Trial reportBMJ open2018
A cluster randomised controlled trial to determine the effect of community mobilisation and advocacy on men's use of violence in periurban South Africa: study protocol.
Trial report in BMJ open, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02823288 (Refinement and Evaluation of a Multilevel Intervention for Preventing Men's Use of Violence in Urban South Africa), which is not on this map. Cited by 12 papers.
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Refinement and Evaluation of a Multilevel Intervention for Preventing Men's Use of Violence in Urban South Africa (Sonke CHANGE Trial)
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12 citing papers in PubMed.
- Which men change in intimate partner violence prevention interventions? A trajectory analysis in Rwanda and South Africa.BMJ global health · 2020Trial
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- Adapting, Sustaining and Scaling Violence against Women and Children Prevention Interventions in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Scoping Review on the Use of Implementation Science.Trauma, violence & abuse · 2026Article
- A Mixed-Method Evaluation of the Association Between Attitudes Toward Gender-Based Violence and Sexual Behaviors Among Adolescents and Young Adults in Rustenburg, South Africa.AIDS and behavior · 2026Article
- Pooled analysis of the association between mental health and violence against women: evidence from five settings in the Global South.BMJ open · 2023Article
- A summative content analysis of how programmes to improve the right to sexual and reproductive health address power.BMJ global health · 2022Article
- Food insecurity and men's perpetration of partner violence in a longitudinal cohort in South Africa.BMJ nutrition, prevention & health · 2022Article
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- Process evaluation of a community mobilization intervention for preventing men's partner violence use in peri-urban South Africa.Evaluation and program planning · 2020Article
- Associations Between Lifetime Traumatic Experiences and HIV-Risk Behaviors Among Young Men Living in Informal Settlements in South Africa: A Cross-Sectional Analysis and Structural Equation Model.Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) · 2019Article
- Promoting women's and children's health through community groups in low-income and middle-income countries: a mixed-methods systematic review of mechanisms, enablers and barriers.BMJ global health · 2019Article
- A theory of change for community interventions to prevent domestic violence against women and girls in Mumbai, India.Wellcome open research · 2019Article
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Abstract
objectiveThis paper describes the design and methods of a cluster randomised controlled trial (C-RCT) to determine the effectiveness of a community mobilisation intervention that is designed to reduce the perpetration of violence against women (VAW). METHODS AND ANALYSIS: A C-RCT of nine intervention and nine control clusters is being carried out in a periurban, semiformal settlement near Johannesburg, South Africa, between 2016 and 2018. A community mobilisation and advocacy intervention, called Sonke CHANGE is being implemented over 18 months. It comprises local advocacy and group activities to engage community members to challenge harmful gender norms and reduce VAW. The intervention is hypothesised to improve equitable masculinities, reduce alcohol use and ultimately, to reduce VAW. Intervention effectiveness will be determined through an audio computer-assisted self-interview questionnaire with behavioural measures among 2600 men aged between 18 and 40 years at baseline, 12 months and 24 months. The primary trial outcome is men's use of physical and/or sexual VAW. Secondary outcomes include harmful alcohol use, gender attitudes, controlling behaviours, transactional sex and social cohesion. The main analysis will be intention-to-treat based on the randomisation of clusters. A qualitative process evaluation is being conducted alongside the C-RCT. Implementers and men participating in the intervention will be interviewed longitudinally over the period of intervention implementation and observations of the workshops and other intervention activities are being carried out. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION: Ethical approval was obtained from the University of the Witwatersrand Human Research Ethics Committee and procedures comply with ethical recommendations of the United Nations Multi-Country Study on Men and Violence. Dissemination of research findings will take place with local stakeholders and through peer-reviewed publications, with data available on request or after 5 years of trial completion. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: NCT02823288; Pre-result.
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