Impact of Microfinance and Participatory Gender Training for Women in Reducing Intimate Partner Violence
NCT ID: NCT02592252
Last Updated: 2018-03-26
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Basic Information
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UNKNOWN
NA
2640 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2014-09-30
2019-12-31
Brief Summary
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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.
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Detailed Description
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Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
PREVENTION
NONE
Study Groups
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Microfinance + gender training
Microfinance + 10 sessions of participatory gender training
Participatory gender training
10 sessions of participatory gender training
Microfinance
Microfinance loan
Microfinance only
Receive microfinance only
Microfinance
Microfinance loan
Gender training only
10 sessions of participatory gender training for women and their male partners
Participatory gender training
10 sessions of participatory gender training
No intervention
No microfinance or participatory gender training
No interventions assigned to this group
Interventions
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Participatory gender training
10 sessions of participatory gender training
Microfinance
Microfinance loan
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
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
20 Years
50 Years
FEMALE
Yes
Sponsors
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Mwanza Intervention Trials Unit
OTHER
National Institute for Medical Research, Tanzania
OTHER_GOV
Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee
OTHER
EngenderHealth
OTHER
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Locations
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Mawanza Intervention Trials Unit
Mwanza, , Tanzania
Countries
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Central Contacts
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Facility Contacts
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References
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Abramsky T, Guadarrama DS, Kapiga S, Mtolela G, Madaha F, Lees S, Harvey S. Pathways to reduced physical intimate partner violence among women in north-western Tanzania: Evidence from two cluster randomised trials of the MAISHA intervention. PLOS Glob Public Health. 2023 Nov 13;3(11):e0002497. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0002497. eCollection 2023.
Abramsky T, Harvey S, Mosha N, Mtolela G, Gibbs A, Mshana G, Lees S, Kapiga S, Stockl H. Longitudinal inconsistencies in women's self-reports of lifetime experience of physical and sexual IPV: evidence from the MAISHA trial and follow-on study in North-western Tanzania. BMC Womens Health. 2022 Apr 15;22(1):120. doi: 10.1186/s12905-022-01697-y.
Harvey S, Abramsky T, Mshana G, Hansen CH, Mtolela GJ, Madaha F, Hashim R, Kapinga I, Watts C, Lees S, Kapiga S. A cluster randomised controlled trial to evaluate the impact of a gender transformative intervention on intimate partner violence against women in newly formed neighbourhood groups in Tanzania. BMJ Glob Health. 2021 Jul;6(7):e004555. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2020-004555.
Kapiga S, Harvey S, Mshana G, Hansen CH, Mtolela GJ, Madaha F, Hashim R, Kapinga I, Mosha N, Abramsky T, Lees S, Watts C. A social empowerment intervention to prevent intimate partner violence against women in a microfinance scheme in Tanzania: findings from the MAISHA cluster randomised controlled trial. Lancet Glob Health. 2019 Oct;7(10):e1423-e1434. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(19)30316-X.
Abramsky T, Lees S, Stockl H, Harvey S, Kapinga I, Ranganathan M, Mshana G, Kapiga S. Women's income and risk of intimate partner violence: secondary findings from the MAISHA cluster randomised trial in North-Western Tanzania. BMC Public Health. 2019 Aug 14;19(1):1108. doi: 10.1186/s12889-019-7454-1.
Harvey S, Lees S, Mshana G, Pilger D, Hansen C, Kapiga S, Watts C. A cluster randomized controlled trial to assess the impact on intimate partner violence of a 10-session participatory gender training curriculum delivered to women taking part in a group-based microfinance loan scheme in Tanzania (MAISHA CRT01): study protocol. BMC Womens Health. 2018 Apr 2;18(1):55. doi: 10.1186/s12905-018-0546-8.
Kapiga S, Harvey S, Muhammad AK, Stockl H, Mshana G, Hashim R, Hansen C, Lees S, Watts C. Prevalence of intimate partner violence and abuse and associated factors among women enrolled into a cluster randomised trial in northwestern Tanzania. BMC Public Health. 2017 Feb 14;17(1):190. doi: 10.1186/s12889-017-4119-9.
Other Identifiers
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QA430
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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