Abstract
Ending all violence against children by 2030 is a core part of Sustainable Development Goals 5 and 16. A number of promising violence reduction strategies have been identified in research studies. However, we lack an understanding of the implementation and impact of these programs in respect to their delivery at a large scale or within existing service systems, particularly in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). We advocate for greater collaboration between researchers, policymakers, donors, governments, non-governmental organizations, and program managers and staff to study how violence prevention programs operate on a large scale. We describe a new initiative aiming to foster such collaborations in the field of family strengthening programs.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 581440 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Frontiers in Public Health |
| Volume | 9 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 19 Mar 2021 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:The PLH SUPER study would not be possible without the support of all of the participating organizations. In addition to the co-authors and their institutions, we would like to acknowledge the input of the following contributors: Roselyn Were from Catholic Relief Services Zimbabwe; Alison Koler, John Charles, Amal Athuman, Esther Ndyetabura and Kassimu Tani from Pact Tanzania; Naftali Ng-ondi from the Tanzanian Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children; Djeneba Coulibaly-Traore and Aline Masengo from Catholic Relief Services DRC; Egle Havrdova, Marek Havrda from Schola Empirica; Chandr? Gould from the Institute for Security Studies Africa; Amalee McCoy from the University of Oxford; Laura Ruhl, Julia Songok, and Astrid Christofferson-Deb from AMPATH Kenya; Felix Monday and Seamus Regan from Catholic Relief Services South Sudan; Kaitlyn Maloney from Catholic Relief Services Headquarters; Victoria Achut from South Sudan's Ministry of Health; Bindza Ginindza and Nicole Miller from Pact Eswatini; Frederique Jean-Baptiste from Catholic Relief Services Haiti; Kaaren Mathias from the Emmanuel Hospital Association; Galina Lesco from the Health for Youth Association, Chisinau, Republic of Moldova; Justus Ikemer from the Academic Model Providing Access to Healthcare (AMPATH); and Suzan Eriksson, Anna Booij, Mpume Danisa, and Nyasha Manjengenja from Clowns Without Borders South Africa. The findings and conclusions in this report are those of the authors and do not represent the official position of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Funding. The PLH SUPER study has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation program (Grant Agreement No. 737476 and No. 771468), Research England, the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) through the UKRI GCRF Accelerating Achievement for Africa's Adolescents Hub (Grant Ref: ES/S008101/1), the Complexity and Relationships in Health Improvement Programmes of the Medical Research Council MRC UK and Chief Scientist Office (Grant: MC_UU_12017/14 and CSO SPHSUU14, MC_UU_1201711 and CSO SPHSU11), and the National Research Foundation of South Africa (Grant No. 118571), and the Oak Foundation.
Funding Information:
Conflict of Interest: LC, CW, JL, JH, and FG were involved in the development of the PLH programs. YS, JL, and IW worked on the PLH trials in South Africa and based their doctoral work on these. RJ and MM’s current master’s work is based on PLH. The work of LC, YS, IW, CW, JL, FG, and SB is partly funded by the UKRI GCRF Accelerating Achievement for Africa’s Adolescents Hub. The work of JL and MM has been supported by a GCRF Center Hub Grant. The work of LC, YS, IW, CW, JL, FG, HF, ABab, MR, NH, and RJ has been partly funded by grants under the European Research Council’s Horizon 2020 program. The work of JL, CW, and FG has also been funded by UNICEF Thailand, and the work of JH, LA, JL, CW, and FG by UNICEF Philippines. Further, JL is the former Executive Director and receives income as a current Senior Advisor and PLH Trainer at Clowns Without Borders South Africa (a non-profit organization responsible for PLH implementation). LN is Co-Director of Clowns Without Borders South Africa. CW reports grants from the National Research Foundation of South Africa and the World Childhood Foundation. RJ reports a grant from the University of Cape Town during the conduct of the study. Outside the submitted work, SB reports income from IntraHealth Inc. ABut is the co-chair of the INSPIRE: Seven strategies for ending violence against children technical package implementation working group and is a lead author of the package. NH reports involvement in two other parenting programs—Triple P and Parent-Child Interaction Therapy. JH receives occasional income as a PLH Trainer. Outside the submitted work, JM’s organization, Schola Empirica, receives grants from the European Social Fund. Further, JM receives income from these grants in his role as program evaluator.
Funding Information:
The PLH SUPER study has received funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program (Grant Agreement No. 737476 and No. 771468), Research England, the UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) through the UKRI GCRF Accelerating Achievement for Africa’s Adolescents Hub (Grant Ref: ES/S008101/1), the Complexity and Relationships in Health Improvement Programmes of the Medical Research Council MRC UK and Chief Scientist Office (Grant: MC_UU_12017/14 and CSO SPHSUU14, MC_UU_1201711 and CSO SPHSU11), and the National Research Foundation of South Africa (Grant No. 118571), and the Oak Foundation.
Publisher Copyright:
© Copyright © 2021 Shenderovich, Lachman, Ward, Wessels, Gardner, Tomlinson, Oliver, Janowski, Martin, Okop, Sacolo-Gwebu, Ngcobo, Fang, Alampay, Baban, Baumann, de Barros, Bojo, Butchart, Dippenaar, Exavery, Fang, Ferdinandi, Foran, Heinrichs, Hutchings, Kisyombe, Massetti, Mazak, Mbuyi, Singh, Polsky, Rakotomalala, Raleva, Savo and Cluver.
Keywords
- implementation science
- parenting
- parenting (MeSH)
- violence against children and adolescents
- violence—prevention and control
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Access to Document
- The Science of Scale for Violence Prevention
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