Using Cultural Ceremonies to Reduce Intimate Partner Violence and HIV Transmission

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: 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

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