Interventions for Prevention of Intimate Partner Violence Against Women in Humanitarian Settings: A Protocol for a Systematic Review
The objective of the systematic review is to identify existing IPV prevention interventions, strategies and programs among refugee, internally displaced, or conflict-affected female in humanitarian settings; and to assess their effects. It will seek to answer the following questions:
What are the existing types of intervention for primary or secondary prevention of IPV against women in humanitarian settings?
What is the effect of various types of interventions on prevention or reduction of physical, sexual or emotional IPV in humanitarian settings?
How do various types of intervention related to IPV affect health outcomes in humanitarian settings?
Methods
The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses for Protocols 2015 (PRISMA-P 2015) statement has been used for preparing and reporting of this systematic review protocol 30.
Registration
This systematic review was registered in the International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews (PROSPERO) on 18 September 2016 and updated in the registry on 15 December 2016 (CRD42016047497 available at http://www.crd.york.ac.uk/PROSPERO).
Eligibility criteria
Studies will be selected according to the criteria outlined below.
Study designs
Any experimental, quasi-experimental, or controlled trials studies (randomized trials or quasi-randomised trials) will be included.
Participants
The population will be restricted to refugee, internally displaced, or c...
Source: PLOS Currents Disasters - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Marjan Delkhosh Source Type: research
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