Trial reportBMC international health and human rights2016
The impact of a microsavings intervention on reducing violence against women engaged in sex work: a randomized controlled study.
Trial report in BMC international health and human rights, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT01861431 (Evaluating a Microfinance Intervention for High Risk Women in Mongolia), which is not on this map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Evaluating a Microfinance Intervention for High Risk Women in Mongolia
Who cites it
9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 22 citations in OpenAlex.
- A systematic review of microfinance interventions and violence against women: results from low- and middle-income contexts.BMJ global health · 2025Pooled it
- Reducing Partner Violence Against Women who Exchange Sex and use Drugs through a Combination Microfinance and HIV Risk Reduction Intervention: A Cluster Randomized Trial.AIDS and behavior · 2023Trial
- A cluster-randomized controlled trial of a combination HIV risk reduction and microfinance intervention for female sex workers who use drugs in Kazakhstan.Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2021Trial
- Jitegemee (rely on yourself): a multi-phase process of co-creating a personal savings intervention with female sex workers in western Kenya to reduce their HIV risk.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Association of gender-based violence with sexual and drug-related HIV risk among female sex workers who use drugs in Kazakhstan.International journal of STD & AIDS · 2023Article
- Intertwined epidemics: progress, gaps, and opportunities to address intimate partner violence and HIV among key populations of women.The lancet. HIV · 2022Review
- Microfinance and violence prevention: A review of the evidence and adaptations for implementation in the U.S.Preventive medicine · 2020Review
- Article
- The impact of violence, perceived stigma, and other work-related stressors on depressive symptoms among women engaged in sex work.Global social welfare : research, policy & practice · 2017Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
Abstract
backgroundWomen who engage in sex work are at risk for experiencing violence from numerous perpetrators, including paying partners. Empirical evidence has shown mixed results regarding the impact of participation in microfinance interventions on women's experiences of violence, with some studies demonstrating reductions in intimate partner violence (IPV) and others showing heightened risk for IPV. The current study reports on the impact of participation in a microsavings intervention on experiences of paying partner violence among women engaged in sex work in Mongolia.
methodsBetween 2011 and 2013, we conducted a two-arm, non-blinded randomized controlled trial (RCT) comparing an HIV/STI risk reduction intervention (HIVSRR) (control condition) to a combined microsavings and HIVSRR intervention (treatment condition). Eligible women (aged 18 or older, reported having engaged in unprotected sex with paying partner in past 90 days, expressed interest in microsavings intervention) were invited to participate. One hundred seven were randomized, including 50 in the control and 57 in the treatment condition. Participants completed assessments at baseline, immediate post-test following HIVSRR, and at 3-months and 6-months after completion of the treatment group intervention. Outcomes for the current study include any violence (physical and/or sexual), sexual violence, and physical violence from paying partners in the past 90 days.
resultsAn intention-to-treat approach was utilized. Linear growth models revealed significant reductions over time in both conditions for any violence (β = -0.867, p < 0.001), physical violence (β = -0.0923, p < 0.001), and sexual violence (β = -1.639, p = 0.001) from paying partners. No significant differences between groups were found for any violence (β = 0.118, p = 0.389), physical violence (β = 0.091, p = 0.792), or sexual violence (β = 0.379, p = 0.114) from paying partners.
conclusionsMicrosavings participation did not significantly impact women's risk for paying partner violence. Qualitative research is recommended to understand the cause for reductions in paying partner violence in both study conditions.
trial registrationEvaluating a Microfinance Intervention for High Risk Women in Mongolia; NCT01861431 ; May 20, 2013.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.