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Table 3 Summary of included papers

From: The impact of interventions to reduce risk and incidence of intimate partner violence and sexual violence in conflict and post-conflict states and other humanitarian crises in low and middle income countries: a systematic review

Author (s)

Country

Strategy type

Abuse type & population

Name & intervention

Study type

Annan et al. * [42]

Cote D'lvoire

Economic empowerment + Social norms

IPV − Women (18 yrs +) & partners

EA$E − Group savings + 8 × 1.5–2.5 h gender dialogue groups compared to group savings only

RCT

Bacon [48]

Liberia

Personnel

IPV − Female police recruits

Recruitment and training + creation of specialist unit

Case Study

Bass et al. [43]

DRC

Survivor response

SV − Women survivors of SV with PTSD/anxiety + depression

12 × 2 h group sessions cognitive processing therapy compared to individual support only

CRCT

Falb et al. * [41]

Cote d'Ivoire

Economic empowerment + Social norms

IPV − Women (18 yrs +) & partners

EA$E − Group savings + 8 × 1.5–2.5 h gender dialogue groups compared to group savings only

Qualitative- Interview

Gibbs et al. [52]

Afghanistan

Economic empowerment + Social norms

IPV − Women (18–49 yrs) identified with social and economic vulnerability

WfWI − 2 × 1.5–3 h weekly × 12 months + empowerment and vocational skills + cash transfer + group savings

Mixed Methods

Glass et al. [46]

DRC

Economic empowerment

IPV − Women and men community members (16 yrs +)

Pigs for Peace − Microcredit/livestock product asset transfer program compared to wait list

RCT

Glass et al. [44]

Somalia

Social norms

SV + IPV − Women and men community members (15 yrs +)

Communities Care − Weekly discussion groups × 15 compared to wait list

CRCT

Green et al. [49]

Uganda

Economic empowerment + social norms

IPV − Low income earning women and their partners

WINGS − 5 days business training; start up grant; 6 weekly follow up visits for 6 months compared to delayed treatment. Compared to WINGS + or Women Plus variant

CRCT

Gupta et al. * [40]

Cote d'Ivoire

Economic empowerment + social norms

IPV − Women (18 yrs +) & partners

EA$E − Group savings + 8 × 1.5–2.5 h gender dialogue groups compared to group savings only

RCT

Gurman et al. [45]

South Sudan, Uganda, Rwanda, Thailand, Liberia

Community mobilisation

SV + IPV − Community members & NGO workers

Through Our Eyes − Community awareness participatory video project. Videos approx. 20 min long with group session x 60 min

Qualitative- Interview + FGDs

Hossain et al. [51]

Cote d'Ivoire

Social norms

IPV − Men -community members (15 yrs +)

Men & Women in Partnership initiative − Weekly male discussion group sessions × 16 compared to community-level programming for raised awareness on women’s rights and GBV impacts

CRCT

Hossain et al. [39]

Kenya

Survivor response + community mobilisation

IPV − Women refugees (15 yrs +) after IPV/SV

Case management + psychosocial support + GBV messaging

Mixed Methods

Koegler et al. [47]

DRC

Economic empowerment

SV − Women − survivors of conflict-related SV

Group credit and animal asset transfer; shared farming; weekly group support meetings − Solidarity Groups 1–2 h

Qualitative − Interview

Lilleston et al. [54]

Lebanon

Survivor response + community mobilisation

SV + IPV − Refugee women and adolescent girls

GBV mobile service delivery approach − 6 months of weekly individual case management; psychosocial support; information sessions; door-to-door visits

Qualitative − Interview

Stark et al. [55]

Ethiopia

Empowerment + relationship skills

SV + IPV − Girls (13–19 yrs) and their mothers

COMPASS − 30 life skills sessions × 1–3 h + 8 mothers’ sessions (length not reported) compared to wait list

CRCT

Stark et al. [56]

DRC

Empowerment + relationship skills

SV + IPV − Girls (10–14 yrs) and their mothers

COMPASS − 32 life skills sessions × 1-3 h + 13 mothers sessions (length not reported) compared to wait list

CRCT

Vaillant [50]

DRC

Social norms

IPV − Men community members (18 yrs +)

EMAP − 16 × weekly 3 h male discussion group sessions compared to non-gender norms-related alternative group sessions with discussion topics chosen by group members

CRCT

Vu et al. [57]

Kenya

Survivor response

SV + IPV − Women refugees (15 yrs +)

Health clinic screening for SV + IPV

Mixed Methods

  1. *Derives from the EA$E study (three papers)