Project Description

Both experimental and correlational evidence demonstrate that alcohol consumption can increase the risk of intimate partner violence (IPV). In addition, experts have developed interventions that effectively reduce alcohol consumption. Together, these bodies of work suggest a promising avenue for reducing IPV, an issue of critical relevance globally and in India. Despite the high rates of alcohol use and IPV in developing countries, previous efforts to design, implement and evaluate interventions to reduce alcohol use have mainly been based in developed countries despite the high need elsewhere. Given this gap, we are working together with a stellar multi-disciplinary team made up of MIT, the University of Maryland, and led by Ideas42. This team brings expertise in incentives and commitment based approaches to reduce drinking, cognitive behavioral therapy for alcohol and IPV reduction, and violence against women intervention research.

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Behavioral Ideas Lab, Inc
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