Community mobilisation approaches to preventing adolescent multiple risk behaviour: a realist review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Adolescent multiple risk behaviour (MRB) is a global health issue. Most interventions have focused on the proximal causes of adolescent MRB such as peer or family influence, with systematic reviews reporting mixed evidence of effectiveness. There is increasing recognition that community mobilisation approaches could be beneficial for adolescent health. There are gaps in the current literature, theory and implementation that would benefit from a realist approach. We use a theory-driven evidence synthesis to assess how and why community mobilisation interventions work/do not work to prevent adolescent MRB and in what contexts.

Methods

This realist review used a six-stage iterative process, guided by the RAMESES framework. We systematically searched PubMed, MEDLINE,

SUBMITTER: Tinner L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10895861 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature