HERrespect Evaluation

NCT03304015 | Completed DMC

• 1 other identifier: PR-16036
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 1,195
• Locations: 0 countries
• Sites: N/A

Brief Summary

This study evaluates whether a factory wide intervention, HERrespect, can reduce female garment workers' experiences of intimate partner violence, and experience and/or witnessing of violence in the workplace. This is a quasi-experimental study involving four intervention and four control factories.

Conditions

IPV; Workplace Violence

Keywords

Intervention; Violence against Women; Female Garment Workers; Bangladesh

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (4)

• Physical IPV experience

  Physical intimate partner violence is assessed using five items based on the WHO VAW scale. A positive response to any item leads to a person being classified as experiencing in the past year.

  24 months post baseline

• Sexual IPV experience

  Sexual intimate partner violence is assessed using five items based on the WHO violence against women (VAW) scale. A positive response to any item leads to a person being classified as experiencing in the past year

  24 months post-baseline

• Physical and/or sexual IPV experience

  Physical and/or sexual IPV is assessed using 10 items (5 physical and 5 sexual) based on the WHO VAW scale. A positive response to any item leads to a person being classified as experiencing in the past year

  24 months post-baseline

• Witnessing and/or experiencing workplace violence

  Eight items adapted from the peer victimization scale assess whether a participant had witnessed or experienced workplace violence in the past four weeks. A mean score is derived.

  24 months post-baseline

Secondary Outcomes (10)

• Acceptance of VAWG

  24 months post-baseline

• Gender equitable attitudes

  24 months post-baseline

• Response to IPV

  24 months post-baseline

• Knowledge of services in response to IPV

  24 months post-baseline

• Self-esteem

  24 months post-baseline

Study Arms (2)

Intervention: Behavioral Change Communications

EXPERIMENTAL

Behavioral: Behavioral Change Communications

Control: No intervention

NO INTERVENTION

Interventions

Behavioral Change Communications BEHAVIORAL

HERrespect is developed by Business for Social Responsibility (BSR) and Change Associates. HERproject is one of BSR's numerous initiatives for improving women's lives through enhancement of access and knowledge (BSR, 2015). The factory-based component of HERrespect will be implemented by Change Associates. The intervention group will receive training (group session), research and consultancy services to the corporate and development sectors. HERrespect proposes to use the workplace as an incubator of dialogue among men and women to tackle underlying issues which allow violence against women and girls. Workplace offers a unique platform and environment to engage women who are gaining financial independence to reduce intimate partner violence and workplace violence.

Also known as: Factory-wide activity/campaign, Awareness raising of top management, Factory policy review and development

Intervention: Behavioral Change Communications

Eligibility Criteria

• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Currently married woman
• Working in the factory for at least one year

You may not qualify if:

• Not currently married woman
• Working in the factory for less than one year

Sponsors & Collaborators

• International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh: lead
• Medical Research Council, South Africa: collaborator
• BSR: collaborator
• Change Associates Limited: collaborator

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MeSH Terms

Interventions

Growth and Development

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Physiological Phenomena

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NON RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: August 22, 2017
• First Posted: October 6, 2017
• Study Start: August 3, 2016
• Primary Completion: October 31, 2019
• Study Completion: October 31, 2019
• Last Updated: December 20, 2019

Record last verified: 2018-12