Ecological pathways to prevention: How does the SASA! community mobilisation model work to prevent physical intimate partner violence against women?

ABSTRACT:

Background

Intimate partner violence (IPV) against women is a global public health concern. While community-level gender norms and attitudes to IPV are recognised drivers of IPV risk, there is little evidence on how interventions might tackle these drivers to prevent IPV at the community-level. This secondary analysis of data from the SASA! study explores the pathways through which SASA!, a community mobilisation intervention to prevent violence against women, achieved community-wide reductions in physical IPV.

Methods

From 2007 to 2012 a cluster randomised controlled trial (CRT) was conducted in eight communities in Kampala, Uganda. Cross-sectional surveys of a random sample of community members, aged 18-49, were undertaken at baseline (n = 1583) and 4 years post interventi

SUBMITTER: Abramsky T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4833941 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature