Ferguson, P.N. Shrestha); University of Minnesota (
Calvert, Oakes); George Mason University (
Gupta) While the findings are mixed, they provide critical insights into future studies and highlight the potential promise of well targeted radio and community engagement activities for preventing IPV. Research in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) suggests that multicomponent interventions incorporating media, group work, and community mobilisation may be effective at changing social norms that enable intimate partner violence (IPV). The
Change Starts at Home intervention in Nepal works to prevent IPV and to foster social norms change through a social and behavioural communication (SBCC) strategy involving radio, couples group work, and community engagement. This mixed methods cluster randomised trial evaluated the impact of