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.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The study objective was to understand the effectiveness of Engaging Men through Accountable Practice (EMAP), a group-based discussion series which sought to transform gender relations in communities, on intimate partner violence (IPV), gender inequitable attitudes and related outcomes.

Methods

A two-armed, matched-pair, cluster randomised controlled trial was conducted between 2016 and 2018 in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Adult men (n=1387) and their female partners (n=1220) participated in the study. The primary outcomes of the study were female report of past year physical and/or sexual IPV and men's intention to commit violence. Secondary outcomes included men's gender attitudes, women's economic and emotional IPV, women's perception of negative male

SUBMITTER: Vaillant J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7259847 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature