Evaluation of Marketing Interventions in Colombia

Intimate Partner Violence Clinical Trial

Official title:

Evaluation Of The Effect Of Marketing Interventions For Women On Economic Empowerment And Risk Of Intimate Partner Violence In Colombia

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03210454
• Other study ID #: IRB00083606
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: July 5, 2017
• Last updated: August 21, 2017
• Start date: April 2, 2016
• Est. completion date: July 31, 2017

Study information

• Verified date: August 2017
• Source: Emory University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The proposed project seeks to implement a cluster-randomized controlled trial (RCT) to measure the impact of increasing women´s incomes and providing gender equality trainings on women´s empowerment and risk of intimate partner violence (IPV) in Colombia. This project will be the first in Latin America to evaluate rigorously the impact of a marketing intervention, alone and combined with IPV prevention training. The knowledge generated from this evaluation has the potential to identify the most effective solutions to empower women, as well as to drive transformative change in current approaches to reduce IPV and promote gender equality in highly vulnerable populations in Colombia, and worldwide.

Description:

The proposed project seeks to implement a cluster-randomized controlled trial (RCT) to measure the impact of increasing women´s incomes and providing gender equality trainings on women´s empowerment and risk of intimate partner violence (IPV) in Colombia. This project will be the first in Latin America to evaluate rigorously the impact of a marketing intervention, alone and combined with IPV prevention training. The knowledge generated from this evaluation has the potential to identify the most effective solutions to empower women, as well as to drive transformative change in current approaches to reduce IPV and promote gender equality in highly vulnerable populations in Colombia, and worldwide.

The goal of the project is to estimate the impact of generating livelihood opportunities and providing gender-based violence (GBV) training to reduce IPV among women in Colombia. This will generate much needed evidence on the most effective approach to empower women smallholder farmers and reduce their exposure to IPV. Investigators will conduct a cluster randomized controlled trial targeting approximately 100 smallholder farmers' associations and approximately 2700 women. Results will inform and strengthen future programming of humanitarian assistance and can be replicated in humanitarian interventions in other parts of the world.

The experimental operational research will compare two programmatic modalities and their impact on women's risk of exposure to IPV, against a comparison group where no intervention takes place. The modalities will include: (1) providing a stable income for women, and (2) providing a stable income and IPV trainings to women. The evaluation will take place in five departments: Cauca, Valle de Cauca, Meta, Caquetá, and Nariño.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 1882
• Est. completion date: July 31, 2017
• Est. primary completion date: July 31, 2017
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 60 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Women currently married or living together with a man as if married

• Males or females who are active within the farmer's association are eligible to participate

Exclusion Criteria:

• Women who have a husband/partner who is living elsewhere permanently

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Gender Based Violence
• Intimate Partner Violence

Intervention

Other:
• Smallholder Marketing
The smallholder marketing intervention involves product purchasing (e.g., bananas, beans, goats, eggs) from smallholder farmers' associations through WFP's large procurement procedures. WFP is will also provide technical training on topics such as sustainable farming practices, quality control, and business practices.
• Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) Prevention Training
IPV prevention training involves 24 hours of gender training (gender equality and rights, economic empowerment, gender-based violence prevention), and 8 hours of nutrition and food security training (with a focus on gender).

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Colombia	World Food Programme Colombia	Aurora	Bogotá

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Emory University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Colombia, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Other	Women's Attitudes Towards Gender	General attitudes towards gender will be qualitatively collected via interview from women post intervention.	End-Line (12 Months Post Intervention)
Other	Change in Women's Economic Empowerment	Changes in women's thoughts on economic empowerment will be qualitatively collected via interview.	Baseline, End-Line (12 Months Post Intervention)
Other	Change in Women's Attitudes Towards Gender	Differences in general attitudes towards gender will be qualitatively collected via interview from women from baseline to post intervention.	Baseline, End-Line (12 Months Post Intervention)
Other	Household Food Insecurity	Access to adequate amounts of food for the household will be assessed via interview.	End-Line (12 Months Post Intervention)
Other	Change in Household Food Insecurity	Change in access to adequate amounts of food for the household from baseline to end-line will be assessed via interview.	Baseline, End-Line (12 Months Post Intervention)
Other	Total Personal and Household Income	The total income generated for a household will be collected via interview.	End-Line (12 Months Post Intervention)
Other	Change in Total Personal and Household Income	The difference in the total income generated for a household from baseline to end-line.	Baseline, End-Line (12 Months Post Intervention)
Primary	Incidence Physical and/or Sexual IPV	The number of new physical and/or sexual IPV encounters as reported in the study survey.	Post-Baseline (12 Months)
Primary	Change in Prevalence of Physical and/or Sexual IPV	The difference in the number of physical or sexual IPV encounters between baseline and post intervention as reported in the study survey.	Baseline, End-Line (12 Months Post Intervention)
Secondary	Incidence Physical IPV	The number of new physical IPV encounters reported.	Post-Baseline (12 Months)
Secondary	Incidence Sexual IPV	The number of new sexual IPV encounters as reported in the study survey.	Post-Baseline (12 Months)
Secondary	Incidence Psychological IPV	The number of new physiological IPV encounters as reported in the study survey.	Post-Baseline (12 Months)
Secondary	Incidence Economic Coercion	The number of new encounters of economic coercion as reported in the study survey.	Post-Baseline (12 Months)
Secondary	Change in Prevalence of Physical IPV	The difference in the number of physical IPV encounters between baseline and post intervention as reported in the study survey.	Baseline, End-Line (12 Months Post Intervention)
Secondary	Change in Prevalence of Sexual IPV	The difference in the number of sexual IPV encounters between baseline and post intervention as reported in the study survey.	Baseline, End-Line (12 Months Post Intervention)
Secondary	Change in Prevalence of Psychological IPV	The difference in the number of psychological IPV encounters between baseline and post intervention as reported in the study survey.	Baseline, End-Line (12 Months Post Intervention)
Secondary	Change in Prevalence of Economic Coercion	The difference in the number of economic coercion encounters between baseline and post intervention as reported in the study survey.	Baseline, End-Line (12 Months Post Intervention)