Shifting the Lens: An Implementation Study of a Community-Based and Social Network Intervention to Gender-Based Violence

Network Intervention ◽

Gender Based ◽

Using Data ◽

Creative Interventions

Responding to the call to “shift the lens” and expand gender-based violence remedies beyond individualized direct services and law enforcement remedies, anti-violence providers have struggled to redefine and redirect intervention approaches. This implementation study leverages the framework of implementation science to investigate an exploratory statewide initiative based on the Creative Interventions model and aimed to build organizational and regional capacity to implement community-based or social network interventions within provider organizations. Using data from nine organizations, this mixed-methods study identifies factors related to implementation of this innovative approach including organizational motivation, capacity, and perceived needs related to adoption and implementation.

Examining the Role of Social Network Intervention as an Integral Component of Community-Based, Family-Focused Practice

Journal of Child and Family Studies ◽

10.1007/s10826-005-6855-1 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 14 (3) ◽

pp. 443-454 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Kathleen F. Cox

Keyword(s):

Social Network ◽

Community Based ◽

Integral Component ◽

Network Intervention ◽

Family Focused Practice

Social Network Intervention in Patients with Schizophrenia and Marked Social Withdrawal: A Randomized Controlled Study

The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry ◽

10.1177/070674371305801108 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 58 (11) ◽

pp. 622-631 ◽

Cited By ~ 13

Author(s):

Emanuela Terzian ◽

Gianni Tognoni ◽

Renata Bracco ◽

Edoardo De Ruggieri ◽

Rita Angela Ficociello ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Social Network ◽

Social Withdrawal ◽

Randomized Controlled Study ◽

Controlled Study ◽

Randomized Controlled ◽

Identifying the processes of change and engagement from using a social network intervention for people with long‐term conditions. A qualitative study

Health Expectations ◽

10.1111/hex.12839 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 22 (2) ◽

pp. 173-182 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Ivaylo Vassilev ◽

Anne Rogers ◽

Anne Kennedy ◽

Chad Oatley ◽

Elizabeth James

Keyword(s):

Social Network ◽

Qualitative Study ◽

Processes Of Change ◽

Long Term Conditions ◽

Outcomes of an electronic social network intervention with neuro-oncology patient family caregivers

Journal of Neuro-Oncology ◽

10.1007/s11060-018-2909-2 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 139 (3) ◽

pp. 643-649 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Maija Reblin ◽

Dana Ketcher ◽

Peter Forsyth ◽

Eduardo Mendivil ◽

Lauren Kane ◽

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Keyword(s):

Social Network ◽

Family Caregivers ◽

Oncology Patient ◽

7. Social Network Intervention

Social Work Practice with Families and Children ◽

10.7312/malu10766-009 ◽

2002 ◽

pp. 175-198

Keyword(s):

Social Network ◽

Improving mental wellbeing of forensic psychiatric outpatients through the addition of an informal social network intervention to treatment as usual: a randomized controlled trial

BMC Psychiatry ◽

10.1186/s12888-020-02819-2 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 20 (1) ◽

Author(s):

L. T. A. Swinkels ◽

T. M. van der Pol ◽

A. Popma ◽

J. F. ter Harmsel ◽

J. J. M. Dekker

Keyword(s):

Randomized Controlled Trial ◽

Social Network ◽

Controlled Trial ◽

Mental Wellbeing ◽

Psychiatric Outpatients ◽

Treatment As Usual ◽

Randomized Controlled ◽

Network Intervention ◽

Forensic Psychiatric

No Longer an Island: A Social Network Intervention Engaging Black Men Through CBPR

American Journal of Men s Health ◽

10.1177/1557988320913387 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 14 (2) ◽

pp. 155798832091338

Author(s):

Amy E. Harley ◽

David Frazer ◽

Tyler Weber ◽

Terron C. Edwards ◽

Nicole Carnegie

Keyword(s):

Social Support ◽

Social Network ◽

Social Interaction ◽

Black Men ◽

Peer Support ◽

Support Groups ◽

Perceived Stress ◽

Community Partner ◽

The aim of this study was to assess outcomes from a multilevel social network intervention to promote the health of Black men. Through a community–academic collaboration and using a participatory research approach, we implemented the intervention over 4 years in a 110-block area of an urban neighborhood. The project aimed to implement a neighborhood peer outreach and leadership network to strengthen social support of Black men and increase community and family engagement. Intervention activities included three 12-month intergenerational peer support groups ( N = 46), a door-to-door outreach campaign ( N = 186), media and communication efforts, and a community partner network. Primary outcomes for the peer support groups were measured using a pretest/posttest cohort design and included social support, perceived stress, social capital, and global self-esteem. Primary outcomes for the door-to-door outreach campaign were measured using a repeated cross-sectional design and included a sense of community, neighborhood social interaction, perceived neighborhood control, and self-rated health status. Significant findings from the peer support groups included an increase in social support overall ( p = .027), driven by improvements in guidance, reliable alliance, and reassurance of worth; and an improvement in perceived stress ( p = .047). Significant findings from the door-to-door outreach campaign included increases in neighborhood social interaction ( p < .0001) and perceived neighborhood control ( p = .036). This project provides evidence that a participatory approach to planning and delivering a health promotion intervention aimed at creating positive social spaces and enhancing social connections can result in significant outcomes and successful engagement of Black men.

Zimbabwean Stakeholders’ Perspectives on Causes of and Solutions to Gender-Based Violence in Their Community: Findings From a Focus Group

Violence Against Women ◽

10.1177/1077801220917448 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 107780122091744

Author(s):

Emily A. Waterman ◽

Katie M. Edwards ◽

Evans Irvine Makoni ◽

Laura Siller ◽

Sharon B. Murphy ◽

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Keyword(s):

Focus Group ◽

Home Visiting ◽

Gauge Potential ◽

Gender Based Violence ◽

Community Based ◽

School Based ◽

Community Stakeholders ◽

Gender Based ◽

Social Marketing Campaigns ◽

Victoria Falls

Gender-based violence (GBV) rates are high in Zimbabwe. Looking toward a partnership to prevent GBV in the Victoria Falls region, which lacks GBV prevention initiatives, the current study’s aim was to learn about stakeholders’ perceptions of GBV causes and their ideas for GBV prevention, and to gauge potential community reactions to GBV prevention. Focus group participants emphasized lack of women’s empowerment, alcohol, violence normalization, and tourism as GBV causes, and ideas for prevention included school-based curricular, social marketing campaigns, involving men in prevention, and home visiting programs. Consistent with community-based models, participants emphasized involving all community stakeholders in prevention.