Applying the PEN-3 Cultural Model to Address HIV/AIDS Prevention in Rural Guatemala

Dunleavy, Victoria Orrego; Chudnovskaya, Elena V.; Phillips, Jasmine; McFarlane, Soroya Julian

doi:10.1080/17475759.2017.1398178

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“…It consists of three primary domains: health education target groups, relationships and expectations, and cultural empowerment or cultural identity. In fact, the PEN-3 model highlights the impact of behavior on health (positive, existential, or negative), within the broader context of culture to diagnose the roles, values, and norms that either support or do not support various types of activities (perceptions, enablers, or nurturers) and the focus of the health behavior intervention (person, extended family, or neighborhood) [ 13 ]. The current study aims at investigating the impact of preventive interventions based on the PEN-3 model to reduce IPV among pregnant women residing in the slum areas of Hamadan.…”

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The Impact of Preventive Interventions on Intimate Partner Violence among Pregnant Women Resident in Hamadan City Slum Areas Using the PEN-3 Model: Control Randomized Trial Study

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Background: Intimate partner violence is a severe life-threatening criminal and public health problem affecting the well-being of individuals, families, and society. Planning interventions to reduce the burden of this persistent and criminal violence should be relevant culturally and socially.Methods: In this randomized control trial, 150 pregnant women residing in slum areas of Hamadan were randomly assigned to two groups (intervention group: n=50 and control group: n=100). Interventional strategies included educating the victims based on local cultural norms, culturally sensitive individual and group counseling, and educating health care providers. Data were collected via face-to-face interviews at baseline and again at 3 months after the intervention. We used a paired t-test to evaluate the effect of the intervention by comparing changes in the outcomes measured.Results: There were no statistically significant differences between the two groups at baseline in terms of sociodemographic characteristics. Post-test scores of knowledge (7.50±2.65 vs. 5.14±3.51, P=0.001), communication skills (18.38±4.25 vs. 16.2±3.83, P=0.04), and family support and social expectation of obedience (15.79±4.45 vs. 13.40±4.57, P=0.005) of the victims were statistically significantly higher in the experimental group compared to the control group. Moreover, physical (0.74±2.28 vs. 1.20±2.60, P=0.06), psychological (2.80±4.10 vs. 4.52±5.43, P=0.06), and sexual (0.11±0.58 vs. 0.61±1.22, P=0.04) violence reduced in the experimental group compared to the control group.Conclusion: Culturally relevant interventions can reduce intimate partner violence.

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