Effectiveness of couple-based violence prevention education in reducing intimate partner violence during pregnancy in rural Ethiopia: A cluster randomized controlled trial
Zeleke Dutamo Agde e outros, 2025 · PLOS ONE
A 6-month couple-based education programme delivered by health extension workers reduced the odds of intimate partner violence during pregnancy by 74.1% in rural Ethiopia.
Estimativa · Intimate partner violence during pregnancy, adjusted odds ratio
0,259 [0,161; 0,417]
adjusted odds ratio
p: <0.001
- Desenho
- Experimento aleatório por conglomerados. Cluster randomized controlled trial, 16 kebeles (clusters)
- População
- Pregnant women in their first trimester and their husbands in 4 rural districts of Hadiya Zone, Central Ethiopia, followed through 2 months postpartum (2023–2024)
- Amostra
- 432 · pregnant women across 16 kebele clusters
Onde está o número
Results > Effectiveness of the intervention; Results, section 'Effectiveness of the intervention' and Table 8, row 'Any IPV', 'Intervention'
The generalized estimating equation (GEE) model revealed that the odds of experiencing any IPV during pregnancy were 74.1% lower in the intervention group compared to the control group (AOR = 0.259; 95% CI 0.161–0.417).
Contexto
What changed: Six monthly group education sessions covering gender norms, healthy relationships, power-sharing, and non-violent communication. Comparison: Routine standard care from health extension workers. Limits: Non-blinded trial with potential social desirability and recall bias in self-reported violence.
Caminho no grafo
- FamíliaInformação e persuasão
- TipoCapacitação e aconselhamento
- MecanismoInformação, contato e atitudes sociais
- EixoIgualdade de gênero
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Lugares do estudo
- Lemo · Distrito ou local · ET
- Licença
- CC-BY
- Revisão
- Extraído por máquina, não revisadoExtraído por: gemini-3.8-flash, 2026-10-23