Year published: 2023
Suggested citation: Stern E., Alemann, C., Delgado, G.A.F., Vasquez, A.E. Lessons learned from implementing the parenting Program P in Bolivia to prevent family violence (2023), Evaluation and Program Planning 97(10064):102207. DOI: 10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2022.102207
Year published: 2022
Suggested citation: Le Port A, Seye M, Heckert J, Peterman A, Nganya Tchamwa A, Dione M, Fall AS, Hidrobo M. A community edutainment intervention for gender-based violence, sexual and reproductive health, and maternal and child health in rural Senegal: a process evaluation. BMC Public Health. 2022 Jun 10;22(1):1165. doi: 10.1186/s12889-022-13570-6. PMID: 35689180; PMCID: PMC9185706.
Year published: 2022
Suggested citation: Allen K, Melendez-Torres GJ, Ford T, Bonell C, Finning K, Fredlund M, et al. (2022) Family focused interventions that address parental domestic violence and abuse, mental ill-health, and substance misuse in combination: A systematic review. PLoS ONE 17(7): e0270894. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0270894
Year published: 2022
Suggested citation: Bott S, Ruiz-Celis AP, Mendoza JA, Guedes A. Correlates of co-occurring physical child punishment and physical intimate partner violence in Colombia, Mexico and Peru. BMC Public Health. 2022 Nov 28;22(1):2195. doi: 10.1186/s12889-022-14453-6. PMID: 36443733; PMCID: PMC9702951.
Year published: 2022
Suggested citation: van der Asdonk, S., Kesarlal, A.R., Schuengel, C. et al. Testing an attachment- and trauma-informed intervention approach for parents and young children after interparental violence: protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials 23, 973 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-022-06902-9
Year published: 2022
Suggested citation: Falb, K. L., Blackwell, A., Hategekimana, J. de D., Sifat, M., Roth, D., & O’Connor, M. (2022). Co-Occurring Intimate Partner Violence and Child Abuse in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo: The Influence of Early Life Experiences of Abuse. Violence Against Women, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/10778012221145302
Year published: 2022
Suggested citation: Ramos de Oliveira CV, Sudfeld CR, Muhihi A, et al. Association of Exposure to Intimate Partner Violence With Maternal Depressive Symptoms and Early Childhood Socioemotional Development Among Mothers and Children in Rural Tanzania. JAMA Netw Open. 2022;5(12):e2248836. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.48836
Year Published: 2022
Suggested citation: Le Port, A., Seye, M., Heckert, J. et al. A community edutainment intervention for gender-based violence, sexual and reproductive health, and maternal and child health in rural Senegal: a process evaluation. BMC Public Health 22, 1165 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-13570-6
Year Published: 2022
Suggested citation: Falb K, Asghar K, Pardo NM, Hategekimana JD, Kakay H, Roth D, O'Connor M. Developing an Inclusive Conceptual Model for Preventing Violence in the Home in Humanitarian Settings: Qualitative Findings From Myanmar and the Democratic Republic of Congo. J Interpers Violence. 2022 Feb;37(3-4):1076-1105. doi: 10.1177/0886260520922358.
Year Published: 2022
Suggested citation: Falb K, Blackwell A, Hategekimana JD, Roth D, O'Connor M. Preventing Co-occurring Intimate Partner Violence and Child Abuse in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo: The Role of Family Functioning and Programmatic Reflections. J Interpers Violence. 2022 Apr 6:8862605221080152. doi: 10.1177/08862605221080152.
Year Published: 2022
Suggested citation: Miedema SS, Le VD, Chiang L, Ngann T, Wu Shortt J. Adverse Childhood Experiences and Intimate Partner Violence Among Youth in Cambodia: A Latent Class Analysis. J Interpers Violence. 2022 Apr 26:8862605221090573. Download
Childhood maltreatment class and sexually violent behavior among university men in Vietnam
Year Published: 2022
Suggested citation: Anderson, K.M., Bergenfeld, I., Cheong, Y.F., Minh, T.H., Yount, K. M. 2022. Childhood maltreatment class and sexually violent behavior among university men in Vietnam. SSM Population Health, Volume 18, June 2022, 101103. Download
Year Published: 2022
Suggested citation: Velloza J, Davies LD, Ensminger AL, Theofelus FM, Andjamba H, Kamuingona R, Masseti G, Coomer R, Forster N, O'Malley G. Cycles of Violence Among Young Women in Namibia: Exploring the Links Between Childhood Violence and Adult Intimate Partner Violence From the Violence Against Children and Youth Survey. J Interpers Violence. 2022 Feb 13:8862605211073107.
