Community interventions to prevent violence against women and girls in informal settlements in Mumbai: the SNEHA-TARA trial

Not Applicable

Active, not recruiting

• Conditions: Violence against women and girls; Not Applicable

• Registration Number: ISRCTN84502355
• Lead Sponsor: CL Institute for Global Health

Brief Summary

2019 Protocol article in https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31847913 protocol (added 19/12/2019) 2020 Results article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33328262/ cross-sectional survey results (added 18/12/2020)

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2018-02-22
• Last Update Posted: 8 January 2024
• Study Completion: 2024-03-31

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Ongoing
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 9600

Inclusion Criteria

Any resident of an intervention cluster may participate in the intervention

Survey 1 after 3 years of intervention:
200 women aged 18-49 in each of 48 clusters of 500 households will be asked about their health, wellbeing, common mental disorder, household decision-making, household power and control, neglect, experience of economic, emotional, physical, and sexual violence, disclosure and support (9600 participants)

Survey 2 after 3 years of intervention:
100 women and men aged 18-65 in each of 48 clusters, in different households from respondents to Survey 1, will be asked about gender roles, gender equality, ambivalent sexism, violence in their locality, attitudes to and justifiability of violence against women, bystander intervention, and potential sources of support (4800 participants)

Exclusion Criteria

1. Aged under 18 or over 65
2. Unwilling to give consent for interview

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Measured by survey interview at 3 years after the start of intervention:<br>1. Prevalence of physical or sexual domestic violence against women 15-49 years in the preceding 12 months, based on Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) and WHO perpetration modules<br>2. Prevalence of emotional or economic domestic violence or gender-based household maltreatment of women 15-49 years in the preceding 12 months, based on DHS and WHO modules and the new Indian Family Violence and Control scale

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Measured by survey interview at 3 years after the start of intervention:<br>1. Disclosure of violence against women and girls to support services (non government organisations, police, healthcare, government programmes)<br>2. Community attitudes to violence against women and girls, based on the National Community Attitudes towards Violence Against Women Survey<br>3. Bystander intervention, based on the Mentors in Violence Prevention Efficacy Scale<br>4. Gender equality, based on WHO modules<br>5. Prevalence of non-partner sexual violence in preceding 12 months, based on DHS and WHO modules<br>6. Prevalence of anxiety (GAD-7) and depression (PHQ-9)