[HTML][HTML] Stepping stones and creating futures intervention to prevent intimate partner violence among young people: cluster randomized controlled trial
Purpose Young people, not in formal employment or education, face exceedingly high levels
of intimate partner violence (IPV). We evaluated whether Stepping Stones and Creating
Futures, compared with a wait-list control, can reduce IPV and strengthen livelihoods.
Methods A cluster randomized controlled trial with 34 clusters in urban informal settlements
in eThekwini Municipality, South Africa. Participant inclusion criteria were aged 18–30 years,
resident in the informal settlement, and not working or in education. A total of 676 women …
of intimate partner violence (IPV). We evaluated whether Stepping Stones and Creating
Futures, compared with a wait-list control, can reduce IPV and strengthen livelihoods.
Methods A cluster randomized controlled trial with 34 clusters in urban informal settlements
in eThekwini Municipality, South Africa. Participant inclusion criteria were aged 18–30 years,
resident in the informal settlement, and not working or in education. A total of 676 women …
The Stepping Stones and Creating Futures intervention to prevent intimate partner violence and HIV-risk behaviours in Durban, South Africa: study protocol for a …
Background Preventing intimate partner violence (IPV) remains a global public health
challenge. Studies suggest urban informal settlements have particularly high levels of IPV
and HIV-prevalence and these settlements are rapidly growing. The current evidence base
of effective approaches to preventing IPV recognizes the potential of combining economic
strengthening and gender transformative interventions. However, few of these interventions
have been done in urban informal settlements, and almost none have included men as …
challenge. Studies suggest urban informal settlements have particularly high levels of IPV
and HIV-prevalence and these settlements are rapidly growing. The current evidence base
of effective approaches to preventing IPV recognizes the potential of combining economic
strengthening and gender transformative interventions. However, few of these interventions
have been done in urban informal settlements, and almost none have included men as …