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Monday, November 15, 2010

Reduction of Family Violence in Aboriginal Communities: A Systematic Review of Interventions and Approaches



Many efforts to reduce family violence are documented in the published literature.

We conducted a systematic review of interventions intended to prevent family violence in Aboriginal communities. We retrieved studies published up to October 2009; 506 papers included one systematic review, two randomized controlled trials, and fourteen nonrandomized studies or reviews.

Two reviews discussed interventions relevant to primary prevention (reducing the risk factors for family violence), including parenting, role modelling, and active participation.

More studies addressed secondary prevention (where risk factors exist, reducing outbreaks of violence) such as restriction on the trading hours for take away alcohol and home visiting programs for high risk families.

Examples of tertiary prevention (preventing recurrence) include traditional healing circles and group counselling.
 
Most studies contributed a low level of evidence.


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