PartnerPlus Intervention
Problems addressed
Violence against women
Effectiveness

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Promising

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Life periods served
Adults (18 to 59 years)
Where the program was applied
Ambulatory - Health service centers
Country of application
South Africa
Description

This is a couple-centered health prevention program to increase male involvement in the gestation period of their partners, increase HIV disclosure and knowledge of the disease, reduce unprotected sex, and intimate partner violence.
The intervention was conducted by two trained HIV counselors and consisted of four 90–120-minute weekly sessions emphasizing cognitive behavioral skills development to improve couple communication, sexual negotiation, conflict resolution, HIV/AIDS and STD prevention, male and female condom use, and gender issues.

Impact evaluations

An impact evaluation showed that couples treated by the program had an increase in the frequency of nonviolent negotiation and a decrease in reports of verbal aggression or violence [1].
In addition, there was an increase in partner knowledge of HIV, and men were more likely to increase condom use from baseline to post-intervention (OR5.1, 95% CI [2.0, 13.3]). Seroconversions in the control condition outnumbered the experimental condition (6 vs. 0) [1].
The study had an experimental design, conducted with 239 pregnant women and their male partners in 12 health clinics providing prenatal follow-up [1].

Bibliographic reference

[1] Jones, D. L., Peltzer, K., Villar-Loubet, O., Shikwane, E., Cook, R., Vamos, S., & Weiss, S. M. (2013). Reducing the risk of HIV infection during pregnancy among South African women: a randomized controlled trial. AIDS care, 25(6), 702-709. https://doi.org/10.1080/09540121.2013.772280

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