Clinical trial NCT02765139: Preventing Intimate-partner Violence: Impact Evaluation of Engaging Men Through Accountable Practice in Eastern DRC
Official title: Preventing Intimate-partner Violence: Impact Evaluation of Engaging Men Through Accountable Practice in Eastern DRC
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Intimate Partner Violence
Domestic Violence
Family Relations
Lead sponsor: World Bank
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: International Rescue Committee
First posted: 2016-05-06
Enrollment: 1387
Sex: MALE
Minimum age (years): 20
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: PREVENTION

Brief summary: The objective of the study is to evaluate the impact of Engaging Men in Accountable Practice (EMAP) on the prevention of violence against women and girls in North and South Kivu (DRC). The study is conducted jointly by the World Bank's Africa Gender Innovation Lab and the International Rescue Committee (IRC). EMAP is a program developed and implemented by the IRC to engage men to reflect on how to reduce and prevent intimate partner violence through 16 weekly group discussion sessions. The study is a cluster randomized control trial in which two groups of 25 self-selected men in 15 communities receive the EMAP intervention while in 15 other communities, 50 self-selected men receive an alternative intervention. Key outcomes examined include: (i) Experience of past year physical, sexual and psychological violence reported by women whose partners are EMAP participants; (ii) Participant's gender attitudes and behaviors, conflict and hostility management skills; (iii) Power sharing and communication within the couple.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Age 20 or older but preferably at least 25;
* Resident of their village, having lived in the community for a minimum of six months with plans to continue living there for at least the coming six months;
* Ability to participate actively in group work and reflection activities;
* Commitment to attend meetings, sessions and other activities regularly without incentives;
* Commitment to non-violence toward women and girls for the duration of the EMAP intervention;

Exclusion Criteria:

* Involved in the IRC-led adolescent girl intervention (COMPASS).

Primary outcomes:
measure: Change in baseline prevalence of intimate-partner violence
timeFrame: Baseline, 12 months follow-up
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Change in acceptability of intimate partner violence
timeFrame: Baseline, 12 months follow-up
measure: Change in intention to commit violence
timeFrame: Baseline, 12 months follow-up
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Bukavu
country: Congo, The Democratic Republic of the
facility: International Rescue Committee
city: Goma
country: Congo, The Democratic Republic of the
facility: International Rescue Committee
Study officials:
affiliation: World Bank
name: Julia Vaillant, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
citation: Vaillant J, Koussoube E, Roth D, Pierotti R, Hossain M, Falb KL. Engaging men to transform inequitable gender attitudes and prevent intimate partner violence: a cluster randomised controlled trial in North and South Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo. BMJ Glob Health. 2020 May;5(5):e002223. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2019-002223.