Chris Mikton Christopher.Mikton@uwe.ac.uk
Global research priorities for interpersonal violence prevention: A modified Delphi study
Mikton, Christopher R.; Tanaka, Masako; Tomlinson, Mark; Streiner, David; Tonmyr, Lil; Lee, Bandy; Fisher, Jane; Hegadoren, Kathy; Pim, Joam Evans; Wang, Shr-Jie Sharlenna; MacMillan, Harriet
Authors
Masako Tanaka
Mark Tomlinson
David Streiner
Lil Tonmyr
Bandy Lee
Jane Fisher
Kathy Hegadoren
Joam Evans Pim
Shr-Jie Sharlenna Wang
Harriet MacMillan
Abstract
© 2017, World Health Organization. All rights reserved. Objective To establish global research priorities for interpersonal violence prevention using a systematic approach. Methods Research priorities were identified in a three-round process involving two surveys. In round 1, 95 global experts in violence prevention proposed research questions to be ranked in round 2. Questions were collated and organized according to the four-step public health approach to violence prevention. In round 2, 280 international experts ranked the importance of research in the four steps, and the various substeps, of the public health approach. In round 3, 131 international experts ranked the importance of detailed research questions on the public health step awarded the highest priority in round 2. Findings In round 2, “developing, implementing and evaluating interventions” was the step of the public health approach awarded the highest priority for four of the six types of violence considered (i.e. child maltreatment, intimate partner violence, armed violence and sexual violence) but not for youth violence or elder abuse. In contrast, “scaling up interventions and evaluating their cost-effectiveness” was ranked lowest for all types of violence. In round 3, research into “developing, implementing and evaluating interventions” that addressed parenting or laws to regulate the use of firearms was awarded the highest priority. The key limitations of the study were response and attrition rates among survey respondents. However, these rates were in line with similar priority-setting exercises. Conclusion These findings suggest it is premature to scale up violence prevention interventions. Developing and evaluating smaller-scale interventions should be the funding priority.
Citation
Mikton, C. R., Tanaka, M., Tomlinson, M., Streiner, D., Tonmyr, L., Lee, B., …MacMillan, H. (2017). Global research priorities for interpersonal violence prevention: A modified Delphi study. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 95(1), 36-48. https://doi.org/10.2471/BLT.16.172965
Journal Article Type | Article |
---|---|
Acceptance Date | Aug 31, 2016 |
Online Publication Date | Oct 20, 2016 |
Publication Date | Jan 1, 2017 |
Deposit Date | Oct 3, 2016 |
Publicly Available Date | Oct 27, 2016 |
Journal | Bulletin of the World Health Organization |
Print ISSN | 0042-9686 |
Electronic ISSN | 1564-0604 |
Publisher | World Health Organization (WHO) |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 95 |
Issue | 1 |
Pages | 36-48 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.2471/BLT.16.172965 |
Keywords | global violence prevention, research priorities, delphi study |
Public URL | https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/900861 |
Publisher URL | http://www.who.int/bulletin/online_first/BLT.16.172965.pdf?ua=1 |
Files
BLT.16.172965.pdf
(188 Kb)
PDF
You might also like
Research Protocol for Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Elder Abuse Prevalence Studies
(2017)
Journal Article
Moving research beyond the spanking debate
(2017)
Journal Article
Global status report on violence prevention 2014
(2016)
Journal Article
Downloadable Citations
About UWE Bristol Research Repository
Administrator e-mail: repository@uwe.ac.uk
This application uses the following open-source libraries:
SheetJS Community Edition
Apache License Version 2.0 (http://www.apache.org/licenses/)
PDF.js
Apache License Version 2.0 (http://www.apache.org/licenses/)
Font Awesome
SIL OFL 1.1 (http://scripts.sil.org/OFL)
MIT License (http://opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.html)
CC BY 3.0 ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/)
Powered by Worktribe © 2024
Advanced Search