A theory of change for community interventions to prevent domestic violence against women and girls in Mumbai, India

Wellcome Open Research

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Nayreen Daruwalla¹  Surinder Jaswal²  Prakash Fernandes³  Preethi Pinto¹  Ketaki Hate¹  Gauri Ambavkar¹  Bhaskar Kakad¹  Lu Gram⁴  David Osrin⁴ 

[1] Program on Prevention of Violence Against Women and Children;School of Research Methodology, Centre for Health and Mental Health, School of Social Work, Tata Institute of Social Sciences;Independent Researcher;Institute for Global Health, University College London

关键词: Domestic violence;    gender-based violence;    intimate partner violence;    theory of change;    India;    Mumbai;   

DOI  :  10.12688/wellcomeopenres.15128.2

学科分类：内科医学

来源: Wellcome

【 摘 要 】

Background: We describe the development of a theory of change for community mobilisation activities to prevent violence against women and girls. These activities are part of a broader program in urban India that works toward primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention of violence and includes crisis response and counselling and medical, police, and legal assistance.Methods: The theory of change was developed in five phases, via expert workshops, use of primary data, recurrent team meetings, adjustment at further meetings and workshops, and a review of published theories.Results: The theory summarises inputs for primary and secondary prevention, consequent changes (positive and negative), and outcomes. It is fully adapted to the program context, was designed through an extended consultative process, emphasises secondary prevention as a pathway to primary prevention, and integrates community activism with referral and counselling interventions.Conclusions: The theory specifies testable causal pathways to impact and will be evaluated in a controlled trial.

【 授权许可】

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