"The Tsima mobilisation model adheres to the theory that social barriers necessitate social change solutions - those which move beyond service provision and instead engage communities in a dialogue about barriers to health and that encourages collective action to enact change."
"Findings from this study shed light on how community mobilization efforts can shift key inequitable gender norms linked to HIV service uptake, and positively effect engagement in HIV services."
"Societal-level gender norm shifts may create enabling environments for interventions to find new traction for violence and HIV-related behavior change." Experience shows that gender inequities must be addressed for HIV and intimate partner violence (IPV) prevention efforts to be successful.
Pettifor, Julien); University of the Witwatersrand (
Pettifor, Lippman, Chola, Wagner, Hove, Twine, Gómez-Olivé, Kabudula, Masilela, Kahn); University of California San Francisco (
Lippman, Leddy, West, Dufour); Sonke Gender Justice (
Peacock, Mathebula, Rebombo, Pino); Promundo (
Peacock); University of Cape Town School of Public Health (
Peacock); independent consultant (
Rebombo) The study demonstrated that shifts in views toward gender can be fostered in a meaningful way at the community level, and that such shifts may also provide an important boost at the individual level. Further, decreases in IPV [intimate partner violence] could be a path to testing for women and men. In the global HIV field, policy and programme discussions increasingly recognise the importance of addressing harmful gender norms across the HIV care continuum. This Project SOAR (Supporting Operational AIDS Research) report summarises findings from a randomised controlled trial (RCT) of Tsima ra