Gender norms and economic empowerment intervention to reduce intimate partner violence against women in rural Côte d'Ivoire: A randomized controlled pilot study

BMC International Health and Human Rights

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Gupta, Jhumka ^a   Falb, Kathryn L ^a   Lehmann, Heidi ^b   Kpebo, Denise ^c   Xuan, Ziming ^d   Hossain, Mazeda ^e   Zimmerman, Cathy ^e   Watts, Charlotte ^e   Annan, Jeannie ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE   (United States)

^c INNOVATIONS FOR POVERTY ACTION   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Economic empowerment; Evaluation; Gender based violence; Randomized controlled trial; West Africa

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BATTERED WOMAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; COTE D'IVOIRE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EMPOWERMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HUMAN; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PILOT STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SPOUSE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; INCOME; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUALITY; STATISTICS;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COTE D'IVOIRE; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; POVERTY; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); SEXUAL PARTNERS; WOMEN;

EID: 84886742698     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1472698X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-698X-13-46     Document Type: Article

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