RCT of the Effectiveness of the WfWI Intervention in Afghanistan

NCT ID: NCT03236948

Last Updated: 2017-08-02

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

PHASE3

Total Enrollment

1461 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2016-10-31

Study Completion Date

2018-11-30

Brief Summary

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This is an individually randomised control trial to assess the effectiveness of a livelihoods and social empowerment intervention, delivered by Women for Women International, on married women's experiences of intimate partner violence in Afghanistan. It has a 22 month follow up.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Domestic Violence Depressive Symptoms Livelihoods

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Individual level randomised trial, with intervention and control group
Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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WfWI Intervention

Women receive the WfWI intervention. This comprises of three main components. First, a social empowerment and health intervention. Second a livelihood strengthening intervention, including numeracy training, and vocational training. Third, a cash transfer conditional on attendance at the intervention to cover costs of attendance and provide start-up capital. The intervention is delivered over 12 months.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Women for Women International Intervention

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Control

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Women for Women International Intervention

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Women should be in the lowest economic level (earning less than US$1.25/day)
* Unemployed
* No in education/school
* Not involved in a similar programme
* Able to provide informed consent

Exclusion Criteria

* Not mentally incapacitated, so as unable to provide informed consent
* Already been part of the WfWI intervention previously
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

45 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Women for Women International (WfWI)

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

Medical Research Council, South Africa

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Rachel Jewkes

Director Gender and Health Research Unit

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Rachel Jewkes, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Director Gender and Health Research Unit

References

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Gibbs A, Corboz J, Chirwa E, Mann C, Karim F, Shafiq M, Mecagni A, Maxwell-Jones C, Noble E, Jewkes R. The impacts of combined social and economic empowerment training on intimate partner violence, depression, gender norms and livelihoods among women: an individually randomised controlled trial and qualitative study in Afghanistan. BMJ Glob Health. 2020 Mar 16;5(3):e001946. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2019-001946. eCollection 2020.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 32201622 (View on PubMed)

Gibbs A, Said N, Corboz J, Jewkes R. Factors associated with 'honour killing' in Afghanistan and the occupied Palestinian Territories: Two cross-sectional studies. PLoS One. 2019 Aug 8;14(8):e0219125. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0219125. eCollection 2019.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 31393873 (View on PubMed)

Gibbs A, Corboz J, Jewkes R. Factors associated with recent intimate partner violence experience amongst currently married women in Afghanistan and health impacts of IPV: a cross sectional study. BMC Public Health. 2018 May 3;18(1):593. doi: 10.1186/s12889-018-5507-5.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 29724222 (View on PubMed)

Gibbs A, Corboz J, Shafiq M, Marofi F, Mecagni A, Mann C, Karim F, Chirwa E, Maxwell-Jones C, Jewkes R. An individually randomized controlled trial to determine the effectiveness of the Women for Women International Programme in reducing intimate partner violence and strengthening livelihoods amongst women in Afghanistan: trial design, methods and baseline findings. BMC Public Health. 2018 Jan 22;18(1):164. doi: 10.1186/s12889-018-5029-1.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 29357843 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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EC034-11-2015

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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