The first 6 months of the project consisted of a preparatory phase. Objective 1 was completed in the first 9 months of the project, and milestones included focus groups, interviews with women, their husbands, and medical staff, the design of the intervention and pre-testing its acceptability. Objective 2 is completed between months 10-24 of the project. Milestones include: recruiting 250 couples (months 10-30), applying the intervention (months 10-33), the follow-up assessment (months 16-36), and preliminary analyses (months 13-36). Objective 3 is completed between months 19-45 of the project. Milestones include: recruiting 175 additional women (months 19-39), the follow-up assessment (months 25-45), and preliminary analyses (months 22-45). The last 12 months (months 37-48) of the project will be used to conclude the project, including finalizing the database and analyses, preparing a final report, and preparing articles for publication.