Community-based Prevention clinical trials

Community Based Intervention to Prevent Domestic Violence Against Women in Ethiopia; a Protocol for Quasi-Experimental Implementation Research

Violence against women is a well understood devastating global pandemic, and human right violation. One in three women experienced intimate partner violence worldwide. In Ethiopia, the level of domestic violence against women is one of the highest in the world. However, Ethiopia is signatory for various conventions and incorporate into the constitution and other legal frameworks. Nevertheless, effective implementation of the existing policy documents, and engaging different stakeholders is very limited. There is paucity of evidence on piloting the feasibility of implementing community based preventive intervention programs. Therefore, the main aim of this study is to pilot feasibility and implement existing research evidence and policy documents at community level to prevent domestic violence against women in Awi zone, northwestern Ethiopia This study will be conducted in three districts of the Awi zone, Amhara regional state, Northwestern Ethiopia. General Objective:The overall aim of this study is to assess the outcome of community based interventions implementation to prevent domestic violence against women, enhance community response and determinants among women (15-49 years) in Awi Zone, Northwestern Ethiopia from November, 2017 to November, 2018. Specific Objectives 1. To assess the baseline level of domestic violence against women in the study area 2. To identify associated factors of domestic violence against women 3. To design intervention implementation strategy to tackle domestic violence against women 4. To implement culturally appropriate/acceptable interventions to address bottlenecks and domestic violence against women 5. To assess the outcome of community based intervention on domestic violence against women Research questions - How can prevent domestic violence against women through community based intervention? - What are the bottlenecks of prevention intervention implementation at community level? - How can implementers engage stakeholders to mobilize community and resource to implement existing evidence based interventions to transform gender norm? Research Hypothesis - Null hypothesis (Ho): this community based prevention intervention will not have effect (difference) on the level of domestic violence against women as compared with control (standard program). - Alternative Hypothesis (HA): community based prevention intervention will have a better effect to make an improvement on the level of domestic violence against women than control (standard services).