NCT04125251

Men Engagement in Women Empowerment for Improving Maternal Mental Health Through Cash Transfer and Life Skills Building

Supporting Women and Girls in Pakistan: Scaling Up Empowerment and Care Strategies to Address Health and Survival

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 1,696 (actual)
• Sponsor: Aga Khan University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 15 Years – 49 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This project aims to offer Life Skills Building (LSB) intervention to Benazir Income Support Program (BISP) Cash Transfer (CT) beneficiaries in couples in order to reduce domestic violence and depression and improve women empowerment in married women of reproductive age. The intervention will be carried out in the rural settlements of district Thatta, Sindh Pakistan.

Detailed description

The study will assess the impact of Life Skill Building (LSB) to Benazir Income support Program (BISP) Cash Transfer (CT) beneficiaries and their husbands in improving maternal mental and child health and its combined effect in empowering women and couples. The Formative phase of the project was dedicated for the development and modification of National level LSB curriculum for men and women. The formative phase was carried out in Thatta (Sindh), Rahimyar Khan (Punjab), Lasbela (Baluchistan) and Peshawar (KPK). The intervention phase will be conducted in district Thatta, where BISP beneficiaries along with their spouses will be offered a LSB training. This intervention will be offered by community teachers to ensure sustainability and community trust. The participants will be recruited for baseline assessment followed by a comprehensive LSB intervention.The end-line follow up assessments (five months of intervention) will be done after the deliver of intervention. A qualitative summative inquiry will be done at the completion of the project to explore the overall impact of the LSB intervention. Since the project is being implemented with the BISP, the cost of intervention can be estimated for the scalability and sustainability.

Conditions

• Empowerment
• Domestic Violence
• Depression
• Self Efficacy

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Life Skills Building Training	The Life Skills Building intervention is a curriculum based on 10-12 sessions. The sessions will include the skills essential for family harmony and improving overall mental health of the participants

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-10-21
• Primary completion: 2021-04-30
• Completion: 2021-12-31
• First posted: 2019-10-14
• Last updated: 2022-02-21

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Pakistan