Sociology

Sexual violence

Intervention (counseling)

Poison control

Economic growth

Psychiatry

Nursing

Surgery

Cluster randomised controlled trial

Psychology

Economics

Randomized controlled trial

Empowerment

Tanzania

Socioeconomics

Microfinance

Suicide prevention

Domestic violence

Medicine

Environmental health

The Lancet Global Health

Globally, about 30% of women have experienced physical or sexual violence, or both, from an intimate partner during their lifetime. Associations between poverty and women's increased risk of intimate partner violence have been observed. We therefore aimed to assess the effect of a violence prevention intervention delivered to women participating in a group-based microfinance scheme in Tanzania.

A social empowerment intervention to prevent intimate partner violence against women in a microfinance scheme in Tanzania: findings from the MAISHA cluster randomised controlled trial