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Psychological and/or Social interventions - Lower Chance of IPV

Strategy researched Psychological and/or social interventions (not simply provision of material resources) in individual and group format, sexual and/or health education and counselling, and educational discussion groups, as well as community mobilisation interventions and comprehensive community resource provision that included psychosocial support Impact achieved Country of study LMICs Research methodology Meta-analysis of 13 RCTs Journal Journal of Global Health; 2020 Journal paper title and link Excerpt from Abstract "Psychosocial interventions reduced any form of IPV by 27% at shortest (relative risk (RR)= 0.73) and 25% at longest (RR= 0.75) follow up. Physical IPV was reduced by 22% at shortest (RR= 0.78) and 27% at longest (RR= 0.73) follow up. Sexual IPV was reduced by 23% at longest follow up (RR= 0.77) but showed no significant effect at shortest follow-up." |