A controlled pilot intervention on community violence prevention, financial and social capital generation in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Community violence has been found to be highly prevalent in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Increasing socioeconomic inequality has been outlined as one of the main causes of community violence. This controlled pilot trial aimed at evaluating the impact of beekeeping and entrepreneurship training on community violence exposure, financial and social capital generation, and employment structure.

Methods

Poisson regression was used to compare pre- and post-intervention risk ratios for community violence exposure. Linear regression was used to depict change in weekly income and utu scores. Employment rate structures were determined pre- and post-intervention.

Results

This study reports that compared to the Control arm beekeeping and entrepreneurship training appears t

SUBMITTER: Jansen L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8851706 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature