Baseline socio-demographic and other descriptors
PTSD, Trauma, trauma
DISORDERS, EVENT, EVENT, EVENTS, EVENTS
In addition to socio-demographic information (e.g. age, marital status, education and employment status) and intervention assignment (i.e. study arm), six variables are worth noting for this current investigation, as they represent some of the challenges faced in informal settlements in South Africa: food security, crime participation, adverse childhood events, exposure to trauma event, gender equitable men scale and unhealthy alcohol use.Food security was measured using the Household Hunger Scale (HHS), having been used in South Africa elsewhere (Crime participation entailed the use of the 10-item participation in crime measure, been validated and utilized in rural South Africa elsewhere (Adverse Childhood Events (ACE) were evaluated using the 13-item scale Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ), having been adapted for use in South Africa (Exposure to trauma event was assessed through the revised Life Event Checklist from the PTSD Checklist, which has been validated in various South African communities (Gender Equitable Men Scale (GEMS) was used to measure masculinities and gender attitudes, being designed to generate evidence about the standard norms in a community as well as the benefit of any programme that can influence them. GEMS has been adapted in rural South Africa and used to measure gender attitudes (Unhealthy alcohol use was screened by using the 10-item Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) scale (