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ArticleSocial science & medicine (1982)2024

Assessing the durability of a cash transfer on physical intimate partner violence and sexual relationships among adolescent girls and young women in rural South Africa.

Allison K Groves, Luwam T Gebrekristos, Marie C D Stoner, F Xavier Gómez-Olivé, Kathleen Kahn, Audrey E Pettifor

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Allison K GrovesDepartment of Community Health and Prevention, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA. Electronic address: aligroves@drexel.edu.
Luwam T GebrekristosDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Marie C D StonerWomen's Global Health Imperative, RTI International, Berkeley, CA, USA.
F Xavier Gómez-OlivéMRC/Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit (Agincourt), School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa; INDEPTH Network, Accra, Ghana.
Kathleen KahnMRC/Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit (Agincourt), School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa; INDEPTH Network, Accra, Ghana.
Audrey E PettiforMRC/Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit (Agincourt), School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.

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Multilevel Mechanisms of HIV Acquisition in Young South African WomenR01MH110186 · NIMH · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI PETTIFOR, AUDREY · 2016 to 2020
$3.4M
Effects of Cash Transfer and Community Mobilization in Young South African WomenR01MH087118 · NIMH · UNIV OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILL · PI PETTIFOR, AUDREY · 2009 to 2013
$2.5M
NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH087118NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH110186
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Abstract

introductionCash transfers can reduce adolescent girls and young women's (AGYW) risk of intimate partner violence (IPV). In our own cash transfer intervention (HPTN 068), AGYW who received a cash transfer were less likely to experience IPV than non-recipients, in part because the cash reduced their engagement in sexual partnerships. This mixed-methods study builds on earlier findings to examine whether the protective effects were sustained after the cash ended and when the cash transfer was the most impactful.

methodsHPTN 068 was an experimental HIV prevention intervention trial. AGYW who participated completed 3 annual surveys during the intervention and an additional survey 2.5 years post-intervention. We used log-binomial regression models to assess the durability of the cash transfer on outcomes and included an interaction term in models to examine when effects were largest. We analyzed qualitative interviews conducted after the cash ended to contextualize findings.

resultsPost-intervention, the relative risk of physical IPV was lower among AGYW who received it compared to those who did not, but not statistically significant (RR: 0.83, 95% CI: 0.62, 1.10). AGYW who received the cash transfer also had a lower relative risk of ever having had sex and of having any sexual partner in the last 12 months (RR: 0.94, 95% CI: 0.88, 1.01; RR: 0.94; 95% CI: 0.88, 0.99, respectively). The protective effect of the cash transfer on physical IPV was highest in Years 1 and 2 (RR: 0.64; 95% CI: 0.55-0.75 and RR: 0.65; 95% CI: 0.55-0.77, respectively). Qualitative data corroborated the quantitative findings.

conclusionThe cash transfer reduced AGYW's risk of IPV, though effects were attenuated after the cash ended. Provision of cash during adolescence - a period when AGYW are highly susceptible to IPV and HIV - may empower them in their current relationship and yield long term health benefits.

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Intimate Partner ViolenceRural PopulationAdolescentFemaleHIV InfectionsHumansQualitative ResearchSexual BehaviorSouth AfricaYoung Adult

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