lead Sponsor: Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab

Brief Summary

Violence against women (VAW), the most extreme manifestation of the unequal power balance between women and men, is a major global public health concern. One of the most common forms of VAW is that perpetrated by a husband or other intimate partner. In Ethiopia, 70.9% of women reported having experienced physical and/or sexual intimate partner violence (IPV) in their lifetime, demonstrating the pervasiveness of the problem. A growing body of evidence has also linked IPV and HIV risk.

This study is a cluster randomized controlled trial assessing the impact of a community-based intervention focused on Intimate Partner Violence and HIV delivered in the context of the Ethiopian coffee ceremony, a culturally established forum for community discussion and conflict resolution. Villages will be randomly assigned to one of 4 study arms (3 intervention and one control arm): 1) Women only participate in the intervention, 2) Men only participate, 3) Both men and women (couples) participate, 4) Women and men receive the control intervention comprising a short informational session on violence reduction.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2014-12
• Study First Submitted: 2014-12-02
• Study First Submitted QC: 2014-12-05
• Study First Posted: 2014-12-08
• Primary Completion: 2018-04
• Study Completion: 2018-04
• Status Verified: 2019-01
• Last Update Submitted: 2019-01-14
• Last Update Posted: 2019-01-15

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 6800

Inclusion Criteria

• currently married or cohabitating with partner
• residing in selected village for at least 6 months

Exclusion Criteria

• eligible women who do not consent

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Women Only	Intervention to reduce IPV and HIV	Groups of women will receive the behavioral intervention to reduce IPV and HIV. Sessions will be led by female facilitators.
Men Only	Intervention to reduce IPV and HIV	Groups of men will receive the behavioral intervention to reduce IPV and HIV. Sessions will be led by male facilitators.
Couples	Intervention to reduce IPV and HIV	Couples will receive the behavioural intervention to reduce IPV and HIV. Sessions will be led by a male and a female facilitator.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Experience of physical violence by an intimate partner in the previous 12 months (among married or co-habitating women)	12 months
Experience of sexual violence by an intimate partner in the previous 12 months (among married or co-habitating women)	12 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Perpetration of sexual violence towards an intimate partner in previous 12 months (among married or co-habitating men)	12 months
Proportion using a condom at last high risk sexual intercourse (among married or co-habitating men or women)	18 months
Perpetration of physical violence towards an intimate partner in previous 12 months (among married or co-habitating men)	12 months
Proportion with comprehensive HIV/AIDS knowledge (among married or co-habitating men or women)	18 months

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Ethiopian Public Health Association; 🇪🇹 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia