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Objective This study carried out a scoping review of research on intimate partner violence to determine the extent to which studies on sociocultural factors influencing intimate partner violence among young women (15–24 years) have been conducted, and how different geographical areas are represented. It also considered whether the methodologies used were sufficient to describe the risk factors, prevalence and health outcomes associated with intimate partner violence among young women.
Study design Scoping review.
Methods Online databases were used to identify studies published between 2008 and 2019. The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis guidelines by Arksey and O’Malley were used to select studies, and primary studies were assessed using the Mixed Method Appraisal Tool, V.2011. Thematic content analysis was used to summarise the findings of the scoping review.
Results The majority of publications eight (61.5%) reported cross-sectional studies, while four (31.5%) were qualitative studies. One of the studies (7%) collected measured data. Overall, 13 (100%) of the publications examined factors influencing intimate partner violence.
Using a customised quality assessment instrument, 12 (92.3%) of studies achieved a ‘high’-quality ranking with a score of 100%, and 7.7% of studies achieved an ‘average’ quality ranking with a score of 75%.
Conclusions While the quality of the studies is generally high, researches on sociocultural factors influencing intimate partner violence among young women would benefit from a careful selection of methods and reference standards, including direct measures of the violence affecting young women. Prospective cohort studies are required linking early exposure with individual, sociocultural and community factors, and detailing the abuse experienced from childhood, adolescence and youth.
PROSPERO registration number CRD42018116463.
Scoping protocol publication https://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-019-1234-y
- sexual medicine
- reproductive medicine
- public health
- community child health
- sexual and gender disorders
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Contributors MSM conceptualised and prepared the draft proposal of the study under the supervision of MT and NK. MT and NK assisted with the manuscript redaction. MSM prepared the manuscript, and MT and NK reviewed it. Respectively MSM, MT and NK contributed to the reviewed draft version of the manuscript and approved the final version.
Funding The work is part of a large study that has been conducted by MSM with support of ISCISA in partnership with the Netherlands Initiative for Capacity Development in Higher Education (NICHE) and the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) College of Health Science as part of a PhD study conducted by MSM.
Competing interests None declared.
Patient and public involvement Patients and/or the public were not involved in the design, or conduct, or reporting, or dissemination plans of this research.
Patient consent for publication Not required.
Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.
Data availability statement The majority of data relevant to this study are included in the article or uploaded as supplemental information.