Table 2. Quality of included studies.

Selected quality markers	Partially or substantially included in paper (Total N = 30)
Use of social theory	N = 18
Attention to study context	N = 26
Authors from study country	N = 22
Child-friendly and/or participatory approaches	N = 14 Child-friendly N = 7 Participatory N = 7
Child protection referral mechanisms in place	N = 6 (However an additional two were linked to violence response organisation N = 2)
Author reflexivity about handling challenging cases of violence disclosure	N = 0
Descriptions of how child protection referral mechanisms functioned in practice	N = 0
Overall medium or high ranking (included as strong or supporting evidence)	N = 25
Overall low ranking (included as supporting evidence only)	N = 5