Population-Based Approaches to Prevent Domestic Violence against Women Using a Systematic Review
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Ebrahim Babaee
,
Arash Tehrani-Banihashemi
,
Mehran Asadi-Aliabadi
,
Arghavan Sheykholeslami
,
Majid Purabdollah
,
Arezou Ashari
,
Marzieh Nojomi
Abstract
Objective: In this systematic review, we aimed to evaluate the existing strategies and interventions in domestic violence prevention to assess their effectiveness.
Method: To select studies, Pubmed, ISI, CINAHL, PsycINFO, Cochrane, Scopus, Embase, Ovid, Science Direct, ProQuest, and Elsevier databases were searched. Two authors reviewed all papers using established inclusion/ exclusion criteria. Finally, 18 articles were selected and met the inclusion criteria for assessment. Following the Cochrane quality assessment tool and AHRQ Standards, the studies were classified for quality rating based on design and performance quality. Two authors separately reviewed the studies and categorized them as good, fair, and poor quality.
Results: Most of the selected papers had fair- or poor-quality rating in terms of methodology quality. Different intervention methods had been used in these studies. Four studies focused on empowering women; 3, 4, and 2 studies were internet-based interventions, financial interventions, and relatively social interventions, respectively. Four interventions were also implemented in specific groups. All authors stated that interventions were effective.
Conclusion: Intervention methods should be fully in line with the characteristics of the participants. Environmental and cultural conditions and the role of the cause of violence are important elements in choosing the type of intervention. Interventions are not superior to each other because of their different applications.
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2. Ghazizadeh A. Domestic violence: a cross-sectional study in an Iranian city. East Mediterr Health J. 2005;11(5-6):880-7.
3. Lipsky S, Caetano R, Field CA, Bazargan S. Violence-related injury and intimate partner violence in an urban emergency department. J Trauma. 2004;57(2):352-9.
4. Bruschi A, de Paula CS, Bordin IA. [Lifetime prevalence and help seeking behavior in physical marital violence]. Rev Saude Publica. 2006;40(2):256-64.
5. Adams AE, Sullivan CM, Bybee D, Greeson MR. Development of the scale of economic abuse. Violence Against Women. 2008;14(5):563-88.
6. Ahmadi BA, Alimohamadian M, Golestan B, Bagheri Yazdi A, Shojaeezadeh D. Effects of domestic violence on the mental health of married women in Tehran. Journal of School of Public Health and Institute of Public Health Research. 2006 May 10;4(2):35-44.
7. Abuse CO. CAADA insights into domestic abuse 1: A place of greater safety.
8. World Health Organization. Responding to intimate partner violence and sexual violence against women: WHO clinical and policy guidelines. World Health Organization; 2013.
9. Ghazi Tabatabai M, Mohsen Tabrizi A, Marjai S. Studies on domestic violence against women2004.
10. Hasegawa M, Bessho Y, Hosoya T, Deguchi Y. [Prevalence of intimate partner violence and related factors in a local city in Japan]. Nihon Koshu Eisei Zasshi. 2005;52(5):411-21.
11. Khadivzadeh T, Erfanian F. Comparison of domestic violence during pregnancy with the Pre-pregnancy period and its relating factors. The Iranian Journal of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Infertility. 2011;14(4):47-56.
12. Wathen CN, MacMillan HL. Interventions for violence against women: scientific review. Jama. 2003;289(5):589-600.
13. PRISMA Flow Diagram Generator 2019.
14. A revised Cochrane risk-of-bias tool for randomized trials: cochrane; 2019.
15. Brown JB, Lent B, Schmidt G, Sas G. Application of the Woman Abuse Screening Tool (WAST) and WAST-short in the family practice setting. J Fam Pract. 2000;49(10):896-903.
16. Norton LB, Peipert JF, Zierler S, Lima B, Hume L. Battering in pregnancy: an assessment of two screening methods. Obstet Gynecol. 1995;85(3):321-5.
