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E le Saua le Alofa (Love Shouldn’t Hurt) 'Proof of Concept' pilot intervention

Participatory Community-led Intervention Development (PCID) Pilot: Assessing the acceptability and feasibility of a co-produced intervention to prevent violence against women in Samoa

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ISRCTN
Registry ID
ISRCTN17319820
Enrollment
300
Registered
2024-03-14
Start date
2023-05-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-04-14

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Women or gender diverse individuals experiencing violence from a male perpetrator Other

Interventions

The intervention consists of 6 x 1-day participatory workshop sessions covering topics including: Power and Inequalities
Self-reflection on communication and risky behaviours
Positive Parenting
Livelihoods
and Supporting Survivors. Each topic has been chosen from a theory of change co-developed by the village representatives at an earlier stage of the project. The total duration of intervention and fol

Sponsors

University College London
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 80 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Resident of participating villages 2. Age: 18 years or older

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Individuals experiencing active and unmanaged psychosis, 2. Unable to provide informed consent 3. Not living permanently in participating villages 4. Under the age of 18 years 5. Living in households where appropriate safety measures cannot be ensured

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
1. Community engagement in VAWG prevention activities, measured at 8-12 weeks after the end of the intervention (at 44-48 weeks after the start of the intervention) using 1.1.‘Stories of change’ from participating communities 1.2.Intervention workbooks 1.3.Interviews with village representatives 1.4.Interviews with community members 1.5.Observational fieldnotes 2. Acceptability and feasibility of a definitive trial of the intervention: 2.1.Intervention workbooks at 8-12 weeks after the end of the intervention (at 44-48 weeks) 2.2.Interviews with village representatives at 8-12 weeks after the end of the intervention (at 44-48 weeks) 2.3.Survey estimated prevalence of secondary outcomes at Baseline and 8-12 weeks after the end of the intervention (at 44-48 weeks) 2.4.Survey estimated intra-cluster correlation (ICC) of survey data at Baseline and 8-12 weeks after the end of the intervention (at 44-48 weeks)

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Measured at Baseline and 8-12 weeks after the end of the intervention (at 44-48 weeks): 1. Past 6-month frequency of experience of physical/ sexual/ emotional/ economic violence among women from an intimate partner measured using Demographic and Health Survey (DHS)-Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS) domestic violence module 2. Lifetime experience of physical/ sexual/ emotional / economic intimate partner violence by women measured using DHS-MICS domestic violence module 3. Frequency of men’s past perpetration of physical/ sexual/ emotional/ economic violence against an intimate partner in the past 6 months measured using United Nations Multi-country Study on Men and Violence 4. Frequency of men’s past perpetration of physical/ sexual/ emotional/ economic violence against an intimate partner in their lifetime measured using United Nations Multi-country Study on Men and Violence 5. Lifetime experience of physical/ sexual non-partner violence among women measured using DHS-MICS domestic violence module 6. Witnessing parental violence measured using Witnessing parental violence (World Health Organisation (WHO) Multi-country study on Women’s Health and Violence) 7. Experience of physical child abuse measured using Childhood experiences of violence (EASE-PI) 8. Gender views and injunctive social norms about violence measured using Gender Equity Scale (GEM) 9. Depression measured using Self-report depression (CES-D) 10. Harmful drinking behaviours measured using Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test (AUDIT) 11. Generalised anxiety disorder measured using Generalised Anxiety Disorder (GAD-7)

Countries

Samoa

Contacts

Public ContactJenevieve Mannell
j.mannell@ucl.ac.uk-

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Apr 17, 2026