What works to prevent and respond to intimate partner violence among refugees?

Post Title	Strength of Evidence	Type of Study	Direction of Evidence
Piloting an interactive theater program to promot intimate partner violence awareness among refugees resettled in the United States	Inconclusive or mixed impact	Suggestive evidence	Inconclusive or mixed impact
Protecting rural church-going immigrant women from family violence	Suggestive	Suggestive evidence	N/A
Supporting survivors and securing access to housing for black minority ethnic and refugee women experiencing domestic violence in the UK	Suggestive	Suggestive evidence	N/A
Muslim refugee women’s perspectives on intimate partner violence	Suggestive	Suggestive evidence	N/A
“Why doesn’t she seek help for partner abuse?” An exploratory study with South Asian immigrant women	Suggestive	Suggestive evidence	N/A
A culturally sensitive intervention with domestically violent Latino immigrant men	Positive impact	Suggestive evidence	Positive impact
Negotiating the cultural steps in developing an online intervention for Korean American intimate partner violence	Suggestive	Suggestive evidence	N/A
Mulitlevel risk and protective factors for intimate partner violence among African, Asian, and Latina immigrant and refugee women: Perceptions of effective safety planning interventions	Suggestive	Suggestive evidence	N/A
Barriers preventing Latina immigrants from seeking advocacy services for domestic violence victims: A qualitative analysis	Suggestive	Suggestive evidence	N/A
Coping strategies among immigrant women who have experienced intimate partner violence in North America: A narrative review	Strong	Systematic review	N/A
Self-empowerment of immigrant Latina survivors of domestic violence: A promotora model of community leadership	Positive impact	Suggestive evidence	Positive impact
A trauma-informed analysis of the violence against women act’s provisions for undocumented immigrant women	Suggestive	Suggestive evidence	N/A
Interdisciplinary treatment of family violence in traumatized refugee families	Suggestive	Suggestive evidence	N/A
Improving access to domestic violence services for women of immigrant and refugee status: A trauma-informed perspective	Suggestive	Suggestive evidence	N/A
Attitudes and solutions toward intimate partner violence: Immigrant Nigerian women speak	Suggestive	Suggestive evidence	N/A
Interventions to reduce adverse health outcomes resulting from manifestations of gender bias amongst immigrant populations: a scoping review	Strong	Systematic review	Positive impact
Intimate partner violence prevention and intervention group-format programs for immigrant Latinas: a systematic review.	Strong	Systematic review	Positive impact
Negotiating the cultural steps in developing an online intervention for Korean American intimate partner violence	Suggestive	Suggestive evidence	N/A
Intimate partner violence prevention and intervention group-format programs for immigrant Latinas: a systematic review	Strong	Systematic review	Positive impact
Examining the preliminary efficacy of a dating violence prevention program for Hispanic adolescents	Moderate	Impact evaluation	Inconclusive or mixed impact
“Thank You, Sorry, Love”(TSL) Therapy With North Korean Refugee Women: A Pilot Study	Suggestive	Suggestive evidence	Positive impact
“En el grupo tomas conciencia (In group you become aware) Latino immigrants” satisfaction with a culturally informed intervention for men who batter	Suggestive	Suggestive evidence	Positive impact
A pilot study of a teen dating violence prevention program with Karen refugees	Suggestive	Suggestive evidence	Positive impact
Strengthening What Works: Preventing Intimate Partner Violence in Immigrant and Refugee Communities	Suggestive	Suggestive evidence	Positive impact

Studies included in the database focused on high-income or upper middle-income countries, including but not limited to the United States. Studies included must have been published since 2000. To identify evidence, we searched the following websites and databases using the following population, methodology, and target intervention terms:

For databases or websites that permitted only basic searches, free-text terms and limited term combinations were selected out of the lists above, and all resultant studies were reviewed for relevance. Conversely, for databases or websites with advanced search capability, we made use of relevant filters available. All search terms were searched in the title and abstract fields only in order to exclude studies that made only passing mention of the topic under consideration.

After initial screening, Switchboard evidence mapping is prioritized as follows: First priority is given to meta-analyses and systematic reviews, followed by individual impact evaluations when no meta-analyses or systematic reviews are available. Evaluations that are rated as impact evidence are considered before those rated as suggestive, with the latter only being included for outcomes where no evidence is available from the former.

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