Effect of a Micro-finance-based Intervention for the Prevention of Intimate-partner Violence and HIV: a Multi-centric Randomized Trial
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 561
- 试验地点
- 4
- 主要终点
- Incidence of New Sexually Transmitted Infections
研究概览
简要总结
The high rates of HIV infection in women have brought into sharp focus the problem of violence against women. There is a growing recognition that women and girls' risk of and vulnerability to HIV infection is shaped by deep-rooted and pervasive gender inequalities violence against them in particular. The links between intimate partner violence and HIV/AIDS are explained by biological as well as sociocultural and economic factors.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Prevention
- 盲法
- Single (Outcomes Assessor)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —(Adult, Older Adult)
- 性别
- Female
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •at least 18 years old;
- •Must plan to reside in study areas for the next 12 months
- •Must visit camp at least 1 time per week
- •Must provide contact information of friend or family member
排除标准
- •Unwilling to provide local information
- •Psychological disturbance, cognitive impairment or threatening behavior
研究组 & 干预措施
Intervention Group (IG)
Loans were provided to poor women who enrolled in the intervention group. A participatory learning and action curriculum was integrated into loan meetings, which took place every 2 weeks.
干预措施: Mico-finance based intervention (Other)
Control Group (CG)
结局指标
主要结局
Incidence of New Sexually Transmitted Infections
时间窗: 12 months
次要结局
- Proportion of women Reporting Physical, Sexual, or Psychological Partner Violence(12 Months)
- Proportion of unprotected sexual acts with partner(12 month)