A Ugandan Parenting Programme to Prevent Gender-Based Violence: Description and Formative Evaluation
Year Published: 2022
Suggested citation: Wight D, Sekiwunga R, Namutebi C, Zalwango F, Siu GE. A Ugandan Parenting Programme to Prevent Gender-Based Violence: Description and Formative Evaluation. Res Soc Work Pract. 2022;32(4):448-464. doi:10.1177/10497315211056246
Year Published: 2022
Suggested citation: Koris, A., Steven, S., Akika, V. et al. Opportunities and challenges in preventing violence against adolescent girls through gender transformative, whole-family support programming in Northeast Nigeria. Confl Health 16, 26 (2022). Download
Year Published: 2022
Suggested citation: Lev-Wiesel, R., Goldner, L., & Daphna-Tekoah. (2022). Introduction to the special issue the use of creative art therapies in the prevention, screening, and treatment of child sexual abuse. J Child Sex Abus. 31(1), 3-8: This article presents the cumulative efforts of a series of innovative studies dealing with sexually abused survivors and offenders that concentrates on preventing, assessing, screening, and treating child sexual abuse. [Source: Taylor & Francis Online]. Download
Year Published: 2022
Suggested citation: Mahlangu P, Gibbs A, Shai N, Machisa M, Nunze N, Sikweyiya Y. Impact of COVID-19 lockdown and link to women and children's experiences of violence in the home in South Africa. BMC Public Health. 2022 May 21;22(1):1029. Download
Year Published: 2022
Suggested citation: Kieselbach, B., Kimber, M., MacMillan, H.L., & Perneger, T. (2022). Prevalence of childhood exposure to intimate partner violence in low-income and lower-middle-income countries: a systematic review. BMJ Open. 12(4), e051140: This study addresses the need for an overview of prevalence estimates of exposure to intimate partner violence among children living in low-income and lower-middle-income countries around the world. [Source: BMJ Journals]. Download
Year Published: 2022
Suggested citation: Pearson I, Page S, Zimmerman C, Meinck F, Gennari F, Guedes A, Stöckl H. 2022. The Co-Occurrence of Intimate Partner Violence and Violence Against Children: A Systematic Review on Associated Factors in Low- and Middle-Income Countries. Trauma Violence Abuse. 2022 Apr 28:15248380221082943. Download
Year Published: 2022
Suggested citation: Wake, A. D., & Kandula, U. R. (2022). The global prevalence and its associated factors toward domestic violence against women and children during COVID-19 pandemic-"The shadow pandemic": A review of cross-sectional studies. Women's health (London, England), 18, 17455057221095536. Download
The global politics of the age–gender divide in violence against women and children
Year Published: 2021
Suggested citation: Maternowska, C., Shackel, R.L., Carlson, C. & Levtov, R.G. (2021). The global politics of the age–gender divide in violence against women and children. Global Public Health, 16(3):354-365. Download
Year Published: 2020
Suggested citation: Murray LK, Kane JC, Glass N, Skavenski van Wyk S, Melendez F, Paul R, et al. (2020) Effectiveness of the Common Elements Treatment Approach (CETA) in reducing intimate partner violence and hazardous alcohol use in Zambia (VATU): A randomized controlled trial. PLoS Med 17(4): e1003056. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1003056
Year Published: 2020
Suggested citation: Betancourt, T.S., Jensen, S.K.G., Barnhart, D.A. et al. Promoting parent-child relationships and preventing violence via home-visiting: a pre-post cluster randomised trial among Rwandan families linked to social protection programmes. BMC Public Health 20, 621 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1186/
Year Published: 2020
Suggested citation: Ward, C.L., Wessels, I.M., Lachman, J.M., Hutchings, J., Cluver, L.D., Kassanjee, R., Nhapi, R., Little, F., & Gardner, F. Parenting for Lifelong Health for Young Children: a randomized controlled trial of a parenting program in South Africa to prevent harsh parenting and child conduct problems. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 61:4 (2020), pp 503–512. DOI: 10.1111/jcpp.13129
Year Published: 2019
Suggested citation: Baiocchi M, Friedberg R, Rosenman E, Amuyunzu-Nyamongo M, Oguda G, Otieno D, et al. (2019) Prevalence and risk factors for sexual assault among class 6 female students in unplanned settlements of Nairobi, Kenya: Baseline analysis from the IMPower & Sources of Strength cluster randomized controlled trial. PLoS ONE 14(6): e0213359. https://doi.org/10.1371/
Year Published: 2019
Suggested citation: Adolphina A. Addo-Lartey, Deda Ogum Alangea, Yandisa Sikweyiya, Esnat D. Chirwa, Dorcas Coker-Appiah, Rachel Jewkes & Richard M. K. Adanu (2019) Rural response system to prevent violence against women: methodology for a community randomised controlled trial in the central region of Ghana, Global Health Action, 12:1, DOI: 10.1080/16549716.2019.1612604
Year Published: 2019
Suggested citation: Jewkes R, Gevers A, Chirwa E, Mahlangu P, Shamu S, Shai N, Lombard C. RCT evaluation of Skhokho: A holistic school intervention to prevent gender-based violence among South African Grade 8s. PLoS One. 2019 Oct 29;14(10):e0223562. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0223562. PMID: 31661530; PMCID: PMC6818771.
