Trial reportBMJ global health2020
Safety decision-making and planning mobile app for intimate partner violence prevention and response: randomised controlled trial in Kenya.
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26 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 53 citations in OpenAlex.
- Help, near and far: a systematic review of post-COVID digital mental health solutions for domestic violence victims.Frontiers in public health · 2025Pooled it
- Interventions to Prevent Intimate Partner Violence: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Violence against women · 2024Pooled it
- Primary-level and community worker interventions for the prevention of mental disorders and the promotion of well-being in low- and middle-income countries.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2023Pooled it
- "If you want to have sex you can, if you don't, you don't have to": a qualitative evaluation of the Unite for a Better Life couples program to prevent intimate partner violence in rural Ethiopia.BMC public health · 2026Article
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- Improving Experimental Designs for Interventions to Reduce Intimate Partner Violence: Protocol for Refinements to Single-Case Experimental Design for a Safety Planning Intervention in Ontario, Canada.JMIR research protocols · 2025Article
- Intimate partner violence: why does it matter for nurses?Women's health nursing (Seoul, Korea) · 2025Article
- Safety Planning Interventions for Adults Who Experience Interpersonal Violence: A Systematic Review.Journal of family violence · 2024Article
- Mobile Apps for the Personal Safety of At-Risk Children and Youth: Scoping Review.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2024Article
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- Risk for Severe Intimate Partner Violence in Nairobi's Informal Settlements: Tailoring the Danger Assessment to Kenya.Global health, science and practice · 2024Article
- Effects of digital chatbot on gender attitudes and exposure to intimate partner violence among young women in South Africa.PLOS digital health · 2023Article
- Development of a relationship counselling website to identify and mitigate risk of intimate partner violence in the context of women's PrEP use.PLOS digital health · 2023Article
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- Needs and unmet needs for support services for recently pregnant intimate partner violence survivors in Ethiopia during the COVID-19 pandemic.BMC public health · 2023Article
- Information and communications technology use to prevent and respond to sexual and gender-based violence in low- and middle-income countries: An evidence and gap map.Campbell systematic reviews · 2022Article
- Violence against women from partners and other household members during COVID-19 in Burkina Faso and Kenya.BMC public health · 2022Article
- Technology-based and digital interventions for intimate partner violence: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Campbell systematic reviews · 2022Review
- The Role of mHealth Interventions in Changing Gender Relations: Systematic Review of Qualitative Findings.JMIR human factors · 2022Review
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Abstract
introductionIntimate partner violence (IPV) threatens women's health and safety globally, yet services remain underdeveloped and inaccessible. Technology-based resources exist, however, few have been adapted and tested in low-resource settings. We evaluate the efficacy of a community-partnered technology solution: culturally and linguistically adapted version of the myPlan app, a tailored safety decision-making and planning intervention, administrated by trained lay professionals.
methodsThis randomised, controlled, participant-blinded superiority trial compares safety-related outcomes at baseline, immediate post intervention and 3-month follow-up among women at risk of and experiencing IPV in Nairobi, Kenya. Women were randomised (1:1 ratio) to: (1) myPlan Kenya (intervention); or (2) standard IPV referrals (control). Primary outcomes were safety preparedness, safety behaviour and IPV; secondary outcomes include resilience, mental health, service utilisation and self-blame.
resultsBetween April 2018 and October 2018, 352 participants (n=177 intervention, n=175 control) were enrolled and randomly assigned; 312 (88.6%, n=157 intervention, n=155 control) were retained at 3 months. Intervention participants demonstrated immediate postintervention improvement in safety preparedness relative to control participants (p=0.001). At 3 months, intervention participants reported increased helpfulness of safety strategies used relative to control participants (p=0.004); IPV reduced in both groups. Among women reporting the highest level of IPV severity, intervention participants had significant increase in resilience (p<0.01) compared with controls, and significantly decreased risk for lethal violence (p<0.01).
conclusionsFacilitated delivery of a technology-based safety intervention appropriately adapted to the context demonstrates promise in improving women's IPV-related health and safety in a low-resource, urban setting. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: Pan African Clinical Trial Registry (PACTR201804003321122).
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