Community leader training tested as tool to curb domestic violence in peru
NCT ID NCT05331248
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tested whether training community leaders can reduce domestic violence in Peru. Over 8,700 people from 250 villages took part. The program used either household visits or group sessions to change attitudes about violence and gender roles. The goal was to see which approach works best and why.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- behavioral intervention: household and group training sessions on domestic violence prevention
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could show that community-led training programs are effective in reducing intimate partner violence and changing social norms.
- What could go wrong
- This is a completed study, so results are available but may not apply to other countries or settings. Self-reported violence data can be biased.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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8,754 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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May 2022
- Finished
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Apr 2025
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 to 85 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Eligibility to receive the initial census: Women between the ages of 18-59 in 2022, who lived with a male partner, and who were permanent residents in villages from our sample (defined as living in the village for at least 4 months of the year). Eligibility to be part of the targeted sample: * Women identified to be at risk of suffering from IPV in the census, who as a result, also received a baseline survey. * In 50 percent of the treatment villages chosen at random, an additional 30% of women randomly selected from the census. * Male partners of women in the targeted sample. * Across a sub-sample of 94 treatment villages chosen at random, 1 village leader. Specifically, we identified two village leaders, one male and one female, and randomly selected which of the genders was selected for targeting. This resulted in 50 women leaders and 44 men leaders, and their partners. Eligibility for the endline survey sample: * We plan to interview all men, women, and village leaders in our targeted sample. * We will also interview 4 additional women per village who were eligible to receive the initial census but were not part of the targeted sample, as well as their male partners, to measure spillover effects.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Innovations for Poverty Action
Lima, Peru
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