Year Published: 2018
Suggested citation: Ismayilova, L., Karimli, L., Gaveras, E., Tô-Camier, A., Sanson, J., Chaffin, J., & Nanema, R. (2018). An integrated approach to increasing women’s empowerment status and reducing domestic violence: Results of a cluster-randomized controlled trial in a West African country. Psychology of Violence, 8(4), 448–459. https://doi.org/10.1037/vio0000136
Year Published: 2018
Suggested citation: Cluver LD, Meinck F, Steinert JI, Shenderovich Y, Doubt J, Herrero Romero R, Lombard CJ, Redfern A, Ward CL, Tsoanyane S, Nzima D, Sibanda N, Wittesaele C, De Stone S, Boyes ME, Catanho R, Lachman JM, Salah N, Nocuza M, Gardner F. Parenting for Lifelong Health: a pragmatic cluster randomised controlled trial of a non-commercialised parenting programme for adolescents and their families in South Africa. BMJ Glob Health. 2018 Jan 31;3(1):e000539. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2017-000539. PMID: 29564157; PMCID: PMC5859808.
Year Published: 2018
Suggested citation: Dekel B, Abrahams N, Andipatin M (2018) Exploring adverse parent-child relationships from the perspective of convicted child murderers: A South African qualitative study. PLoS ONE 13(5): e0196772. https://doi.org/10.1371/
Family Violence, Trauma and Social Learning Theory
Year Published: 2018
Suggested citation: Amir Abbassi & S. Dean Aslinia (2010) Family Violence, Trauma and Social Learning Theory, Journal of Professional Counseling: Practice, Theory & Research, 38:1, 16-27, DOI: 10.1080/15566382.2010.12033863
Year Published: 2018
Suggested citation: Mulawa M, Kajula LJ, Yamanis TJ, Balvanz P, Kilonzo MN, Maman S. Perpetration and Victimization of Intimate Partner Violence Among Young Men and Women in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. J Interpers Violence. 2018 Aug;33(16):2486-2511. doi: 10.1177/0886260515625910.
Year Published: 2018
Suggested citation: Doyle K, Levtov RG, Barker G, Bastian GG, Bingenheimer JB, Kazimbaya S, Nzabonimpa A, Pulerwitz J, Sayinzoga F, Sharma V, Shattuck D. Gender-transformative Bandebereho couples' intervention to promote male engagement in reproductive and maternal health and violence prevention in Rwanda: Findings from a randomized controlled trial. PLoS One. 2018 Apr 4;13(4):e0192756.
Year Published: 2018
Suggested citation: Barnett, W., Halligan, S., Heron, J., Fraser, A., Koen, N., Zar, H. J., ... & Stein, D. J. (2018). Maltreatment in childhood and intimate partner violence: A latent class growth analysis in a South African pregnancy cohort. Child Abuse & Neglect, 86, 336-348. Download
Year Published: 2018
Suggested citation: Stern E, Martins S, Stefanik L, Uwimpuhwe S, Yaker R. Lessons learned from implementing Indashyikirwa in Rwanda- an adaptation of the SASA! approach to prevent and respond to intimate partner violence. Eval Program Plann. 2018 Dec;71:58-67. doi: 10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2018.08.005. Epub 2018 Aug 11. PMID: 30125773.
