ArticleJMIR formative research2022
Mobile Phone Apps for Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Prevention and Response: Systematic Search on App Stores.
Article in JMIR formative research, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07405528 (Camouflaged WeChat Mini-program-based Intervention for Women Victims of Intimate Partner Violence), which is not on this map. Cited by 13 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Camouflaged WeChat Mini-program-based Intervention for Women Victims of Intimate Partner Violence: Protocol for a Pilot Mixed Methods Study
Who cites it
13 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 22 citations in OpenAlex.
- Mobile Apps to Prevent Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG): Systematic App Research and Content Analysis.JMIR formative research · 2025Pooled it
- Smartphone Apps for Domestic Violence Prevention: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Pooled it
- Introducing a Chatbot to Support Victim-Survivors of Domestic Abuse: Victim-Survivor Perspectives.Violence against women · 2026Article
- Posttraumatic Symptoms as Predictors of Engagement With a Mobile App for Coping After Military Sexual Trauma: Public Usage Data Analysis Study.Journal of medical Internet research · 2026Observational
- Online Psychosocial Intervention for Nursing Students Who Experienced Intimate Partner Abuse in Türkiye.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Feasibility results from a randomized trial of a text message-delivered sexual violence harm reduction intervention among college students.Research square · 2025Article
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- Mobile Apps for the Personal Safety of At-Risk Children and Youth: Scoping Review.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2024Article
- Addressing discrimination and violence against Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) persons from Brazil: a mobile health intervention.BMC public health · 2023Article
- The use of mobile phone applications to enhance personal safety from interpersonal violence - an overview of available smartphone applications in the United Kingdom.BMC public health · 2022Article
- Uses of mHealth in Injury Prevention and Control: a Critical Review.Current epidemiology reports · 2022Review
- "Be my Voice" to break social stigma against domestic violence: The underestimated role of smartphone applications in protecting victims in developing countries.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
- Enhancing Campus Safety: Exploring Student Perspectives on a Text Message-Delivered Intervention for Addressing Sexual Violence and Alcohol Use.Journal of forensic nursingArticle
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5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundSince the 2008 advent of the smartphone, more than 180 billion copies of apps have been downloaded from Apple App Store, with more than 2.6 million apps available for Android and 2.2 million apps available for iOS. Many violence prevention and response apps have been developed as part of this app proliferation.
objectiveThis study aims to evaluate the prevalence and quality of freely available mobile phone apps targeting intimate partner violence (IPV) and sexual violence (SV) prevention and response.
methodsWe conducted a systematic search of violence prevention and response mobile phone apps freely available in Apple App Store (iOS; March 2016) and Google Play Store (Android; July 2016). Search terms included violence prevention, sexual assault, domestic violence, intimate partner violence, sexual violence, forensic nursing, wife abuse, and rape. Apps were included for review if they were freely available, were available in English, and had a primary purpose of prevention of or response to SV or IPV regardless of app target end users.
resultsUsing the Mobile Application Rating Scale (MARS), we evaluated a total of 132 unique apps. The majority of included apps had a primary purpose of sharing information or resources. Included apps were of low-to-moderate quality, with the overall subjective quality mean for the reviewed apps being 2.65 (95% CI 2.58-2.72). Quality scores for each of the 5 MARS categories ranged from 2.80 (engagement) to 4.75 (functionality). An incidental but important finding of our review was the difficulty in searching for apps and the plethora of nonrelated apps that appear when searching for keywords such as "rape" and "domestic violence" that may be harmful to people seeking help.
conclusionsAlthough there are a variety of mobile apps available designed to provide information or other services related to SV and IPV, they range greatly in quality. They are also challenging to find, given the current infrastructure of app store searches, keyword prioritization, and highlighting based on user rating. It is important for providers to be aware of these resources and be knowledgeable about how to review and recommend mobile phone apps to patients, when appropriate.
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