‘SASA! is the medicine that treats violence’. Qualitative findings on how a community mobilisation intervention to prevent violence against women created change in Kampala, Uganda

‘SASA! is the medicine that treats violence’. Qualitative findings on how a community mobilisation intervention to prevent violence against women created change in Kampala, Uganda

Background: Intimate partner violence (IPV) violates women's human rights and is a serious public health concern. Historically strategies to prevent IPV have focussed on individuals and their relationships without addressing the context under which IPV occurs. Primary prevention of IPV is a rel...

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Main Authors: Nambusi Kyegombe, Elizabeth Starmann, Karen M. Devries, Lori Michau, Janet Nakuti, Tina Musuya, Charlotte Watts, Lori Heise
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2014-09-01
Series:Global Health Action
Subjects:
community mobilisation
primary prevention intervention
social norms theory
SASA!
violence against women
Uganda
Online Access:http://www.globalhealthaction.net/index.php/gha/article/download/25082/pdf_1

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