Year Published: 2018
Suggested citation: Richter, L. M., Mathews, S., Kagura, J., & Nonterah, E. (2018). A longitudinal perspective on violence in the lives of South African children from the Birth to Twenty Plus cohort study in Johannesburg-Soweto. South African Medical Journal, 108(3), 181-186. Download
Year Published: 2017
Suggested citation: Fulu E, Miedema S, Roselli T, McCook S, Chan KL, Haardörfer R, Jewkes R, Warner X, Lang J, Naved RT, Huque H. Pathways between childhood trauma, intimate partner violence, and harsh parenting: findings from the UN Multi-country Study on Men and Violence in Asia and the Pacific. The Lancet Global Health. 2017 May 1;5(5):e512-22. Download
Year Published: 2017
Suggested citation: Ashburn, K., Kerner, B., Ojamuge, D. et al. Evaluation of the Responsible, Engaged, and Loving (REAL) Fathers Initiative on Physical Child Punishment and Intimate Partner Violence in Northern Uganda. Prev Sci 18, 854–864 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11121-016-0713-9
Year Published: 2017
Suggested citation: Stern E, Nyiratunga R. A Process Review of the Indashyikirwa Couples Curriculum to Prevent Intimate Partner Violence and Support Healthy, Equitable Relationships in Rwanda. Social Sciences. 2017; 6(2):63. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci6020063
Year Published: 2017
Suggested citation: Chan, K. L., Emery, C. R., Fulu, E., Tolman, R. M., & Ip, P. (2017). Association among father involvement, partner violence, and paternal health: UN multi-country cross-sectional study on men and violence. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 52(5), 671-679. Download
Year Published: 2017
Suggested citation: Bacchus, L. J., Colombini, M., Contreras Urbina, M., Howarth, E., Gardner, F., Annan, J., ... & Watts, C. (2017). Exploring opportunities for coordinated responses to intimate partner violence and child maltreatment in low- and middle-income countries: a scoping review. Psychology, Health & Medicine, 22(sup1), 135-165. Download
Towards a feminist understanding of intersecting violence against women and children in the family
Year Published: 2017
Suggested citation: Namy S, Carlson C, O'Hara K, Nakuti J, Bukuluki P, Lwanyaaga J, Namakula S, Nanyunja B, Wainberg ML, Naker D, Michau L. Towards a feminist understanding of intersecting violence against women and children in the family. Soc Sci Med. 2017 Jul;184:40-48. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.04.
Year Published: 2016
Suggested citation: Guedes A, Bott S, Garcia-Moreno C, Colombini M. Bridging the gaps: a global review of intersections of violence against women and violence against children. Glob Health Action. 2016 Jun 20;9:31516.
Year Published: 2016
Suggested citation: Shamu S, Gevers A, Mahlangu BP, Jama Shai PN, Chirwa ED, Jewkes RK. Prevalence and risk factors for intimate partner violence among Grade 8 learners in urban South Africa: baseline analysis from the Skhokho Supporting Success cluster randomised controlled trial. International health. 2016 Jan 1;8(1):18-26. Download
Year Published: 2015
Suggested citation: Shanaaz Mathews, Rachel Jewkes, Naeemah Abrahams, ‘So Now I’m the Man’: Intimate Partner Femicide and Its Interconnections With Expressions of Masculinities in South Africa, The British Journal of Criminology, Volume 55, Issue 1, January 2015, Pages 107–124
Year Published: 2015
Suggested citation: Pereira, M., Negrão, M., Soares, I., & Mesman, J. (2015). Predicting harsh discipline in at-risk mothers: The moderating effect of socioeconomic deprivation severity. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 24(3), 725-733. Download
Prevention of violence against women and girls: lessons from practice
Year Published: 2015
Suggested citation: Michau, L., Horn, J., Bank, A., Dutt, M., & Zimmerman, C. (2015). Prevention of violence against women and girls: lessons from practice. The Lancet, 385(9978), 1672-1684. Download
Year Published: 2015
Suggested citation: Jewkes R, Flood M, Lang J. From work with men and boys to changes of social norms and reduction of inequities in gender relations: a conceptual shift in prevention of violence against women and girls. The Lancet. 2015 Apr 18;385(9977):1580-9. Download
Year Published: 2015
Suggested citation: Ward, C., Gould, C., Kelly, J. & Mauff, K. (2015). Spare the rod and save the child: Assessing the impactof parenting on child behaviour and mental health. South Africa Crime Quarterly, 51, 9-22. Download
Preventing and reducing violence against women: innovation in community-level studies
