1. Intervention evidence gathering Julie Arnot ScotPHN Researcher

2. ‘Evidence’
Extensive international evidence base (journal articles, reviews) - for some forms of violence prevention, less so for others
Heavy focus on U.S. based interventions:
Findings transferable to Scottish / U.K. context?
Interventions might report positive changes in self-reported behaviour in the short-term:
Do they always translate into longer-term violence prevention?

3. Scottish evidence Who is delivering interventions, where, to whom?
Disparate range of orgs
Local & national level, various sectors
Breadth of violence types
Limited articles / reports
Pockets of published evidence:
GBV on H.E. campuses, Medics Against Violence, Community Initiative to Reduce Violence, Mentors in Violence, sex work, gang violence……..

4. ScotPHN evidence gathering
in lieu of ‘evidence’ ScotPHN identified c.60 Scottish interventions 2014*
Update: developed short online q/naire Nov 2017
For completion / dissemination by:
Strategy group of public sector partners
3rd sector (GBV/DV) / 3rd sector membership orgs
Scottish Directors of Public Health
Scottish Health Promotion Managers
Community Planning Partnerships
Several safety / violence related networks / partnerships.
*See: Philip Conaglen & Annette Gallimore (2014) Violence prevention: a public health priority.

5. Q’s & Response Questionnaire asked:
Primary, secondary, tertiary prevention?
Targeting what & who? Setting? Evaluated?
Response rate? Unknown no. received questionnaire
73 responses, overlap 2014, local offshoots of national programmes
Good spread of interventions:
Domestic abuse, sexual violence, non-sexual violence
Scotland, Glasgow, Inverclyde, Renfrewshire, Edinburgh, S Lanarkshire, Highland
Home / doorstep, schools, street, city centre
Representative spread of organisations? Who’s missing?
Growing bank of ‘evidence’ about interventions with brief info / contacts

6. Combine 2014 & 2017: c.100+ interventions (defunct?), 67+ evaluated:
Gender based violence: 24 
Domestic abuse: 23
Youths: 18, Gangs: 3  
School based: 17
NTE / alcohol licensing / town centre / festive: 12
Ex-offenders / offenders: 13
Child abuse / corporal punishment: 6
Hate crime: 5
Anti-social behaviour: 4
Robberies / serious crime: 4
Alcohol / drugs: 4
Sex work: 3
Suicide / self-harm: 3
Knife violence: 2
Trafficking: 1
At risk adults: 2
MAPPA Unit: 1
FGM / Honor based violence: 1
Doorstep crime: 1
Oral / Maxillofacial: 1
Assault injury surveillance: 1
Social Norms: 1
H.E. medical/ dental student training: 1

7. How many interventions aimed at primary prevention?
Crude estimate: 85
Q: quick, brief info on intervention, contact details:
Thank you (your time is appreciated).

8. Workshop 1 Discussion topic:
What actions in your area of work are currently, successfully preventing or reducing violence?
Setting? Targeting what & who? Impact?
Can it be extended to other locales / domains?
40 mins. table discussion
20 mins. in plenary for each table to briefly summarise discussions.