RCT evaluation of Skhokho: A holistic school intervention to prevent gender-based violence among South African Grade 8s

Rachel Jewkes; Anik Gevers; Esnat Chirwa; Pinky Mahlangu; Simukai Shamu; Nwabisa Shai; Carl Lombard

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0223562

RCT evaluation of Skhokho: A holistic school intervention to prevent gender-based violence among South African Grade 8s

PLoS One. 2019 Oct 29;14(10):e0223562. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0223562. eCollection 2019.

Authors

Rachel Jewkes^{1

2}, Anik Gevers³, Esnat Chirwa¹, Pinky Mahlangu¹, Simukai Shamu⁴, Nwabisa Shai¹, Carl Lombard⁵

Affiliations

¹ Gender & Health Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council, Pretoria, South Africa.
² School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
³ Independent Consultant, Cape Town, South Africa.
⁴ Foundation for Professional Development, Pretoria, South Africa.
⁵ Biostatistics Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa.

Abstract

ClinicalTrials.gov NCT02349321.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Caregivers
Child
Early Intervention, Educational
Female
Gender-Based Violence / prevention & control*
Gender-Based Violence / statistics & numerical data*
Humans
Male
Schools*
South Africa / epidemiology
Students*
Teacher Training

Associated data

ClinicalTrials.gov/NCT02349321

Grants and funding

RJ received funding from an anonymous donor who had no role in the study; RJ received funding from the South African Medical Research Council. These sponsors played no role in the research.