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Last refreshed on: 12 December 2020
Main ID:  NCT02592252
Date of registration: 13/08/2015
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Public title: Impact of Microfinance and Participatory Gender Training for Women in Reducing Intimate Partner Violence MAISHA
Scientific title: Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial to Assess the Impact of Combined Microfinance and Gender Training for Women and Gender Training for Women and Their Male Partners in Reducing Intimate Partner Violence
Date of first enrolment: September 2014
Target sample size: 2640
Recruitment status: Unknown status
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02592252
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Prevention. Masking: None (Open Label).  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Tanzania
Contacts
Name:     Sheila E Harvey, Ph.D
Address: 
Telephone: +44 (0)207 612 7854
Email: sheila.harvey@lshtm.ac.uk
Affiliation: 
Name:     Sheila E Harvey, Ph.D
Address: 
Telephone: +44 (0)20 612 7854
Email: sheila.harvey@lshtm.ac.uk
Affiliation: 
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Arms 1 and 2 - microfinance loan groups:

1. there are between 15 and 30 active members in the group

2. less than 25% of the women have been members for less than one year

3. there is a good attendance (repayment) record

4. a minimum of 70% of active members consent to take part in the study

Arms 3 and 4, women who:

1. are aged 20-50 years

2. are not formally employed, i.e. either self-employed or not currently working

3. have been resident in Mwanza for at least two years

4. have not been a member of a microfinance loan group in the past 12 months

5. are fluent in Swahili

6. have consented to take part in the study.

Exclusion Criteria:

None



Age minimum: 20 Years
Age maximum: 50 Years
Gender: Female
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Maltreatment by Spouse or Partner
Intervention(s)
Behavioral: Participatory gender training
Other: Microfinance
Primary Outcome(s)
Past 12 months exposure to intimate partner violence [Time Frame: 24 months post-intervention]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Secondary ID(s)
QA430
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Mwanza Intervention Trials Unit
National Institute for Medical Research, Tanzania
EngenderHealth
Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee
Ethics review
Results
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