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. 2017 Nov 21;14:155. doi: 10.1186/s12978-017-0414-2
Expected Outcomes of the Community Based Intervention
Specific objective 1 Conduct baseline assessment of domestic VAW in the study area
- determine the prevalence of domestic VAW (physical, sexual, psychological)
Specific objective 2 Identify associated factors of domestic VAW
- Identify the associated factors
- explore community perception
- Explore stakeholders engagement level
- explore implementation barriers or bottlenecks of VAW program at implementers side
Specific objective 3 Design intervention implementation strategy to tackle domestic VAW
- Prepare the intervention material and validate according to the local culture
- Integrate with community based health extension program
- Conduct advocacy workshop and work with the local administrative bodies
Specific objective 4 Implement culturally acceptable interventions to address bottlenecks and DVAW
*advocacy workshop four times a year (4 session)
- create awareness on politicians
- create champions of domestic VAW prevention
- enhance commitment to implement policy documents at community level
*community mobilization monthly for a year (12 sessions)
- involving the community in the domestic VAW prevention
- engaging stakeholders
- create community ownership
*Awareness creation to the women (at least once per month)
- enhance their communication and negotiation skill
- enhance their awareness about gender equality
- transform their wife-beating acceptance attitude
*involving husbands (6 to 12 sessions)
- participate husbands/partner as change agent
- enhance their awareness about gender equality
- improve masculine attitude and transform
Specific objective 5 To assess the outcome of community based intervention on domestic VAW
- conduct endline assessment
- perform data analysis to determine the prevalence of domestic VAW
- compute the difference between endline and baseline (prevalence, community acceptance, factors)
- integrate with health extension program
- scale up to other sites
- learn from success and failure