Primary Prevention of Intimate Partner Violence in India

Primary Prevention of Intimate Partner Violence in India

The goal of this study is to test and evaluate the feasibility, acceptance, safety, and efficacy of an an intimate partner violence (IPV) intervention in recently-married, low-income husband-wife dyads in Pune, India.

The goal of this study is to test and evaluate the feasibility, acceptance, safety, and efficacy of an an intimate partner violence (IPV) intervention in recently-married, low-income husband-wife dyads in Pune, India conducted over a six week period.

Acceptability and feasibility will be assessed through semi-structured interviews with participants and staff post-intervention. Safety will be gauged through semi-structured interviews with women participants and efficacy will be gauged through change in proximal determinants of IPV in this population (i.e. time spent in the relationship, self-esteem, resilience, communication and conflict management skills, sexual communication, attitudes toward IPV acceptability, and conceptualization of IPV).

Inclusion Criteria:

• Recently married (i.e. <1 year) husband-wife dyads
• First marriage
• Planning to reside in Pune for the majority of the next 6 months
• Marathi fluency
• Lives with partner
• Lives in a slum, slum redevelopment community, or chawl

Exclusion Criteria:

• Pregnant in third trimester of pregnancy
• Women who respond affirmatively to either a physical and/or sexual IPV item on the IFVCS short form