This is a shortened interrupted time series pilot evaluation over a twelve month period to evaluate whether the combined Stepping Stones and Creating Futures intervention can reduce men's perpetration of IPV and women's experience of IPV, strengthen livelihoods and reduce gender inequality.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
232
21 session intervention, comprising of 10 Stepping Stones sessions focused on gender, relationships and communication. 11 Creating Futures sessions focused on livelihoods.
Gender and Health Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Past three month physical IPV perpetration (men) and experience (women)
Physical intimate partner violence is assessed using five items based on the WHO VAW scale, asking about perpetration (men) and experience (women) of these five behaviourally specific actions in the past three months. A positive response to any of the five items leads to a person being classified as perpetrating (men) and experiencing (women) physical IPV in the past three months.
Time frame: 12 months post baseline
Past three month sexual IPV perpetration (men) and experience (women)
Sexual intimate partner violence is assessed using three items based on the WHO VAW scale for sexual IPV. Questions are asked for the past three month perpetration (men) and experience (women). A positive response to any item leads to a person being classified as perpetrating (men) and experiencing (women) in the past three months.
Time frame: 12 months post baseline
Earnings in past month
A single item question asks "Considering all the money you earned from jobs or selling things (excluding grants), how much did you earn last month?" Responses are in Rands and a continuous scale.
Time frame: 12 months post baseline
Work stress
4 items ask about work stress because of a lack of work. Responses are on a likert scale.
Time frame: 12 months post baseline
Feelings about work shame
4 items ask about shame because of type and lack of work. Responses are on a likert scale.
Time frame: 12 months post baseline
Gender attitudes
Modified gender equitable men's scale assess participant's gender attitudes.
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Time frame: 12 months post baseline
Controlling behaviours
Controlling behaviours are assessed using a modified Sexual Relationship Power (SRP) scale. Men's control of female sexual partner's and women's experience of controlling behaviours from a male partner.
Time frame: 12 months post baseline
Condom use at last sex
Single item asking about condom use at last sex
Time frame: 12 months post baseline
Hunger in the past month
Single item assesses hunger in the past month
Time frame: 12 months post baseline