The SASA! Study: An Evaluation of a Community Intervention to Address Gender-based Violence and Reduce HIV/AIDS Risk in Uganda
This study is currently recruiting participants.
Verified February 2012 by London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Sponsor:
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Collaborators:
Raising Voices
Centre for Domestic Violence Prevention, Uganda
Makerere University
Sigrid Rausing Trust
Irish Aid
Stephen Lewis Foundation
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Charlotte Watts, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT00790959
First received: November 13, 2008
Last updated: February 21, 2012
Last verified: February 2012
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Purpose
The SASA! Study is a cluster randomized trial of a community mobilization intervention for the prevention of HIV and gender based violence. The study is being conducted in Kampala, Uganda.
| Condition | Intervention |
|---|---|
|
Intimate Partner Violence HIV |
Behavioral: SASA! Other: Control |
| Study Type: | Interventional |
| Study Design: | Allocation: Randomized Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment Masking: Open Label Primary Purpose: Prevention |
| Official Title: | The SASA! Study: a Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial of a Community Mobilisation Intervention to Prevention Violence Against Women and Reduce HIV/AIDS Risk in Kampala, Uganda |
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Further study details as provided by London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- Past year experience of physical violence by an intimate partner (among women partnered in past year) [ Time Frame: 4 years after intervention implementation ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- Past year experience of sexual violence by an intimate partner (among women partnered in the past year) [ Time Frame: 4 years after intervention implementation ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- Acceptability of violence against women [ Time Frame: 4 years after intervention implementation ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- Acceptability of a woman refusing sex [ Time Frame: 4 years after intervention implementation ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- Community response to women experiencing physical and/or sexual IPV in past year (among women reporting physical/sexual IPV in past year) [ Time Frame: 4 years after intervention implementation ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- Past year concurrent sexual partner (among men partnered in past year) [ Time Frame: 4 years after intervention implementation ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
| Estimated Enrollment: | 800 |
| Study Start Date: | October 2007 |
| Estimated Study Completion Date: | May 2012 |
| Estimated Primary Completion Date: | May 2012 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure) |
| Arms | Assigned Interventions |
|---|---|
| Experimental: SASA! |
Behavioral: SASA!
A community mobilization approach to try to change community and individual attitudes and behaviours that support both the perpetration of violence against women and HIV risk behaviours The intervention team engages with four major groups of actors: community volunteers selected from the general public; community leaders (e.g. religious, cultural and local council leaders); resource persons (health care providers, police, etc); and institutional leaders. The community volunteers are a key component of the intensive intervention. |
| Active Comparator: Control |
Other: Control
Control communities will receive the full SASA! intervention after completion of the SASA! Study. For the duration of the study, they will receive a less intensive intervention comprising the Division-level elements of SASA! (involving community leaders, resource persons and institutional leaders) without the community volunteers. |
Show Detailed Description Eligibility| Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years to 49 Years |
| Genders Eligible for Study: | Both |
| Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | Yes |
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Lived in the community for at least one year
- Aged 18-49 years
- Satisfy gender requirement for sampling sub-cluster
Exclusion Criteria:
- Lack of informed consent
Contacts and Locations
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00790959
Contacts
| Contact: Lori Michau, MA | +256 41 4531186 | lori.michau@raisingvoices.org |
| Contact: Charlotte Watts, PhD | +44 (0) 20 7927 2412 | charlotte.watts@lshtm.ac.uk |
Locations
| Uganda | |
| Raising Voices | Recruiting |
| Kampala, Uganda | |
| Principal Investigator: Lori Michau, MA | |
Sponsors and Collaborators
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Raising Voices
Centre for Domestic Violence Prevention, Uganda
Makerere University
Sigrid Rausing Trust
Irish Aid
Stephen Lewis Foundation
Investigators
| Principal Investigator: | Charlotte Watts, PhD | London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine |
More Information
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| Responsible Party: | Charlotte Watts, Professor of Social and Mathematical Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine |
| ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00790959 History of Changes |
| Other Study ID Numbers: | PHHPSASA1 |
| Study First Received: | November 13, 2008 |
| Last Updated: | February 21, 2012 |
| Health Authority: | Uganda: Makerere University Ethics Board Uganda: National Council of Science and Technology |
Keywords provided by London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine:
|
Intimate Partner Violence HIV/AIDS Gender |
Prevention Community mobilisation Uganda |
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on May 23, 2013