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A combined microfinance and training intervention can reduce HIV risk behaviour among young program participants: results from the IMAGE Study Paul M Pronyk, Julia C Kim, Tanya Abramsky, Godfrey Phetla, James R Hargreaves, Linda A Morison Charlotte Watts, Joanna Busza, John DH Porter SEF Small Enterprise Foundation RADAR Rural AIDS & Development Action Research Programme School of Public Health University of the Witwatersrand

The Intervention with Microfinance for AIDS & Gender Equity (IMAGE Study)

Microfinance as a prevention tool to address social determinants of vulnerability Intimate partner violence HIV infection Poverty & economic inequalities Mobility and migration Gender Inequalities Small Enterprise Foundation Sisters for Life participatory training IMAGE

Overall study objectives To assess the impact of the IMAGE intervention on recipients: economic and social empowerment past year risk of physical and/or sexual violence To explore the impact on HIV risk behaviours

IMAGE Phase 1: Participatory gender/HIV training Compulsory 1-hr participatory training integrated into fortnightly loan centre meetings run by SEF Ten 1-hour sessions before loan repayment meetings Focus: Gender and HIV: gender norms, domestic violence, sexuality, HIV/AIDS Skills: communication, conflict resolution, solidarity, leadership

IMAGE Phase 2: Community Mobilisation Goal: To take lessons learned and begin engaging men and youth in communities Select “Natural leaders” 1-week training: Leadership & Community Mobilisation Identify priority problem: Village-level Action Plans

Study design: cluster randomized trial 8 villages in rural Limpopo (pop 64, 000) 4 villages given intervention. Comparable 4 villages given intervention at end of study Women receiving loans selected using participatory wealth ranking to identify poorest women Quantitative surveys at baseline and 2-3 yrs At baseline & after two years, female participants aged (31% of all participants) asked questions about HIV risk behaviours. Small number of clusters means have limited statistical power

Economic well-being Empowerment DIRECT EFFECTS IMAGE Participants + Controls (n=860) INDIRECT EFFECTS yr old + controls Households (n=1455) Communities (n=2858) Diffusion Intimate partner violence Knowledge Communication VCT Social mobilization Sexual Behaviour HIV infection pathway variables Primary outcomes Social determinants IMAGE HIV risk behaviors yr old IMAGE participants Secondary analysis

Enrolment & intervention uptake 860 women enrolled Follow-up rates 90%, 84% (I,C) 1,750 loans disbursed Total value USD $ Repayment rates 99.7%. Typical businesses: selling produce, used/new clothes, creches, food stalls

Economic well-being HH Asset value: Savings Expenditure Food Security School Enrolment Risk ratio ( ) 1.84 ( ) 1.23 ( ) 1.00 ( ) 1.01 ( )

Broader measures of empowerment Self confidence Challenges gender roles Communication with partner Communication with other household members Progressive attitudes towards violence Autonomy HH decisions Adjusted risk ratio ( ) 1.57 ( ) 1.14 ( ) 1.58 ( ) 1.49 ( ) 1.64 (.85 – 3.17)

Past year experience of intimate partner violence reduced by 55% (aRR % CI ) Past year experience of physical/sexual partner violence - pushed you - hit you - forced sex - scared to say no to sex Adjusted risk ratio ( ) Pronyk et al. The Lancet Dec. 2006

HIV risk behaviours (participants aged 14 – 35) Adjusted Risk Ratio % CI % CI % CI HIV-related communication Accessed voluntary counselling and testing Unprotected sex at last intercourse with a non-spousal partner However, no evidence of diffusion impact on HIV incidence among adolescents over 2/3 year evaluation timeframe

households 4500 households (30,000) households (80,000) Scaling up IMAGE in South Africa Pilot Study Additional cost = US $43/client Scale-up Additional cost = US $13/client

Conclusion IMAGE intervention participants had: improved hh assetts improved communication with hh members halved women’s experience of past year physical and/or sexual violence Young intervention participants had: higher levels of HIV-related communication were more likely to have accessed voluntary counselling and testing less likely to have had unprotected sex at last intercourse with a non-spousal partner  Findings illustrate importance of addressing gender & economic inequalities  Opportunities to integrate training into economic & other development initiatives

Acknowledgements Funders: South African Department of Health DFID SIDA HIVOS Ford Foundation, AngloPlatinum & The AngloAmerican Chairman’s Educational Trust Kaiser Family Foundation