MAISHA Study CRT01: Baseline and follow-up data

Abramsky, T, Harvey, S, Lees, S, Kapiga, S, Mtolela, G, Madaha, F, Hanson, C, Hashim, R and Kapinga, I. 2023. MAISHA Study CRT01: Baseline and follow-up data. [Online]. London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom. Available from: https://doi.org/10.17037/DATA.00003591.

Abramsky, T, Harvey, S, Lees, S, Kapiga, S, Mtolela, G, Madaha, F, Hanson, C, Hashim, R and Kapinga, I. MAISHA Study CRT01: Baseline and follow-up data [Internet]. London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine; 2023. Available from: https://doi.org/10.17037/DATA.00003591.

Abramsky, T, Harvey, S, Lees, S, Kapiga, S, Mtolela, G, Madaha, F, Hanson, C, Hashim, R and Kapinga, I (2023). MAISHA Study CRT01: Baseline and follow-up data. [Data Collection]. London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom. https://doi.org/10.17037/DATA.00003591.

Description

The MAISHA study (CRT01) is a mixed methods evaluation, including a cluster randomised trial (CRT) of a small group based social empowerment intervention to prevent intimate partner violence (IPV) against women in Mwanza city, Tanzania. The trial was conducted among women already participating in a group-based microfinance scheme, with the microfinance group being the unit of randomisation and (in the intervention arm) the unit of intervention delivery. This dataset contains the results of two surveys conducted among trial participants, a baseline survey conducted prior to randomisation and a follow-up survey conducted 29 months later. It comprises 1,049 records (each pertaining to an individual trial participant). NB: Data pertaining to a second trial of the same MAISHA intervention conducted among women not receiving microfinance (CRT02) are not included in this record.

Methods

Description of data capture

66 microfinance groups were enrolled in the CRT, with half (33 groups, 544 women) randomised to receive the MAISHA intervention and the other half allocated as controls (33 groups, 505 women) waitlisted to receive the intervention on trial completion. The intervention comprised a ten-session social empowerment curriculum delivered over a 20-week period. The CRT involved two surveys of trial participants, the first conducted prior to randomisation (baseline), and the second 29 months later (follow-up). The surveys collected data on demographics, childhood experiences of abuse, health, attitudes and norms relating to gender and IPV, relationships, IPV experiences and responses, children, and respondents’ interactions with their communities. The intervention and trial are described in more detail in the trial protocol.

Data capture method

Questionnaire

Data Collection Period

From	To
September 2014	January 2018

Date (Date submitted to LSHTM repository)

8 September 2023

Language(s) of written materials

English

People & Groups

Data Creators	Abramsky, T, Harvey, S, Lees, S, Kapiga, S, Mtolela, G, Madaha, F, Hanson, C, Hashim, R and Kapinga, I
LSHTM Faculty/Department	Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health > Dept of Infectious Disease Epidemiology Faculty of Public Health and Policy > Dept of Global Health and Development
Participating Institutions	London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Projects

Funders

Project	Funder	Grant Number	Funder URI
MAISHA study	Anonymous donor	3716	UNSPECIFIED
MAISHA study	STRIVE Research Consortium funded by UK Aid from the Department for International Development	PO5244	UNSPECIFIED
MAISHA study	Department for International Development, UK Government	PO5244	http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100002992