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Using Cultural Ceremonies to Reduce Intimate Partner Violence and HIV Transmission

Last registered on December 17, 2016
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Trial Information

General Information

Title
Using Cultural Ceremonies to Reduce Intimate Partner Violence and HIV Transmission
RCT ID
AEARCTR-0000211
Initial registration date
January 13, 2014

Initial registration date is when the trial was registered.

It corresponds to when the registration was submitted to the Registry to be reviewed for publication.

First published
January 13, 2014, 12:29 PM EST

First published corresponds to when the trial was first made public on the Registry after being reviewed.

Last updated
December 17, 2016, 7:54 PM EST

Last updated is the most recent time when changes to the trial's registration were published.

Locations

Country
Ethiopia
Region
Butajira, Gurague Zone - Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples' Region

Primary Investigator

Name
Vandana Sharma
Affiliation
J-PAL
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Other Primary Investigator(s)

PI Name
Jessica Leight
PI Affiliation
Williams College
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PI Name
Negussie Deyesa
PI Affiliation
Addis Ababa University, School of Public Health
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Additional Trial Information

Status
On going
Start date
2014-07-28
End date
2017-08-31
Keywords
Health
Additional Keywords
Intimate Partner Violence, Gender, Physical Violence, Sexual Violence, HIV, AIDS, prevention
JEL code(s)
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Abstract
Violence against women (VAW), the most extreme manifestation of the unequal power balance between women and men, is a major global public health concern. One of the most common forms of VAW is that perpetrated by a husband or other intimate partner. In Ethiopia, 70.9% of women reported having experienced physical and/or sexual intimate partner violence (IPV) in their lifetime, demonstrating the pervasiveness of the problem. A growing body of evidence has also linked IPV and HIV risk.

This study aims to evaluate, using a randomized controlled trial, the impact of a community-based intervention focused on Intimate Partner Violence and HIV delivered in the context of the Ethiopian coffee ceremony, a culturally established forum for community discussion and conflict resolution.
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Registration Citation

Citation
Deyesa, Negussie, Jessica Leight and Vandana Sharma. 2016. "Using Cultural Ceremonies to Reduce Intimate Partner Violence and HIV Transmission ." AEA RCT Registry. December 17. https://doi.org/10.1257/rct.211-3.0
Former Citation
Deyesa, Negussie, Jessica Leight and Vandana Sharma. 2016. "Using Cultural Ceremonies to Reduce Intimate Partner Violence and HIV Transmission ." AEA RCT Registry. December 17. https://www.socialscienceregistry.org/trials/211/history/12530
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Experimental Details

Interventions

Intervention(s)
The Ethiopian traditional coffee ceremony will be used as an entry point for a community based intervention to provide information, change behaviour around IPV and improve gender equity and intra-couple relations. The coffee ceremony is a culturally established forum for community discussion and conflict resolution and an integral part of Ethiopian life. The intervention will involve regular coffee ceremonies, during which approximately 20 members of the community will participate in education and discussions centred on gender issues, sexuality, communication and conflict resolution, HIV/AIDS and its link with violence, as well as HIV/AIDS prevention. Each coffee ceremony will be moderated by a female or male facilitator trained in participatory learning, moderation, HIV/AIDS prevention, counselling, and gender issues. The intervention will involve 14 two‐hour session per group of participants.
Intervention Start Date
2014-12-01
Intervention End Date
2015-04-01

Primary Outcomes

Primary Outcomes (end points)
Prevalence of physical and/or sexual IPV in the previous 12 months, male perpetration of violence, HIV knowledge, attitudes and behaviors
Primary Outcomes (explanation)

Secondary Outcomes

Secondary Outcomes (end points)
Secondary Outcomes (explanation)

Experimental Design

Experimental Design
The study is a cluster randomized controlled trial, with randomization at the village level. Villages will be randomly assigned to one of 4 study arms (3 intervention and one control arm): 1) Women only participate in the intervention, 2) Men only participate, 3) Both men and women (couples) participate, 4) Women and men receive the control intervention comprising a short informational session on violence reduction.
Experimental Design Details
Randomization Method
Randomization will be done in office by a computer
Randomization Unit
Randomization will be at the village level
Was the treatment clustered?
Yes

Experiment Characteristics

Sample size: planned number of clusters
128 villages in four districts (Meska, Mareko, Sedo and Silte) in Ethiopia
Sample size: planned number of observations
3392 women and 3392 men
Sample size (or number of clusters) by treatment arms
32 villages in each treatment arm
Minimum detectable effect size for main outcomes (accounting for sample design and clustering)
Supporting Documents and Materials
IRB

Institutional Review Boards (IRBs)

IRB Name
MIT, Committee On the Use of Human Subjects as Experimental Objects
IRB Approval Date
2012-12-20
IRB Approval Number
1211005333
IRB Name
Addis Ababa University College of Health Science Institutional Review Board
IRB Approval Date
2013-01-23
IRB Approval Number
044/12/SPH
Analysis Plan

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Intervention

Is the intervention completed?
No
Data Collection Complete
Data Publication

Data Publication

Is public data available?
No

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