17. Oriel KA, Fleming MF. Screening men for partner violence in a primary care setting. A new strategy for detecting domestic violence. J Fam Pract. 1998;46(6):493-8.
18. Tiwari A, Fong DY, Wong JY, Yuen KH, Yuk H, Pang P, et al. Safety-promoting behaviors of community-dwelling abused Chinese women after an advocacy intervention: a randomized controlled trial. Int J Nurs Stud. 2012;49(6):645-55.
19. Clark HM, Grogan-Kaylor A, Galano MM, Stein SF, Montalvo-Liendo N, Graham-Bermann S. Reducing intimate partner violence among Latinas through the moms’ empowerment program: An efficacy trial. JOFV. 2018 May 1;33(4):257-68.
20. Gupta J, Falb KL, Lehmann H, Kpebo D, Xuan Z, Hossain M, et al. Gender norms and economic empowerment intervention to reduce intimate partner violence against women in rural Côte d'Ivoire: a randomized controlled pilot study. BMC Int Health Hum Rights. 2013;13:46.
21. Graham-Bermann SA, Miller-Graff L. Community-based intervention for women exposed to intimate partner violence: A randomized control trial. J Fam Psychol. 2015;29(4):537-47.
22. Coker AL, Bush HM, Cook-Craig PG, DeGue SA, Clear ER, Brancato CJ, et al. RCT Testing Bystander Effectiveness to Reduce Violence. Am J Prev Med. 2017;52(5):566-78.
23. Gilbert L, El-Bassel N, Manuel J, Wu E, Go H, Golder S, et al. An integrated relapse prevention and relationship safety intervention for women on methadone: testing short-term effects on intimate partner violence and substance use. Violence Vict. 2006;21(5):657-72.
24. Laeheem K. The effects of happy Muslim family activities on reduction of domestic violence against Thai-Muslim spouses in Satun province. KJSS. 2017 May 1;38(2):150-5.
25. Langhinrichsen-Rohling J, Turner LA. The efficacy of an intimate partner violence prevention program with high-risk adolescent girls: a preliminary test. Prev Sci. 2012;13(4):384-94.
26. Mejdoubi J, van den Heijkant SC, van Leerdam FJ, Heymans MW, Hirasing RA, Crijnen AA. Effect of nurse home visits vs. usual care on reducing intimate partner violence in young high-risk pregnant women: a randomized controlled trial. PLoS One. 2013;8(10):e78185.
27. Koziol-McLain J, Vandal AC, Wilson D, Nada-Raja S, Dobbs T, McLean C, et al. Efficacy of a Web-Based Safety Decision Aid for Women Experiencing Intimate Partner Violence: Randomized Controlled Trial. J Med Internet Res. 2018;19(12):e426.
28. Choi YJ, Orpinas P, Kim I, Ko KS. Korean clergy for healthy families: online intervention for preventing intimate partner violence. Glob Health Promot. 2019;26(4):25-32.
29. Glass NE, Perrin NA, Hanson GC, Bloom TL, Messing JT, Clough AS, et al. The Longitudinal Impact of an Internet Safety Decision Aid for Abused Women. Am J Prev Med. 2017;52(5):606-15.
30. Pronyk PM, Hargreaves JR, Kim JC, Morison LA, Phetla G, Watts C, et al. Effect of a structural intervention for the prevention of intimate-partner violence and HIV in rural South Africa: a cluster randomised trial. Lancet. 2006;368(9551):1973-83.
31. Sarnquist CC, Ouma L, Lang'at N, Lubanga C, Sinclair J, Baiocchi MT, et al. The Effect of Combining Business Training, Microfinance, and Support Group Participation on Economic Status and Intimate Partner Violence in an Unplanned Settlement of Nairobi, Kenya. J Interpers Violence. 2018:886260518779067.
32. Falb KL, Annan J, Kpebo D, Cole H, Willie T, Xuan Z, et al. Differential Impacts of an Intimate Partner Violence Prevention Program Based on Child Marriage Status in Rural Côte d'Ivoire. J Adolesc Health. 2015;57(5):553-8.
