PROTOCOL: Street outreach conflict mediation programs for reducing violence.

ABSTRACT: This is a protocol for a Cochrane Review (intervention). The objectives are as follows: This systematic review will synthesize the available evaluation research on the effectiveness of street outreach conflict mediation programs. The review seeks to answer the following primary question: Are street outreach worker strategies that use conflict mediation and/or violence interruption strategies effective at reducing violence? Assuming a sufficient number of eligible studies, this review will also address two additional questions: Are there certain program elements that render these strategies more or less effective? Are there certain conditions under which these strategies are more or less effective? As policymakers struggle to understand the policy options available to them for preventing an

SUBMITTER: Maguire ER 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10909390 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature