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| Name | Class |
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| Ethiopian Public Health Association | UNKNOWN |
| Addis Ababa University | OTHER |
| EngenderHealth | OTHER |
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Violence against women (VAW), the most extreme manifestation of the unequal power balance between women and men, is a major global public health concern. One of the most common forms of VAW is that perpetrated by a husband or other intimate partner. In Ethiopia, 70.9% of women reported having experienced physical and/or sexual intimate partner violence (IPV) in their lifetime, demonstrating the pervasiveness of the problem. A growing body of evidence has also linked IPV and HIV risk.
This study is a cluster randomized controlled trial assessing the impact of a community-based intervention focused on Intimate Partner Violence and HIV delivered in the context of the Ethiopian coffee ceremony, a culturally established forum for community discussion and conflict resolution. Villages will be randomly assigned to one of 4 study arms (3 intervention and one control arm): 1) Women only participate in the intervention, 2) Men only participate, 3) Both men and women (couples) participate, 4) Women and men receive the control intervention comprising a short informational session on violence reduction.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Women Only | Experimental | Groups of women will receive the behavioral intervention to reduce IPV and HIV. Sessions will be led by female facilitators. |
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| Men Only | Experimental | Groups of men will receive the behavioral intervention to reduce IPV and HIV. Sessions will be led by male facilitators. |
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| Couples | Experimental | Couples will receive the behavioural intervention to reduce IPV and HIV. Sessions will be led by a male and a female facilitator. |
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| Control Group | No Intervention | Community members in the control villages will receive a short informational session on violence reduction. |
| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Intervention to reduce IPV and HIV | Behavioral | The Ethiopian traditional coffee ceremony will be used as an entry point for a community based intervention to provide information, change behaviour around IPV and improve gender equity and intra-couple relations. The coffee ceremony is a culturally established forum for community discussion and conflict resolution and an integral part of Ethiopian life. The intervention will involve regular coffee ceremonies, during which approximately 20 members of the community will participate in education and discussions centred on gender issues, sexuality, communication and conflict resolution, HIV/AIDS and its link with violence, as well as HIV/AIDS prevention. Each coffee ceremony will be moderated by a female or male facilitator trained in participatory learning, moderation, HIV/AIDS prevention, counselling, and gender issues. The intervention will involve 14 two-hour session per group of participants. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Experience of physical violence by an intimate partner in the previous 12 months (among married or co-habitating women) | 12 months | |
| Experience of sexual violence by an intimate partner in the previous 12 months (among married or co-habitating women) | 12 months |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Perpetration of physical violence towards an intimate partner in previous 12 months (among married or co-habitating men) | 12 months | |
| Perpetration of sexual violence towards an intimate partner in previous 12 months (among married or co-habitating men) |
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Vandana Sharma, MD, MPH | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Principal Investigator |
| Jessica Leight, PhD | Williams College | Principal Investigator |
| Negussie Deyessa, PhD | Addis Ababa University | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Ethiopian Public Health Association | Addis Ababa | Ethiopia |
| PubMed Identifier | Type | Citation | Retractions |
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| 33782020 | Derived | Leight J, Deyessa N, Sharma V. Cost-effectiveness analysis of an intimate partner violence prevention intervention targeting men, women and couples in rural Ethiopia: evidence from the Unite for a Better Life randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open. 2021 Mar 29;11(3):e042365. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-042365. | |
| 33509840 | Derived |
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| ID | Term |
|---|---|
| D003075 | Coitus |
| D000163 | Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome |
| ID | Term |
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| D012725 | Sexual Behavior |
| D001519 | Behavior |
| D015658 | HIV Infections |
| D000086982 | Blood-Borne Infections |
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| ID | Term |
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| D000069078 | Seroconversion |
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| D055633 | Immune System Phenomena |
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| 12 months |
| Proportion with comprehensive HIV/AIDS knowledge (among married or co-habitating men or women) | 18 months |
| Proportion using a condom at last high risk sexual intercourse (among married or co-habitating men or women) | 18 months |
| Leight J, Deyessa N, Verani F, Tewolde S, Sharma V. Community-level spillover effects of an intervention to prevent intimate partner violence and HIV transmission in rural Ethiopia. BMJ Glob Health. 2021 Jan;6(1):e004075. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2020-004075. |
| 32810147 | Derived | Leight J, Deyessa N, Verani F, Tewolde S, Sharma V. An intimate partner violence prevention intervention for men, women, and couples in Ethiopia: Additional findings on substance use and depressive symptoms from a cluster-randomized controlled trial. PLoS Med. 2020 Aug 18;17(8):e1003131. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1003131. eCollection 2020 Aug. |
| 32810146 | Derived | Sharma V, Leight J, Verani F, Tewolde S, Deyessa N. Effectiveness of a culturally appropriate intervention to prevent intimate partner violence and HIV transmission among men, women, and couples in rural Ethiopia: Findings from a cluster-randomized controlled trial. PLoS Med. 2020 Aug 18;17(8):e1003274. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1003274. eCollection 2020 Aug. |
| D003141 |
| Communicable Diseases |
| D007239 | Infections |
| D015229 | Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral |
| D012749 | Sexually Transmitted Diseases |
| D016180 | Lentivirus Infections |
| D012192 | Retroviridae Infections |
| D012327 | RNA Virus Infections |
| D014777 | Virus Diseases |
| D012897 | Slow Virus Diseases |
| D000091662 | Genital Diseases |
| D000091642 | Urogenital Diseases |
| D007153 | Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes |
| D007154 | Immune System Diseases |