Year Published: 2014
Suggested citation: Taft, A., Small, R. Preventing and reducing violence against women: innovation in community-level studies. BMC Med 12, 155 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1186/
Year Published: 2014
Suggested citation: Lansford JE, Deater-Deckard K, Bornstein MH, Putnick DL, Bradley RH. Attitudes justifying domestic violence predict endorsement of corporal punishment and physical and psychological aggression towards children: a study in 25 low-and middle-income countries. The Journal of pediatrics. 2014 May 1;164(5):1208-13. Download
Year Published: 2014
Suggested citation: Yount KM, Pham HT, Minh TH, Krause KH, Schuler SR, Anh HT, VanderEnde K, Kramer MR. Violence in childhood, attitudes about partner violence, and partner violence perpetration among men in Vietnam. Annals of epidemiology. 2014 May 1;24(5):333-9. Download
Examining the Intersections between Child Maltreatment and Intimate Partner Violence
Year Publisher: 2013
Suggested citation: Guedes, A., & Mikton, C. (2013). Examining the intersections between child maltreatment and intimate partner violence. Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, 14(4), 377. Download
Year Publisher: 2012
Suggested citation: Norman RE, Byambaa M, De R, Butchart A, Scott J, Vos T. The long-term health consequences of child physical abuse, emotional abuse, and neglect: a systematic review and meta-analysis. PLoS Med. 2012;9(11):e1001349
A Public Health Approach to Intimate Partner Violence Prevention in Uganda: The SHARE Project
Year Publisher: 2012
Suggested citation: Wagman JA, Namatovu F, Nalugoda F, et al. A Public Health Approach to Intimate Partner Violence Prevention in Uganda: The SHARE Project. Violence Against Women. 2012;18(12):1390-1412. doi:10.1177/1077801212474874
Year Publisher: 2012
Suggested citation: Garoma S, Fantahun M, Worku A. Maternal intimate partner violence victimization and under-five children mortality in Western Ethiopia: A case-control study. Journal of tropical pediatrics. 2012 Dec 1;58(6):467-74. Download
Year Publisher: 2012
Suggested citation: Fulu E, Jewkes R, Roselli T, Garcia-Moreno C; UN Multi-country Cross-sectional Study on Men and Violence research team. Prevalence of and factors associated with male perpetration of intimate partner violence: findings from the UN Multi-country Cross-sectional Study on Men and Violence in Asia and the Pacific. Lancet Glob Health. 2013 Oct;1(4):e187-207
Year Publisher: 2011
Suggested citation: Mathews S, Jewkes R, Abrahams N. ‘I had a Hard Life’ Exploring Childhood Adversity in the Shaping of Masculinities among Men Who Killed an Intimate Partner in South Africa. The British Journal of Criminology. 2011 Nov 1;51(6):960-77. Download
Carework and caring: A path to gender equitable practices among men in South Africa?
Year Publisher: 2011
Suggested citation: Morrell, R. & Jewkes, R. (2011). Carework and caring: A path to gender equitable practices among men in South Africa? Int J Equity Health, 10(17). https://doi.org/10.1186/1475-
Intersections Between Childhood Abuse and Adult Intimate Partner Violence Among Ecuadorian Women
Year Published: 2009
Suggested citation: Gómez AM, Speizer IS. Intersections between childhood abuse and adult intimate partner violence among Ecuadorian women. Maternal and Child Health Journal. 2009 Jul 1;13(4):559. Download
Domestic Violence, Couple Interaction and Children’s Health in Latin America
Year Published: 2009
Suggested citation: Heaton TB, Forste R. Domestic violence, couple interaction and children’s health in Latin America. Journal of Family Violence. 2008 Apr 1;23(3):183-93. Download
Year Published: 2009
Suggested citation: Vung ND, Krantz G. Childhood experiences of interparental violence as a risk factor for intimate partner violence: a population-based study from northern Vietnam. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health. 2009 Sep 1;63(9):708-14. Download
Non-abusive mothers of sexually abused children: The role of rumination in maternal outcomes
Year Published: 2006
Suggested citation: Plummer, C. A. (2006). Non-abusive mothers of sexually abused children: The role of rumination in maternal outcomes. Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 15(2):103-122. Download
Year Published: 2005
Suggested citation: Abrahams N, Jewkes R. Effects of South African men’s having witnessed abuse of their mothers during childhood on their levels of violence in adulthood. American Journal of Public Health. 2005 Oct;95(10):1811-6. Download