TY  - BOOK
AU  - Howarth, Emma
AU  - MacMillan, Harriet L. 
AU  - Stanley, Nicky
AU  - Moore, Theresa H.M.
AU  - Welton, Nicky J. 
AU  - Lewis, Natalia
AU  - Shaw, Alison
AU  - Hester, Marianne
AU  - Bryden, Peter
AU  - Feder, Gene
TI  - IMPRoving Outcomes for children exposed to domestic ViolencE (IMPROVE) : : an evidence synthesis
SN  - 2050-4381
PY  - 2016///
CY  - London : 
PB  - National Institute for Health Research
KW  - RECOMMENDED READING
KW  - CHILD EXPOSURE TO VIOLENCE
KW  - EVALUATION
KW  - INTERVENTION
KW  - MOTHERS
KW  - PERPETRATORS
KW  - PROGRAMMES
KW  - UNITED KINGDOM
N1  - Public Health Research, 2016, Issue 10 (Open access); Recommended reading
N2  - Conclusions: "The evidence base regarding the acceptability, clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of interventions to improve outcomes for children exposed to DVA is underdeveloped. There is an urgent need for more high-quality studies, particularly trials, that are designed to produce actionable, generalisable findings that can be implemented in real-world settings and that can inform decisions about which interventions to commission and scale. We suggest that there is a need to pause the development of new interventions and to focus on the systematic evaluation of existing programmes. With regard to the UK, we have identified three types of programme that could be justifiably prioritised for further study: psycho-education delivered to mothers and children, or children alone; parent skills training in combination with advocacy: and interventions involving the abusive parent/caregiver. We also suggest that there is need for key stakeholders to come together to explicitly identify and address the structural, practical and cultural barriers that may have hampered the development of the UK evidence base to date. (From the authors' abstract). Record #5295
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3310/phr04100 
ER  -