Global research priorities for interpersonal violence prevention16 | Cape Town VITO pilot studies |
Step 1 of the public health approach | |
1. Defining and measuring violence | |
2. Research on the magnitude and distribution of violence | The magnitude and distribution of violence-related crime in the community of Khayelitsha, South Africa |
3. Research on the consequences of violence | |
4. Research on the cost of violence | Economic cost of homicide |
5. Research on the validity of administrative data | Comparison of structural correlates studies, Homicide (Forensic pathology service (FPS)) versus Experience of violence (International development research centre (IDRC) survey) |
Step 2 of the public health approach | Cape Town VITO pilot studies |
1. Research on risk factors | Structural correlates of experience of violence for the community of Khayelitsha |
2. Research on protective factors | Journey to injury studies for the community of Khayelitsha |
3. Research on the relationship between collective violence and interpersonal violence | |
Step 3 of the public health approach | |
1. Evaluating the effectiveness of programmes that target actual violence | Is the introduction of violence and injury observatories associated with a reduction of violence in adult populations? A systematic review |
2. Evaluating the effectiveness of promising programmes (eg, targeting risk factors) | |
3. Evaluating violence prevention policies | |
4. Developing primary prevention programmes based on country-specific risk factors | Modified Delphi study to determine optimal data inputs for Cape Town pilot VITO |
5. Identifying subgroups within intervention populations | Spatial comparison of experience of intimate partner violence with HIV/TB prevalence for the community of Khayelitsha |
6. Developing operational programme manuals | The Cape Town VITO implementation manual |
7. Developing and evaluating approaches that help individuals in abusive relationships | |
8. Determining prevention approaches for younger age groups | |
Step 4 of the public health approach | |
1. Research on scaling up programmes that have been shown to be effective | |
2. Research on the feasibility and acceptability of programmes | |
3. Research on adapting effective programmes to new contexts | Modified Delphi study Critical appraisal of Organisation of American States citizen security indicators for use in South African setting |
4. Economic analysis, including cost-effectiveness analysis | Economic cost of homicide |
5. Developing operational manuals for prevention programmes | |
6. Developing a database summarising research to guide the general public | CT VITO data registry, CT VITO public website |