Table 2

Summary characteristics of the 11 studies (16 papers) synthesised (in chronological order)

Study	Country	Topic	Methodology	Stakeholder group
Study	Country	Topic	Methodology	Children	Parents	HCPs	SSPs
Buckley et al 32 33	Ireland	Experiences of child protection services	Interviews		X
Black et al 41	USA	Interventions for IPV	Interviews			X	X
Stanley et al 34 35	UK	Police IPV notifications of children’s social services	Interviews	X	X		X
Meyer44	Australia	Help-seeking of IPV victims with children	Interviews		X
Randell et al 43	USA	IPV information in healthcare setting	Focus groups		X
Davidov et al 42	USA	Mandatory reporting of children’s exposure to IPV	Secondary analysis of interviews and focus groups		X	X	X
Angelo et al 47	Brazil	Experiences of providing care to children exposed to IPV	Interviews			X
Jenney et al 46	Canada	Communication between providers and recipients of child protection service	Interviews and focus groups		X		X
Szilassy et al 36–39	UK	Experiences of responding to children’s exposure to IPV	Interviews			X
Clarke and Wydall40	UK	Experiences of responding to children’s exposure to IPV	Interviews, focus groups, observations		X	X	X
Morris45	Australia	Safety and resilience of children exposed to IPV	Interviews and focus groups	X	X

IPV, intimate partner violence; HCPs, healthcare professionals; SSPs, social service professionals.