Group Empowerment of Battered Women as a Tool for Violence Prevention

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2001-12-31

Study Completion Date

2004-12-31

Brief Summary

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Intimate partner violence against women is a significant global health problem. This study was designed to test the hypothesis that a group intervention based on empowerment theory of Paolo Freire would be effective as a means to reduce the extent and prevent violence among women whose partners were violent toward them.

Detailed Description

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A randomized controlled trial (N=141) with two control groups (one individual psychotherapeutic treatment and the other a usual care group treatment) was conducted in a violence treatment center in the South of Israel The treatment protocol designed to empower battered women (EBW) was conducted with 12 groups over a period of two years. Assessments were made before, immediately following and at an 8 month follow up following the intervention.

Conditions

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Domestic Violence

Keywords

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women experiencing domestic violence

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Interventions

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EBW group intervention to empower battered women

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Women living in the south, who had approached the center for help as battered women
* Could fill out forms in Hebrew
* Aged 20 and above

Exclusion Criteria

* Age younger than 20
* Not able to fill out forms in Hebrew
* Not living in the southern district of Israel

Minimum Eligible Age

20 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

70 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Principal Investigators

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Julie G Cwikel, Ph.D.

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

Other Identifiers

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CWHSP-03-2001

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id