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IPV Prevention Among FDP

NCT07775677 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 107

Last updated 2026-08-20

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Summary

Forcibly displaced women and their male partners experience compounding social and structural vulnerabilities to intimate partner violence (IPV) and mental health challenges, yet rigorous studies or examples of evidence-based interventions that seek to prevent and reduce IPV and mental health problems among forcibly displaced populations (FDPs) who seek asylum and rebuild their lives in the United States (US) are scarce. Guided by the the Assessment, Decision, Adaptation, Production, Topical experts-integration, Training, and Testing (ADAPT-ITT) framework, Cascade Implementation Framework, and NIMH experimental therapeutics approach, we propose to address this gap in research and practice by (1) adapting the Economic and Social Empowerment (EA$E) curriculum for US-based FD Congolese couples, (2) using a hybrid type 2 pilot study design to explore preliminary effects of EA$E-US on IPV, mental health outcomes and intermediary outcomes, and (3) examining implementation processes and outcomes

Conditions

  • PTSD Symptoms
  • Violence Prevention
  • Depression and Anxiety Symptoms

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

EA$E-US

Couples randomized to this arm will receive the EA$E-US intervention. This is an 8-session curriculum focusing on communication, healthy communication, conflict resolution, joint decision-making, and coping.

OTHER

ongoing standard of care

Ongoing services offered by IRC including job training, financial coaching and budgeting, and assistance.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

    collaborator NIH

  • International Rescue Committee

    collaborator OTHER

  • Arizona State University

    collaborator OTHER

  • George Mason University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Jhumka Gupta, ScD, MPH · George Mason University College of Public Health

  • Karin Wachter, PhD · Arizona State University School of Social Work

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2026-11-30
Primary Completion
2027-05-30
Completion
2028-06-30

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