TY - JOUR
T1 - Web-Based and mHealth Interventions for Intimate Partner Violence Victimization Prevention
T2 - A Systematic Review
AU - Anderson, Elizabeth J.
AU - Krause, Keegan C.
AU - Meyer Krause, Caitlin
AU - Welter, Abby
AU - Mcclelland, Deborah J
AU - Garcia, David O.
AU - Ernst, Kacey
AU - Lopez, Elise C.
AU - Koss, Mary P.
N1 - Funding Information:
Elizabeth J. Anderson , MPH, is a PhD candidate in the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health at the University of Arizona. Her research focuses on intimate partner violence as an epidemiological risk factor for infectious disease. She is interested in the development of community-led violence prevention and response interventions. Keegan C. Krause is a graduate student in the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health and the Center for Latin American Studies at the University of Arizona. A past k-12 educator, he now engages in mixed methods research in the context of violence, youth development, im/migration, and global health using theories and praxis from the health and social sciences. Caitlin Meyer Krause , MPH, studied at the University of Arizona. She is interested in maternal health, specifically birth settings and interventions, support during labor, failure to progress during labor, and birth outcomes. Abby Welter is an MPH student at the University of Arizona, with a concentration in maternal and child health. Her research interests include reproductive justice, domestic violence and sexual assault prevention, and public health policy. She graduated with a BA from the University of Oregon in 2012 and has worked at different non-profits, including Planned Parenthood Federation of America, the Ohio Democratic Party, and the League of Women Voters of the US. D. Jean McClelland , MLA, is assistant librarian at the Arizona Health Sciences Library, liaison to the College of Public Health. She has also worked as a program evaluator and community-based researcher at the college, with a focus on rural and border communities, in projects serving vulnerable populations including farmworkers, refugees and immigrant survivors of sexual and domestic violence. David O. Garcia , PhD, FACSM, is an assistant professor in the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health at the University of Arizona. He has extensive experience in intervention trials in the areas of mHealth and weight management. Since 2006, Dr. Garcia has worked on numerous funded research projects, including research funded by industry, National Institutes of Health (NIH) and foundations. Kacey Ernst , PhD, MPH is an associate professor and program director of epidemiology in the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health at the University of Arizona. Her work primarily focuses on global health and infectious diseases. Elise C. Lopez , DrPH, MPH, is the director of the UA Consortium on Gender-Based Violence. She previously served as the assistant director of Relationship Violence Programs at the University of Arizona’s College of Public Health. She has worked in public health research and practice since 2004, specializing in restorative justice, adolescent health, substance abuse, trauma, and prevention of and response to sexual violence. Mary P. Koss , PhD, is a Regents’ professor in the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health at the University of Arizona. She published the first national study sexual assault among college students in 1987. She was the principal investigator of the RESTORE Program--the first restorative justice program for sex crimes among adults that was quantitatively evaluated. 1 Mel & Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA 2 Arizona Health Sciences Center, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA Elizabeth J. Anderson, Mel & Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, University of Arizona, 1295 N. Martin Ave., Tucson, AZ 85721, USA. Email: [email protected] 2019 1524838019888889 © The Author(s) 2019 2019 SAGE Publications Mobile health (mHealth) technologies are increasingly used across health programming including intimate partner violence (IPV) prevention to optimize screening, educational outreach, and linkages to care via telehealth. We systematically evaluated current web-based and mHealth interventions, which include web- or mobile-based delivery methods for primary, secondary, and tertiary IPV victimization prevention. We searched MEDLINE/PubMed, Embase, CINAHL, PsycINFO, Open Grey, and Google Scholar for empirical studies published 1998–2019. Studies were included if they considered empirical data, participants in adult romantic relationships, IPV as a primary or secondary outcome, and an mHealth component. The Mixed Methods Appraisal Tool was used to record critical ratings of quality among studies selected for inclusion. We assessed variation in targeted populations, types of IPV addressed, and mHealth approaches used. Of 133 studies identified for full-text review, 31 were included. Computer-based screening with or without integrated education was the most common mHealth approach ( n = 8, 26%), followed by safety decision aids ( n = 7, 23%). Feasibility and acceptability were found to be generally high where assessed (23% of studies, n = 7). There was limited evidence around whether mHealth interventions better addressed population needs compared to conventional interventions. mHealth tools for IPV prevention are especially acceptable in health-care settings, on mobile phone platforms, or when connecting victims to health care. Despite enthusiasm in pilot projects, evidence for efficacy compared to conventional IPV prevention approaches is limited. A major strength of mHealth IPV prevention programming is the ability to tailor interventions to individual victim needs without extensive human resource expenditure by providers. intimate partner violence mHealth mobile health violence prevention edited-state corrected-proof Declaration of Conflicting Interests The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. Funding The author(s) received no financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. ORCID iD Elizabeth J. Anderson https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9137-6518 Supplemental Material Supplemental material for this article is available online.