33. Raj A, Silverman JG, Klugman J, Saggurti N, Donta B, Shakya HB. Longitudinal analysis of the impact of economic empowerment on risk for intimate partner violence among married women in rural Maharashtra, India. Soc Sci Med. 2018;196:197-203.
34. Abramsky T, Devries K, Kiss L, Francisco L, Nakuti J, Musuya T, et al. A community mobilisation intervention to prevent violence against women and reduce HIV/AIDS risk in Kampala, Uganda (the SASA! Study): study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial. Trials. 2012;13:96.
35. Sullivan CM. Using the ESID model to reduce intimate male violence against women. Am J Community Psychol. 2003;32(3-4):295-303.
36. Galano MM, Grogan-Kaylor AC, Stein SF, Clark HM, Graham-Bermann SA. Posttraumatic stress disorder in Latina women: Examining the efficacy of the Moms' Empowerment Program. Psychol Trauma. 2017;9(3):344-51.
37. Graham-Bermann SA, Miller LE. Intervention to reduce traumatic stress following intimate partner violence: an efficacy trial of the Moms' Empowerment Program (MEP). Psychodyn Psychiatry. 2013;41(2):329-49.
38. Glass N, Eden KB, Bloom T, Perrin N. Computerized aid improves safety decision process for survivors of intimate partner violence. J Interpers Violence. 2010;25(11):1947-64.
39. Carey MP, Carey KB, Maisto SA, Gordon CM, Weinhardt LS. Assessing sexual risk behaviour with the Timeline Followback (TLFB) approach: continued development and psychometric evaluation with psychiatric outpatients. Int J STD AIDS. 2001;12(6):365-75.
40. Mikton C. Preventing intimate partner and sexual violence against women: taking action and generating evidence. Inj Prev. 2010;16(5):359-60.
41. Hindin MJ, Kishor S, Ansara DL. Intimate partner violence among couples in 10 DHS countries: Predictors and health outcomes. Macro International Incorporated; 2008.
42. Fox VC. Historical perspectives on violence against women. J Int Womens Stud. 2002;4(1):15-34..
43. Davoudi F, Rasoulian M, Asl MA, Nojomi M. What do victims of physical domestic violence have in common? A systematic review of evidence from Eastern Mediterranean countries. WHB.2014 Jun;1(2).
44. Vyas, S. and Watts, C., 2009. How does economic empowerment affect women's risk of intimate partner violence in low and middle income countries? A systematic review of published evidence. Journal of International Development: The Journal of the Development Studies Association, 21(5), pp.577-602.
45. National Family Health Survey, India. Fact Sheets for Key Indicators Based on Final Data. June 2017.
46. Goetz AM, Sen Gupta R. Who takes the credit? Gender, power and control over loan use in rural credit programmes in Bangladesh.
47. Heise LL, Kotsadam A. Cross-national and multilevel correlates of partner violence: an analysis of data from population-based surveys. Lancet Glob Health. 2015;3(6):e332-40.
48. Laeheem K, Baka D. A study of youth’s violent behavior in the three southern border provinces of Thailand. NDJ. 2012;52(1):159-87.
49. Olds DL. Prenatal and infancy home visiting by nurses: From randomized trials to community replication. Prevention Science. 2002 Sep 1;3(3):153-72.
50. Alone N. The First Report of the White House Task Force to Protect Students from Sexual Assault. April 2014. The White House, Washington DC. 2016.
51. Banyard VL, Plante EG, Moynihan MM. Bystander education: Bringing a broader community perspective to sexual violence prevention. JCOP. 2004 Jan;32(1):61-79.
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Babaee E, Tehrani-Banihashemi A, Asadi-Aliabadi M, Sheykholeslami A, Purabdollah M, Ashari A, Nojomi M. Population-Based Approaches to Prevent Domestic Violence against Women Using a Systematic Review. Iran J Psychiatry. 2021;16(1):94-105.
