659 women participated in the ARCHES study
The ARCHES intervention in Nairobi clinics helped 659 women reduce reproductive coercion, intimate partner violence, and incident pregnancies compared to control clinics.
- Field
- medicine and diagnostics
- What they did
- Researchers conducted a clinical study in six Nairobi clinics to evaluate whether the ARCHES intervention reduces reproductive coercion and intimate partner violence, and affects pregnancy rates.
- Why it matters
- The program demonstrated a statistically significant reduction in reproductive coercion and partner violence among women receiving training compared to the control group.
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