Maltreatment by Spouse or Partner Clinical Trial
— MAISHAOfficial title:
Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial to Assess the Impact of Combined Microfinance and Gender Training for Women and Gender Training for Women and Their Male Partners in Reducing Intimate Partner Violence
Violence against women and girls is increasingly recognized as a major global public health
and development concern. However, evidence on what forms of intervention should be
prioritised is severely lacking. A cluster randomized controlled trial (The Intervention with
Microfinance for AIDS & Gender Equity - IMAGE Project) in rural South Africa combined a
group-based microfinance intervention with a participatory gender and HIV training curriculum
for loan participants and showed that, over a two-year period, levels of physical and/or
sexual partner violence experienced by participants in the past year were reduced by 55%.
The overall goal of the current study is to design and implement a cluster randomized
controlled trial to assess the impact on intimate partner violence of: 1) combining
participatory gender training with microfinance for women in existing microfinance loan
groups, and 2) a participatory gender training programme for women (not receiving
microfinance) and their male partners.
| Status | Recruiting |
| Enrollment | 2640 |
| Est. completion date | December 2019 |
| Est. primary completion date | July 2019 |
| Accepts healthy volunteers | Accepts Healthy Volunteers |
| Gender | Female |
| Age group | 20 Years to 50 Years |
| Eligibility |
Inclusion Criteria: Arms 1 and 2 - microfinance loan groups: 1. there are between 15 and 30 active members in the group 2. less than 25% of the women have been members for less than one year 3. there is a good attendance (repayment) record 4. a minimum of 70% of active members consent to take part in the study Arms 3 and 4, women who: 1. are aged 20-50 years 2. are not formally employed, i.e. either self-employed or not currently working 3. have been resident in Mwanza for at least two years 4. have not been a member of a microfinance loan group in the past 12 months 5. are fluent in Swahili 6. have consented to take part in the study. Exclusion Criteria: |
| Country | Name | City | State |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | Mawanza Intervention Trials Unit | Mwanza |
| Lead Sponsor | Collaborator |
|---|---|
| London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine | Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee, EngenderHealth, Mwanza Intervention Trials Unit, National Institute for Medical Research, Tanzania |
Tanzania,
| Type | Measure | Description | Time frame | Safety issue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primary | Past 12 months exposure to intimate partner violence | Exposure to intimate partner violence will be assessed using the WHO Multi-country Study on Women's Health and Domestic Violence against Women questionnaire | 24 months post-intervention |