By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Women’s Health Law Weekly -- A new study on Women’s Health is now available. According to news reporting originating from Baltimore, Maryland, by NewsRx correspondents, research stated, “Violence against women and girls (VAWG) is an urgent global health problem. Root causes for VAWG include the individual-and family-level factors of alcohol abuse, mental health problems, violence exposure, and related adverse experiences.”
Our news editors obtained a quote from the research from the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, “Few studies in low-and middle-income countries (LMIC) have assessed the effectiveness of psychological interventions for reducing VAWG. This randomized controlled trial, part of the consortium, examines the effectiveness of a common elements treatment approach (CETA) for reducing VAWG and comorbid alcohol abuse among families in Zambia. Study participants are families consisting of three persons: an adult woman, her male husband or partner, and one of her children aged 8-17 (if available). Eligibility criteria include experience of moderate-to-severe intimate partner violence by the woman and hazardous alcohol use by her male partner. Family units are randomized to receive CETA or treatment as usual. The primary outcome is VAWG as measured by the Severity of Violence Against Women Scale, assessed along with secondary outcomes at 24 months post-baseline. Interim assessments are also conducted at 4-5 months (following CETA completion) and 12 months post-baseline. This ongoing trial is one of the first in sub-Saharan Africa to evaluate the use of an evidence-based common elements approach for reducing VAWG by targeting a range of individual-and family-level factors, including alcohol abuse.”
According to the news editors, the research concluded: “Results of this trial will inform policy on what interventions work to prevent VAWG in LMIC with local perspectives on scale up and wider implementation.”
For more information on this research see: Testing the effectiveness of a transdiagnostic treatment approach in reducing violence and alcohol abuse among families in Zambia: study protocol of the Violence and Alcohol Treatment (VATU) trial. Global Mental Health , 2017;4():e18.
The news editors report that additional information may be obtained by contacting J.C. Kane, Dept. of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 624 North Broadway, Room 850, Baltimore, MD 21205, United States. Additional authors for this research include S. Skavenski Van Wyk, S.M. Murray, P. Bolton, F. Melendez, C.K. Danielson, P. Chimponda, S. Munthali and L.K Murray.
The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1017/gmh.2017.10. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.
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