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Intervention with Microfinance for AIDS & Gender Equity

"IMAGE" Study Publication List

In 2001, SEF partnered with IMAGE launching a 4 year randomized controlled trial (RCT) combining our microcredit programme with a 12-month gender and health education curriculum. To date, 12,300 at-risk women have participated in the curriculum. The randomized controlled trial saw a 55% reduction in intimate partner violence over the course of 2 years. The study has left a lasting impact on our approach to poverty, and our partnership with IMAGE continues to this day.

The research papers featured below provide greater detail and analysis of the IMAGE study. To read a brief, click here.

  1. Combining Microfinance and Training on Gender and HIV – A Proven Approach to Reduce Poverty and Halve Violence Against Women [Simanowitz A]
  2. Economic evaluation of a combined microfinance and gender training intervention for the prevention of intimate partner violence in rural South Africa. The Lancet (in submission). [Jan S, Ferrari G, Watts CH, Hargreaves JR, Kim JC, Morison LA, Phetla G, Porter JDH, Pronyk PM.]
  3. Group-microfinance and health promotion among the poor: six-year process evaluation of the Intervention with Microfinance for AIDS and Gender Equity (IMAGE) in rural South Africa. Health Education Research (in review). [Hargreaves JR, Hatcher A, Strange V, Phetla G, Busza J, Kim JC, Watts C, Morison LA, Porter JDH, Pronyk PM, Bonnel C.]
  4. Assessing the incremental benefits of combining health and economic interventions: Experience from the IMAGE Study in rural South Africa. Bulletin of the WHO 2009 (in press). [Kim JC, Ferrari G, Abramsky T, Watts CH, Hargreaves JR, Morison LA, Phetla G, Porter JDH, Pronyk PM.]
  5. Characteristics of sexual partnerships, not just of individuals, are associated with condom use and recent HIV infection in rural South Africa. AIDS Care 2009 (in press). [Hargreaves JR, Morison LA, Kim JC, Busza J, Phetla G, Porter JDH, Watts C, Pronyk PM.]
  6. Exploring the role of economic empowerment in HIV prevention. AIDS 22(Suppl 4): s57-71, 2008. [Kim JC, Pronyk PM, Barnett AS, Watts CH.]
  7. They have opened our mouths”: increasing women’s skills and motivation for sexual communication with young people in the IMAGE study from rural South Africa. AIDS Education and Prevention 20 (6): 504-518, 2008. [Phetla G, Busza J, Hargreaves JR, Pronyk PM, Kim JC, Watts CA, Morison L, Porter JDH.]
  8. Can social capital be intentionally generated? A cluster randomized trial from rural South Africa. Social Science and Medicine, 67 (10): 1559-1570, 2008. [Pronyk PM, Harpham T, Morison LA, Phetla G, Busza J, Hargreaves JR, Kim JC, Watts C, Porter JDH.]
  9. A combined microfinance and training intervention can reduce HIV risk behaviour among young female participants: results from the IMAGE Study. AIDS 22: 1659-1665,2008. [Pronyk PM, Kim JC, Abramsky T, Phetla G, Hargreaves JR, Morison LA, Busza J, Watts C, Porter JDH.]
  10. Is social capital associated with HIV risk in rural South Africa? Social Science and Medicine 66(9): 1999-2010, 2008. [Pronyk PM, Harpham T, Morison LA, Hargreaves JR, Kim JC, Phetla G, Watts C, Porter JDH.]
  11. Accounting for institutional change in health economic evaluation: a program to tackle HIV/AIDs and gender violence in Southern Africa. Social Science and Medicine 66(4):922-32, 2008. [Jan S, Pronyk PM, Kim JC.]
  12. The association between school attendance, HIV infection and sexual behaviour among young people in rural South Africa. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 62:113-119, 2008. [Hargreaves JR, Morison LA, Kim JC, Bonell C, Phetla G, Porter JDH, Watts C, Busza J, Pronyk PM.]
  13. Explaining persistently high HIV incidence in rural South Africa: a cohort study, 2001-2004, AIDS 27 (suppl 7):s39-48, Nov 1, 2007.[Hargreaves JR, Morison LA, Bonell C, Kim JC, Phetla G, Porter JDH, Watts C, Pronyk PM.]
  14. Assessing household wealth in health studies in developing countries: a comparison of participatory wealth ranking and survey techniques from rural South Africa. Emerging Themes in Epidemiology 4 (4), June 1, 2007 doi:10.1186/1742-7622-4-4. [Hargreaves JR, Morison LA, Gear JSS, Kim JC, Makhubele MB, Porter JDH, Watts C, Pronyk PM.]
  15. Microfinance programs and better health: prospects for sub-Saharan Africa. Journal of the American Medical Association, 298 (16): 1925-1927, 2007. [Pronyk PM, Hargreaves JR, Morduch J.]
  16. Understanding the impact of a microfinance-based intervention on women’s empowerment and the reduction of intimate partner violence in the IMAGE Study, South Africa. American Journal of Public Health, 97(10), 1794-1802, 2007. [Kim JC, Watts C, Hargreaves JR, Ndhlovu LX, Phetla G, Morison LA, Busza J, Porter JDH, Pronyk PM.]
  17. “Hearing the voices of the poor: Assigning poverty lines on the basis of local perceptions of poverty; a quantitative analysis of qualitative data from participatory wealth ranking in rural South Africa”. World Development, 35 (2):212-229, 2007.[Hargreaves JR, Morison LA, Gear JSS, Kim JC, Porter JDH, Watts C, Pronyk PM.]
  18. Effect of a structural intervention for the prevention of intimate partner violence and HIV in rural South Africa: results of a cluster randomized trial, The Lancet, 368, 1973-1983, Dec 2, 2006. [Pronyk PM, Hargreaves JR, Kim JC, Morison LA, Phetla G, Watts C, Busza J, Porter JDH.]
  19. Should structural interventions be evaluated using RCTs? The case of HIV prevention. Social Science and Medicine, 63(5):1135-42, 2006. [Bonnel CP, Hargreaves JR, Strange V, Pronyk PM, Porter JDH.]
  20. Case Study: On Track with Gender in Microfinance. Small Enterprise Foundation and Intervention with Microfinance for AIDS and Gender Equity, January 2011. [Caroljin Gommans]
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