Web-based and mHealth interventions for intimate partner violence prevention: a systematic review protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Victims of intimate partner violence (IPV), or those individuals susceptible to IPV victimisation or perpetration, may benefit from participation in primary, secondary or tertiary interventions to address or mitigate exposure to violence despite mixed evidence of IPV intervention effectiveness. However, participation in such programmes is limited by poor access, sociocultural barriers and programme cost. As the world fast approaches universal access to the internet, web-based technologies and low-cost smartphones, new avenues to provide preventive health services including mobile health (mHealth) tools, platforms and services have emerged. The objective of this systematic review is to assess current web-based and mHealth interventions, which include web-based or mobile

SUBMITTER: Anderson EJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6701589 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature