Effect of a structural intervention for the prevention of intimate-partner violence and HIV in rural South Africa: a cluster randomised trial
The LancetPublished 1 December 2006
Paul Pronyk, James Hargreaves, Julia C. Kim, Linda Morison, Godfrey Phetla, Charlotte Watts
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A combined microfinance and training intervention can lead to reductions in levels of intimate-partner violence in programme participants, and social and economic development interventions have the potential to alter risk environments for HIV and intimacy violence in southern Africa.
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A combined microfinance and training intervention can lead to reductions in levels of intimate-partner violence in programme participants. Social and economic development interventions have the potential to alter risk environments for HIV and intimate-partner violence in southern Africa.
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