Preventing intimate partner violence among newly-married couples in urban slums
Primary Prevention of Intimate Partner Violence
['FUNDING_R01'] · EMORY UNIVERSITY · NIH-11396097
A six-week group program for newly-married couples in urban slums that teaches communication, conflict skills, and sexual/reproductive health to help prevent partner violence.
Quick facts
| Phase | ['FUNDING_R01'] |
|---|---|
| Study type | Nih_funding |
| Sex | All |
| Sponsor | EMORY UNIVERSITY (nih funded) |
| Locations | 1 site (ATLANTA, UNITED STATES) |
| Trial ID | NIH-11396097 on ClinicalTrials.gov |
What this research studies
You and your spouse would join a small group of about five couples for six weekly sessions led by trained peer educators from your community. The sessions use activities and guided conversations to build relationship time, self-esteem, resilience, communication and conflict skills, and sexual/reproductive health knowledge while shifting local norms about partner violence. The program, Ghya Bharaari Ekatra (Take a Flight Together), showed strong attendance and early signs of reduced violence in a small pilot. This larger project will deliver the program in more communities to see how it changes violence, mental health, and reproductive outcomes and to learn what parts work best where.
Who could benefit from this research
Good fit: Ideal participants are newly-married couples living in the targeted urban slum communities in India, especially those married within the first year.
Not a fit: People who are not newly married, who live outside the targeted communities, or who are currently experiencing severe ongoing abuse may not receive benefit from this prevention program.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: If successful, the program could reduce rates of partner violence and improve mental and reproductive health for women and couples in participating communities.
How similar studies have performed: A small pilot with 40 couples found high retention and preliminary reductions in partner violence, but larger trials are still needed to confirm the findings.
Where this research is happening
ATLANTA, UNITED STATES
- EMORY UNIVERSITY — ATLANTA, UNITED STATES (ACTIVE)
Researchers
- Principal investigator: KALOKHE, AMEETA SHIVDAS — EMORY UNIVERSITY
- Study coordinator: KALOKHE, AMEETA SHIVDAS
About this research
- This is an active NIH-funded research project — typically early-stage science, not a clinical trial accepting patient enrollment.
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