Preventing Intimate-partner Violence: Impact Evaluation of Engaging Men Through Accountable Practice in Eastern DRC

World Bank

Status: Completed

Conditions: Domestic Violence; Family Relations; Intimate Partner Violence

Treatments: Behavioral: Engaging Men through Accountable Practice; Other: Alternative intervention

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02765139

P149394

Details and patient eligibility

About

The objective of the study is to evaluate the impact of Engaging Men in Accountable Practice (EMAP) on the prevention of violence against women and girls in North and South Kivu (DRC). The study is conducted jointly by the World Bank's Africa Gender Innovation Lab and the International Rescue Committee (IRC). EMAP is a program developed and implemented by the IRC to engage men to reflect on how to reduce and prevent intimate partner violence through 16 weekly group discussion sessions. The study is a cluster randomized control trial in which two groups of 25 self-selected men in 15 communities receive the EMAP intervention while in 15 other communities, 50 self-selected men receive an alternative intervention. Key outcomes examined include: (i) Experience of past year physical, sexual and psychological violence reported by women whose partners are EMAP participants; (ii) Participant's gender attitudes and behaviors, conflict and hostility management skills; (iii) Power sharing and communication within the couple.

Enrollment: 1,387 patients

Sex: Male

Ages: 20+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age 20 or older but preferably at least 25;
• Resident of their village, having lived in the community for a minimum of six months with plans to continue living there for at least the coming six months;
• Ability to participate actively in group work and reflection activities;
• Commitment to attend meetings, sessions and other activities regularly without incentives;
• Commitment to non-violence toward women and girls for the duration of the EMAP intervention;

Exclusion criteria

• Involved in the IRC-led adolescent girl intervention (COMPASS).

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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1,387 participants in 2 patient groups

EMAP Treatment

Experimental group

Description:

Engaging Men through Accountable Practice: 30 communities are matched into 15 pairs on a set of socio-demographic characteristic and within each pair, 15 treatment sites are randomly selected. Within each treatment community, all adult men (20+ years old) are eligible to participate in the EMAP intervention. A random draw of 50 participants determines who will participate in EMAP in case more than 50 eligible men express interest.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Engaging Men through Accountable Practice

Control

Other group

Description:

In the 15 control sites, the male participants will receive an alternative intervention focused on a non-gender topic of 16 weekly sessions for men only.

Treatment:

Other: Alternative intervention