The Stepping Stones and Creating Futures intervention to prevent intimate partner violence and HIV-risk behaviours in Durban, South Africa: study protocol for a cluster randomized control trial, and baseline characteristics

• Main Authors: Andrew Gibbs (Author), Laura Washington (Author), Samantha Willan (Author), Nolwazi Ntini (Author), Thobani Khumalo (Author), Nompumelelo Mbatha (Author), Yandisa Sikweyiya (Author), Nwabisa Shai (Author), Esnat Chirwa (Author), Michael Strauss (Author), Giulia Ferrari (Author), Rachel Jewkes (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2017-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Preventing intimate partner violence (IPV) remains a global public health challenge. Studies suggest urban informal settlements have particularly high levels of IPV and HIV-prevalence and these settlements are rapidly growing. The current evidence base of effective approaches to...