'SASA! is the medicine that treats violence' : qualitative findings on how a community mobilisation intervention to prevent violence against women created change in Kampala, Uganda Nambusi Kyegombe, Elizabeth Starmann, Karen M. Devries, Lori Michau, Janet Nakuti, Tina Musuyu, Charlotte Watts & Lori Heise
By: Kyegombe, Nambusi.
Contributor(s): Starmann, Elizabeth | Devries, Karen | Michau, Lori | Nakuti, Janet | Musuya, Tina | Watts, Charlotte | Heise, Lori L.
Material type: ArticleSeries: Global Health Action.Publisher: Global Health Action, 2014Subject(s): COMMUNITY ACTION | HIV/AIDS | INTERVENTION | DOMESTIC VIOLENCE | INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE | MENTAL HEALTH | PREVENTION | QUALITATIVE RESEARCH | RANDOMISED CONTROLLED TRIALS | SASA! study | INTERNATIONAL | AFRICA | UGANDAOnline resources: Click here to access online | Special issue: iPV & mental health In: Global Health Action, 2014, Advance online publication, 12 September 2014 (10 pages) Open accessSummary: Intimate partner violence (IPV) violates women’s human rights and is a serious public health concern. Historically strategies to prevent IPV have focussed on individuals and their relationships without addressing the context under which IPV occurs. Primary prevention of IPV is a relatively new focus of international efforts and what SASA!, a phased community mobilisation intervention, seeks to achieve. Methods: Conducted in Kampala, Uganda, between 2007 and 2012, the SASA! Study is a cluster randomised controlled trial to assess the community-level impact of SASA! This nested qualitative study explores pathways of individual- and community-level change as a result of SASA! This paper is part of the Special Issue: Intimate partner violence and mental health. Follow the link for more papers. Record #4772Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Global Health Action, 2014, Advance online publication, 12 September 2014
Intimate partner violence (IPV) violates women’s human rights and is a serious public health concern. Historically strategies to prevent IPV have focussed on individuals and their relationships without addressing the context under which IPV occurs. Primary prevention of IPV is a relatively new focus of international efforts and what SASA!, a phased community mobilisation intervention, seeks to achieve.
Methods: Conducted in Kampala, Uganda, between 2007 and 2012, the SASA! Study is a cluster randomised
controlled trial to assess the community-level impact of SASA! This nested qualitative study explores pathways of individual- and community-level change as a result of SASA! This paper is part of the Special Issue: Intimate partner violence and mental health. Follow the link for more papers. Record #4772