SynthesisTrauma, violence & abuse2024
Effectiveness of Violence Prevention Interventions: Umbrella Review of Research in the General Population.
Synthesis in Trauma, violence & abuse, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Who cites it
9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 34 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effectiveness of bullying prevention-associated interventions among children and adolescents: an umbrella review of systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC medicine · 2026Pooled it
- Parental incarceration and psychiatric disorders, suicidal behavior, risk-taking, and substance misuse events in offspring: A longitudinal within-individual study.Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines · 2026Article
- Introduction to the Special Issue on Structural Approaches to Youth Violence Prevention: Addressing Racism and Discrimination.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2026Article
- Depression and Crime Across Different Neighborhoods in the Swedish General Population.JAMA network open · 2026Article
- Firearm-related violence in the Caribbean is a complex systemic issue: how do we move towards a solution?Lancet regional health. Americas · 2025Review
- "This program is literally saving lives": A participatory qualitative study of youth outcomes in a community-based music program to interrupt violence.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Psychopathy is a neglected public health problem.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- The Relationship between Cognitive Impairment and Violent Behavior in People Living with Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders: A Critical Review and Treatment Considerations.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2024Review
- Protocol: Reducing community violence: A systematic meta-review of what works.Campbell systematic reviews · 2024Review
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Authors and funding
5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
To address the societal harms of violence, many violence prevention interventions have been developed, tested, and implemented in the general population. These have been reported in systematic reviews and meta-analyses, which have typically focused on one type of intervention or outcome. We aimed to provide a comprehensive overview of the current evidence regarding the effectiveness of different psychosocial interventions in reducing all forms of violence toward others. We have conducted an umbrella review of previous meta-analyses using standard approaches and converted findings on effectiveness into odds ratios. We tested for the underlying quality of the meta-analytic evidence by examining heterogeneity, excess statistical significance, prediction intervals, and small study effects. We identified 16 meta-analyses, including nine investigating psychosocial interventions, and five legislative and policy changes. Most meta-analyses reported positive effects of tested interventions. The strongest effects were found for sports-based initiatives, and the weakest for general population programs aimed at early childhood, youth development, and reducing sexual assault perpetration by men. Legislative changes had varying effectiveness. We conclude that simple, scalable, and cost-efficient programs, such as sport-based initiatives, have the clearest empirical support as population-based approaches to violence prevention.
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