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NCT Number: NCT00453466

Group Empowerment of Battered Women as a Tool for Violence Prevention

Intimate partner violence against women is a significant global health problem. This study was designed to test the hypothesis that a group intervention based on empowerment theory of Paolo Freire would be effective as a means to reduce the extent and prevent violence among women whose partners were violent toward them.

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Key information

Conditions

Domestic Violence

Age range

20 year–70 year

Sex eligibility

Female

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

About this study

A randomized controlled trial (N=141) with two control groups (one individual psychotherapeutic treatment and the other a usual care group treatment) was conducted in a violence treatment center in the South of Israel The treatment protocol designed to empower battered women (EBW) was conducted with 12 groups over a period of two years. Assessments were made before, immediately following and at an 8 month follow up following the intervention.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Women living in the south, who had approached the center for help as battered women
  • Could fill out forms in Hebrew
  • Aged 20 and above

Exclusion criteria

  • Age younger than 20
  • Not able to fill out forms in Hebrew
  • Not living in the southern district of Israel

Treatment and study plan

EBW group intervention to empower battered women

Behavioral

Primary outcomes

  1. Conflict tactics scale, Posttraumatic stress scale for

  2. family violence

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

Other

Registry information

Acronym: EBW

Important dates

Study start
2001
Study completion
2004
First posted
Mar 29, 2007
Registry last updated
Mar 29, 2007

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