IPV Clinical Trial
— HERrespectOfficial title:
Measuring the Effect of HERrespect: An Intervention Addressing Violence Against Female Garment Workers in Four Factories of Bangladesh
Verified date | December 2018 |
Source | International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh |
Contact | n/a |
Is FDA regulated | No |
Health authority | |
Study type | Interventional |
This study evaluates whether a factory wide intervention, HERrespect, can reduce female garment workers' experiences of intimate partner violence, and experience and/or witnessing of violence in the workplace. This is a quasi-experimental study involving four intervention and four control factories.
Status | Completed |
Enrollment | 1195 |
Est. completion date | October 31, 2019 |
Est. primary completion date | October 31, 2019 |
Accepts healthy volunteers | No |
Gender | All |
Age group | N/A and older |
Eligibility |
Inclusion Criteria: - Currently married woman - Working in the factory for at least one year Exclusion Criteria: - Not currently married woman - Working in the factory for less than one year |
Country | Name | City | State |
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Lead Sponsor | Collaborator |
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International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh | BSR, Change Associates Limited, Medical Research Council, South Africa |
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Type | Measure | Description | Time frame | Safety issue |
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Primary | Physical IPV experience | Physical intimate partner violence is assessed using five items based on the WHO VAW scale. A positive response to any item leads to a person being classified as experiencing in the past year. | 24 months post baseline | |
Primary | Sexual IPV experience | Sexual intimate partner violence is assessed using five items based on the WHO violence against women (VAW) scale. A positive response to any item leads to a person being classified as experiencing in the past year | 24 months post-baseline | |
Primary | Physical and/or sexual IPV experience | Physical and/or sexual IPV is assessed using 10 items (5 physical and 5 sexual) based on the WHO VAW scale. A positive response to any item leads to a person being classified as experiencing in the past year | 24 months post-baseline | |
Primary | Witnessing and/or experiencing workplace violence | Eight items adapted from the peer victimization scale assess whether a participant had witnessed or experienced workplace violence in the past four weeks. A mean score is derived. | 24 months post-baseline | |
Secondary | Acceptance of VAWG | Six items adapted from GEM scale and WHO multi-country study on women's health and domestic violence against women assesses acceptance of VAWG among female garment workers. A mean score is derived. | 24 months post-baseline | |
Secondary | Gender equitable attitudes | Thirteen items adapted from GEM scale, WHO multi-country study on women's health and domestic violence against women, and the South African Study on Men, masculinities, Violence and HIV assess gender equitable attitudes among management staff. A mean score is derived. | 24 months post-baseline | |
Secondary | Response to IPV | A single item explores women's help seeking in response to IPV. This question will only be asked to those who experienced physical and/or sexual IPV during last 12 months. A positive response to the item leads to a person being classified as seeking help in response to IPV in the past year. | 24 months post-baseline | |
Secondary | Knowledge of services in response to IPV | One question assesses the knowledge of the workers about where to seek help after experiencing IPV. A positive response to this classifies a person as knowing where to seek help. | 24 months post-baseline | |
Secondary | Self-esteem | The 10-item Rosenberg Self-Esteem scale will be used to measure self-esteem. It measures global self-worth by measuring both positive and negative feelings about self. A mean score is derived. | 24 months post-baseline | |
Secondary | Depression symptomology | Thirteen items adapted from the CES-D scale assess the depression symptomology among female garment workers in the past week. Each question is a statement and asked the respondent to answer how many days she has had particular feelings or ideas. A mean score is derived. | 24 months post-baseline | |
Secondary | Management style | Fourteen items adapted from the social power scale developed by French and Raven and revised by Swasy will be asked to the female garment workers for measuring management styles of the managers. A mean score is derived. | 24 months post-baseline | |
Secondary | Correct knowledge regarding laws and policies | The management staff will be asked five questions assessing knowledge on women's rights and protection of women against IPV and workplace violence guaranteed in laws and policies of Bangladesh. Correct answer to all five items will be considered as the management staff having correct knowledge. % correct knowledge will be compared to % incorrect. | 24 months post-baseline | |
Secondary | Attitudes regarding laws and policies | The management staff will be asked five questions to measure their attitudes regarding the existing laws and policies about protection of women against spousal violence and workplace violence. A mean score is derived. | 24 months post-baseline | |
Secondary | Burn out | A 16-item scale adapted from the Maslach Burnout Inventory-Human Service Survey (MBI-HSS) assesses the burnout of the management staff. A mean score is derived. | 24 months post-baseline |
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