title: A systematic review of interventions for preventing adolescent intimate partner violence.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a pervasive global health issue affecting adolescents. We reviewed randomized controlled trials of interventions to reduce physical, sexual, and psychological violence perpetration and victimization among adolescents.
  
  
  METHODS
  PUBMED, CINAHL, Science Direct, EMbase, PsychLIT, ISI Web of Science, Scopus, and the Cochrane database were searched for English language papers published up to the end of February 2013.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Eight articles reporting on six randomized controlled trials were retrieved. Four interventions contained both school and community components. We found positive intervention effects on IPV perpetration (three studies) and IPV victimization (one study). Compared with the studies with no effects on IPV, the effective interventions were of longer duration, and were implemented in more than one setting. There were quality issues in all six trials.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Interventions targeting perpetration and victimization of IPV among adolescents can be effective. Those interventions are more likely to be based in multiple settings, and focus on key people in the adolescents' environment. Future trials should assess perpetration and victimization of IPV among male and female adolescents with and without prior experiences with IPV, taking gender differences into account.
authors.affiliation: Adolescent Health Research Unit, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa; International Centre for Reproductive Health, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium. Electronic address: petra.dekoker@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Petra
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: De Koker
authors.affiliation: Adolescent Health Research Unit, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa; Health Systems Research Unit, Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa.
authors.forename: Catherine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mathews
authors.affiliation: Adolescent Health Research Unit, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa; Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.
authors.forename: Melanie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zuch
authors.affiliation: Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
authors.forename: Sheri
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bastien
authors.affiliation: Adolescent Health Research Unit, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa; Health Systems Research Unit, Medical Research Council, Cape Town, South Africa; Department of Health Sciences, University of York, York, UK. Electronic address: amanda.mason-jones@york.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Amanda J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Mason-Jones
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D019548:Crime Victims; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012742:Sex Offenses / Q000517:prevention & control*; D013179:Spouse Abuse / Q000517:prevention & control*
keywords: Adolescent relationship abuse; Adolescents; Evaluation; Interventions; Intimate partner violence; Review; Teen dating violence