Outcomes data collection
The baseline questionnaire was completed by 98 participants in person on electronic tablets in the Research electronic data capture (REDCap) system [
Quantitative outcome measuresCronbach’s alpha = 0.64Raykov’s Reliability coefficient = 0.62• 11 items• E.g. When my boyfriend/husband and I disagree, he gets his way most of the time.ResponsesCronbach’s = 0.83AVES = 0.313Raykov’s Reliability coefficient = 0.83• 12 items• E. g Would you be able to refuse to do something sexual if you didn’t want it?ResponsesCronbach’s = 0.69Raykov’s Reliability co-efficient = 0.64Increased awareness and confidence in applying verbal resistance and physical self-defence tactics in risky sexualassault situations, use of verbal resistance and physical self-• 8 items• I know a number of basic hand strike self-defence moves e.g. straight punch, knife hand, hammer fist that I would be able to use if anyone tried to rape me.Cronbach’s = 0.74Reliability coefficient=0.64Reduction in incidence of sexual violencepast year sexual violence experience defence in actual situations• Has a current or previous husband or boyfriend ever forced you to do something sexual that you found degrading or humiliating? Did this happen many times, a few times, once or did it not happen?• Have you ever had sex with a boyfriend/husband when you didn’t want to because he physically forced or threatened or pressured you?• Has this happened in the past 12 months?• 20 items• E.g I think that when a woman is raped, she is usually to blame for putting herself in that situation.Cronbach’s = 0.85Raykov’s Reliability co-efficient = 0.84Cronbach’s = 0.86Raykov’s Reliability co-efficient = 0.86Thirty-five participants who participated in the survey and had attended at least eight of the ten NV! sessions were randomly selected and consented to participate in remote and in-depth-telephonic interviews (IDTIs). On agreed days and times, trained research assistants used a semi-structured interview guide to conduct the telephonic interviews (Supp 1, Additional File 