Interventions for Improving Informal Social Support for Victim‐Survivors of Domestic Violence and Abuse: An Evidence and Gap Map DOI Creative Commons
Karen Bird,

Nicola Stokes,

Carol Rivas

et al.

Campbell Systematic Reviews, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 21(2)

Published: April 16, 2025

ABSTRACT Background Domestic Violence and Abuse (DVA) is a significant global problem that warrants robust, multi‐sectoral response. The Covid‐19 pandemic highlighted informal social networks play critical role in responding to victim‐survivors, alongside formal agencies specialist services. Friends, relatives, neighbours colleagues are uniquely placed recognise abuse, respond refer wider services, where appropriate. Seeking harness this potential, interventions tailored towards such supporters being developed implemented around the world. Yet little known about interventions. By pulling together research on programmes, evidence gap map begins advance understanding of support interventions, pinpointing range type world, extent available evidence. This provides valuable insights for policy makers practitioners seeking commission or develop area, with view facilitating holistic, societal‐wide response domestic abuse. was collaboration academics specialists, as well abuse researchers, input guidance from an Advisory Group. Objectives aims establish nature empirical primary aiming create enhance victim‐survivors identifying clusters potentially suitable synthesis, gaps base. Search Methods following bibliographic databases were searched published studies inception 31st October 2022: APA PsycINFO, Social Policy Practice, ASSIA, PubMed, Science Citation Index. Identifying grey literature important pillar search strategy so websites organisations, predominantly United Kingdom, also searched. Similarly, targeted systematic review, undertaken 10th July 2023. Selection Criteria focused any explicitly aimed Eligible providers (i.e., friends, colleagues), victim‐survivor, relationship between them, and/or community within which provided. All study designs included, reporting qualitative quantitative data samples (adults who were/had been experiencing intimate relationship) supporters. Outcomes not used part eligibility criteria. needed be English. Data Collection Analysis included coded by two independent reviewers, using review software EPPI Reviewer. Details collected sample, design, intervention outcomes. Quality appraisal undertaken. Main Results EGM identified 47 create, facilitate violence overwhelming majority drawn Global North, there dissonance small base relatively larger number highlights importance diverse field. body unevenly distributed, greatest concentration directed groups mentoring, those supporters, education training. Most reported female, adult particular emphasis their mental health wellbeing, help‐seeking behaviours. outcomes aligns service user/provider priorities imperative DVA improve lives victim‐survivors. found targeting structural factors shape support, relationships norms, lack specific population including longer term, ethnic minority men. There major limited group, types (namely friends family members) notably absent samples. community‐level Authors' Conclusions To our knowledge, first provide comprehensive rigorous overview tool policymakers, researchers navigate Whilst partial picture offer insight into potential effects intervening. suite covered can inspire policymakers broaden beyond frontline identify stakeholders pilot further strengthened additional examining target communities, individuals, assessing groups. At same time, offers pockets rich data, victim‐survivor faith‐based utilised inform current future provision.

Language: Английский

Interventions for Improving Informal Social Support for Victim‐Survivors of Domestic Violence and Abuse: An Evidence and Gap Map DOI Creative Commons
Karen Bird,

Nicola Stokes,

Carol Rivas

et al.

Campbell Systematic Reviews, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 21(2)

Published: April 16, 2025

ABSTRACT Background Domestic Violence and Abuse (DVA) is a significant global problem that warrants robust, multi‐sectoral response. The Covid‐19 pandemic highlighted informal social networks play critical role in responding to victim‐survivors, alongside formal agencies specialist services. Friends, relatives, neighbours colleagues are uniquely placed recognise abuse, respond refer wider services, where appropriate. Seeking harness this potential, interventions tailored towards such supporters being developed implemented around the world. Yet little known about interventions. By pulling together research on programmes, evidence gap map begins advance understanding of support interventions, pinpointing range type world, extent available evidence. This provides valuable insights for policy makers practitioners seeking commission or develop area, with view facilitating holistic, societal‐wide response domestic abuse. was collaboration academics specialists, as well abuse researchers, input guidance from an Advisory Group. Objectives aims establish nature empirical primary aiming create enhance victim‐survivors identifying clusters potentially suitable synthesis, gaps base. Search Methods following bibliographic databases were searched published studies inception 31st October 2022: APA PsycINFO, Social Policy Practice, ASSIA, PubMed, Science Citation Index. Identifying grey literature important pillar search strategy so websites organisations, predominantly United Kingdom, also searched. Similarly, targeted systematic review, undertaken 10th July 2023. Selection Criteria focused any explicitly aimed Eligible providers (i.e., friends, colleagues), victim‐survivor, relationship between them, and/or community within which provided. All study designs included, reporting qualitative quantitative data samples (adults who were/had been experiencing intimate relationship) supporters. Outcomes not used part eligibility criteria. needed be English. Data Collection Analysis included coded by two independent reviewers, using review software EPPI Reviewer. Details collected sample, design, intervention outcomes. Quality appraisal undertaken. Main Results EGM identified 47 create, facilitate violence overwhelming majority drawn Global North, there dissonance small base relatively larger number highlights importance diverse field. body unevenly distributed, greatest concentration directed groups mentoring, those supporters, education training. Most reported female, adult particular emphasis their mental health wellbeing, help‐seeking behaviours. outcomes aligns service user/provider priorities imperative DVA improve lives victim‐survivors. found targeting structural factors shape support, relationships norms, lack specific population including longer term, ethnic minority men. There major limited group, types (namely friends family members) notably absent samples. community‐level Authors' Conclusions To our knowledge, first provide comprehensive rigorous overview tool policymakers, researchers navigate Whilst partial picture offer insight into potential effects intervening. suite covered can inspire policymakers broaden beyond frontline identify stakeholders pilot further strengthened additional examining target communities, individuals, assessing groups. At same time, offers pockets rich data, victim‐survivor faith‐based utilised inform current future provision.

Language: Английский

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