Group Empowerment of Battered Women as a Tool for Violence Prevention

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

Overview

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.

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.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

SINGLE

Conditions

Domestic Violence

Interventions

EBW group intervention to empower battered womenBEHAVIORAL

Eligibility

Sex: FEMALEMin age: 20 YearsMax age: 70 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

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

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Conflict tactics scale, Posttraumatic stress scale for

family violence

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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