Stepping Stones and Creating Futures Intervention Pilot

Status

Completed

Phases

Phase 2

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT03257176

Enrollment

232

Registered

2017-08-22

Start date

2012-05-02

Completion date

2013-07-30

Last updated

2017-08-22

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Conditions

Livelihoods, Physical Violence, Sexual Violence

Brief summary

This is a shortened interrupted time series pilot evaluation over a twelve month period to evaluate whether the combined Stepping Stones and Creating Futures intervention can reduce men's perpetration of IPV and women's experience of IPV, strengthen livelihoods and reduce gender inequality.

Interventions

BEHAVIORALStepping Stones and Creating Futures

21 session intervention, comprising of 10 Stepping Stones sessions focused on gender, relationships and communication. 11 Creating Futures sessions focused on livelihoods.

Study design

Allocation

Intervention model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to 30 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* Over 18 * Mentally competent * Able to communicate in English, Zulu, or Xhosa * Normally resident in the informal settlement

Exclusion criteria

* Over 30 * Unable to do informed consent

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Past three month physical IPV perpetration (men) and experience (women)	12 months post baseline	Physical intimate partner violence is assessed using five items based on the WHO VAW scale, asking about perpetration (men) and experience (women) of these five behaviourally specific actions in the past three months. A positive response to any of the five items leads to a person being classified as perpetrating (men) and experiencing (women) physical IPV in the past three months.
Past three month sexual IPV perpetration (men) and experience (women)	12 months post baseline	Sexual intimate partner violence is assessed using three items based on the WHO VAW scale for sexual IPV. Questions are asked for the past three month perpetration (men) and experience (women). A positive response to any item leads to a person being classified as perpetrating (men) and experiencing (women) in the past three months.
Earnings in past month	12 months post baseline	A single item question asks Considering all the money you earned from jobs or selling things (excluding grants), how much did you earn last month? Responses are in Rands and a continuous scale.

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Controlling behaviours	12 months post baseline	Controlling behaviours are assessed using a modified Sexual Relationship Power (SRP) scale. Men's control of female sexual partner's and women's experience of controlling behaviours from a male partner.
Work stress	12 months post baseline	4 items ask about work stress because of a lack of work. Responses are on a likert scale.
Hunger in the past month	12 months post baseline	Single item assesses hunger in the past month
Condom use at last sex	12 months post baseline	Single item asking about condom use at last sex
Feelings about work shame	12 months post baseline	4 items ask about shame because of type and lack of work. Responses are on a likert scale.
Gender attitudes	12 months post baseline	Modified gender equitable men's scale assess participant's gender attitudes.

Countries

South Africa

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026