Mechanisms for the prevention of adolescent intimate partner violence: A realist review of interventions in low- and middle-income countries.

ABSTRACT: Adolescent girls are among those at the greatest risk of experiencing intimate partner violence (IPV). Despite adolescence being widely regarded as a window of opportunity to influence attitudes and behaviours related to gender equality, evidence on what works to prevent IPV at this critical stage is limited outside of high-income, school-based settings. Even less is understood about the mechanisms of change in these interventions. We conducted a realist review of primary prevention interventions for adolescent IPV in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) to synthesise evidence on how they work, for whom, and under which circumstances. The review took place in four iterative stages: 1) exploratory scoping, 2) developing initial programme theory, 3) systematic database search, screening

SUBMITTER: Lowe H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10022317 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature