The objective of our study is to determine whether a livelihood intervention can change economic and psychosocial outcomes of social network ties and geographically proximate neighbors of impoverished women in rural Uganda.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
600
Participants will be social network ties of women receiving a livelihood intervention package consisting of a orientation and training and a loan package of chickens and associated implements to create poultry microenterprises.
Mbarara University of Science and Technology
Mbarara, Uganda
RECRUITINGHousehold Food Insecurity Access Scale
Scale items range from 0 (never) to 3 (more than 10 days in the past month)
Time frame: 12 months
Hopkins Symptom Checklist Scale
Scale items range from 1 (not at all) to 4 (very much)
Time frame: 12 months
HIV Stigma Scale
Agreement (yes/no) with 15 statements about persons living with HIV (range, 0-15), to be assessed among social network ties of HIV-positive study participants
Time frame: 12 months
Norms about Intimate Partner Violence Scale
Agreement (yes/no) with 5 different statements about the acceptability of intimate partner violence under 5 different scenarios (range, 0-5)
Time frame: 12 months
Social Integration Scale
Frequency of participation in 11 different community groups: vocational, positive living, local council, water, village health, agricultural extension, savings, religious, women's, gardening (range, 0-11)
Time frame: 12 months
Social Capital Scale
Agreement (yes/no) with 4 questions about social trust and social cohesion (range, 0-4)
Time frame: 12 months
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