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PY - 2021/10
Y1 - 2021/10
N2 - Mobile health (mHealth) technologies are increasingly used across health programming including intimate partner violence (IPV) prevention to optimize screening, educational outreach, and linkages to care via telehealth. We systematically evaluated current web-based and mHealth interventions, which include web- or mobile-based delivery methods for primary, secondary, and tertiary IPV victimization prevention. We searched MEDLINE/PubMed, Embase, CINAHL, PsycINFO, Open Grey, and Google Scholar for empirical studies published 1998–2019. Studies were included if they considered empirical data, participants in adult romantic relationships, IPV as a primary or secondary outcome, and an mHealth component. The Mixed Methods Appraisal Tool was used to record critical ratings of quality among studies selected for inclusion. We assessed variation in targeted populations, types of IPV addressed, and mHealth approaches used. Of 133 studies identified for full-text review, 31 were included. Computer-based screening with or without integrated education was the most common mHealth approach (n = 8, 26%), followed by safety decision aids (n = 7, 23%). Feasibility and acceptability were found to be generally high where assessed (23% of studies, n = 7). There was limited evidence around whether mHealth interventions better addressed population needs compared to conventional interventions. mHealth tools for IPV prevention are especially acceptable in health-care settings, on mobile phone platforms, or when connecting victims to health care. Despite enthusiasm in pilot projects, evidence for efficacy compared to conventional IPV prevention approaches is limited. A major strength of mHealth IPV prevention programming is the ability to tailor interventions to individual victim needs without extensive human resource expenditure by providers.
AB - Mobile health (mHealth) technologies are increasingly used across health programming including intimate partner violence (IPV) prevention to optimize screening, educational outreach, and linkages to care via telehealth. We systematically evaluated current web-based and mHealth interventions, which include web- or mobile-based delivery methods for primary, secondary, and tertiary IPV victimization prevention. We searched MEDLINE/PubMed, Embase, CINAHL, PsycINFO, Open Grey, and Google Scholar for empirical studies published 1998–2019. Studies were included if they considered empirical data, participants in adult romantic relationships, IPV as a primary or secondary outcome, and an mHealth component. The Mixed Methods Appraisal Tool was used to record critical ratings of quality among studies selected for inclusion. We assessed variation in targeted populations, types of IPV addressed, and mHealth approaches used. Of 133 studies identified for full-text review, 31 were included. Computer-based screening with or without integrated education was the most common mHealth approach (n = 8, 26%), followed by safety decision aids (n = 7, 23%). Feasibility and acceptability were found to be generally high where assessed (23% of studies, n = 7). There was limited evidence around whether mHealth interventions better addressed population needs compared to conventional interventions. mHealth tools for IPV prevention are especially acceptable in health-care settings, on mobile phone platforms, or when connecting victims to health care. Despite enthusiasm in pilot projects, evidence for efficacy compared to conventional IPV prevention approaches is limited. A major strength of mHealth IPV prevention programming is the ability to tailor interventions to individual victim needs without extensive human resource expenditure by providers.
KW - intimate partner violence
KW - mHealth
KW - mobile health
KW - violence prevention
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U2 - 10.1177/1524838019888889
DO - 10.1177/1524838019888889
M3 - Review article
C2 - 31742475
AN - SCOPUS:85075376529
SN - 1524-8380
VL - 22
SP - 870
EP - 884
JO - Trauma, Violence, and Abuse
JF - Trauma, Violence, and Abuse
IS - 4
ER -