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Impact of a workplace intervention on attitudes and practices related to gender equity in Bengaluru, India.
- Source :
- Global Public Health; Oct2016, Vol. 11 Issue 9, p1169-1184, 16p
- Publication Year :
- 2016
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Abstract
- We describe the evaluation of a participatory, garment factory-based intervention to promote gender equity. The intervention comprised four campaigns focused on gender and violence against women, alcoholism, sexual and reproductive health, and HIV/AIDS, which were implemented using information displays (standees and posters) and interactive methods (street play, one-to-one interactions, experience-sharing, and health camps). Each campaign lasted six days and the entire intervention was implemented over 10 months. We evaluated the intervention using a quasi-experimental design in which one factory served as the intervention site and a second as a delayed control. Two mobile-phone-based cross-sectional surveys were conducted at baseline and 12 months with separate systematic random samples of employees from each site. Data on socio-demographic characteristics and knowledge and attitudes related to gender equity, intimate partner violence (IPV) and alcohol use were assessed, and differences in these variables associated with the intervention were examined using difference-in-difference estimation. Analyses of data from 835 respondents revealed substantial, statistically significant improvements in attitudes related to gender equity, unacceptability of IPV, and awareness of IPV and alcohol-related support services. In conclusion, our study offers compelling evidence on the effectiveness of workplace-based interventions in advancing gender equity. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
- Subjects :
- SEXISM
SOCIAL skills
AGE distribution
SEX discrimination
ALCOHOLISM
CHI-squared test
STATISTICAL correlation
EMPLOYEE attitudes
INTELLECT
RESEARCH methodology
QUESTIONNAIRES
REGRESSION analysis
RESEARCH funding
STATISTICAL sampling
SEX distribution
SURVEYS
T-test (Statistics)
TEXTILE industry
WORK environment
SOCIAL attitudes
EDUCATIONAL attainment
CROSS-sectional method
INTIMATE partner violence
DATA analysis software
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
PREVENTION
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 17441692
- Volume :
- 11
- Issue :
- 9
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Global Public Health
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 117745410
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/17441692.2016.1156140