Table 2.
Selected studies for review: Evaluations of interventions targeting survivors of sexual violence
| Study | Country | Intervention | Target Group | Intervention Components | Study Design |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bennett et al. (2017) [41] | Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) | Medical, psychological, legal, socioeconomic | Male inclusive | Community sensitisation, medical care, legal services, psychosocial services, and income-generating activities | Implementation, description data |
| Bolton et al. (2014a) [42] | Iraq (KRI) | Psychological | Male inclusive | 12 session Brief Behavioural Activation Treatment for Depression (BATD), 12 sessions of cognitive processing therapy (CPT), and waitlist control | Randomised Controlled Trial (RCT) |
| Bass et al. (2016) [43] | Iraq (KRI) | Psychosocial | Male inclusive | Healthcare provider capacity building, 6–12 sessions of trauma-informed treatment | RCT |
| Weiss et al. (2015) [44] | Iraq (KRI) | Psychological | Male inclusive | 8–12 weekly individual sessions of Common Elements Treatment Approach (CETA) | RCT |
| Roka et al. (2014) [45] | DRC | Medical, psychological | Male inclusive | Community sensitisation, comprehensive medical and psychological care | Retrospective cohort study |
| Mooren et al. (2003) [46] | Bosnia | Psychological | Male inclusive | Community sensitisation and brief-trauma focused therapy | Baseline, follow-up survey of cases in the system |
| Wagner et al. (2012) [47] | Iraq (KRI) | Psychological | Male inclusive | Internet-based cognitive behavioural therapy over 5 week period | Pilot study, baseline and follow-up survey |
| Bolton et al. (2014b) [48] | Thailand (Burmese refugees) | Psychological | Male inclusive | CETA 7–13 weekly sessions | RCT |
| Bernath (2013) [49] | Rwanda | Psychosocial, medical, police and legal services | Male inclusive | Medical care provision, community sensitisation, psychological services | Qualitative interviews, implementation/description data |
| Kohli et al. (2012) [50] | DRC | Medical and psychological services | Female specific | Community sensitisation, medical services | Implementation, description data |
| Bass et al. (2013) [51] | DRC | Psychological | Female specific | Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) (11 group sessions) versus individual support | RCT |
| Hustache et al. (2009) [52] | Republic of the Congo | Psychological | Female specific | Counselling sessions (1–4 sessions) | |
| Lekskes et al. (2007) [53] | Liberia | Psychosocial | Female specific | Individual and group counselling (8 sessions) | Pre- and post-test, qualitative interviews |
| Doucet et al. (2012) [54] | Sierra Leone | Psychosocial | Female specific | Social work counselling program | Qualitative interviews |
| Allon et al. (2015) [55] | DRC | EMDR therapy | Female specific | Individual therapy + 2 sessions of standard Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy versus group therapy + EMDR- Integrative Group Treatment Protocol (IGTP) | Pre- and post-survey |
| Hall et al. (2014) [56] | DRC | Psychological | Female specific | CPT (1 individual session and 11 weekly group sessions) versus individual support | RCT |
| PHD (2012) [57] | Nepal | Medical, psychosocial, legal, livelihood, shelter, and referral services | Female specific | Mobile health camp that referred clients and survivors to psychosocial and legal support, shelter, rehabilitation, and medical surgeries | Survey, qualitative interviews |
| Kohli et al. (2013) [58] | DRC | Psychosocial | Female specific | Family mediation | Qualitative interviews |
| Walstrom et al. (2013) [59] | Rwanda | Psychosocial | Female specific | Trauma counselling and support groups to HIV positive women | Qualitative interviews |
| Manneschmidt et al. (2009) [60] | Afghanistan | Psychosocial | Female specific | Counselling programme | |
| Schulz et al. (2006) [61] | Bosnia | Psychosocial | Female specific | CBT | Case study |
| O’Callaghan et al. (2013) [62] | DRC | Psychological | Girls | Trauma-focused CBT | RCT |
| Mbeya et al. (2018) [63] | CAR | Psychosocial | Service | Healthcare provider capacity building multimedia tools | |
| Tanabe et al. (2013) [64] | Burma | Medical and basic psychosocial care | Service | Healthcare provider capacity building | Qualitative |
| Smith et al. (2013) [65] | Refugee camps in Kenya and Ethiopia | Medical | Service | Multi-media training tool to train healthcare providers on clinical care of CRSV | Pre- and post-test survey, in-depth interviews, medical record audits |
| IRC (2012) [66] | Refugee camps in Ethiopia and Kenya, post-conflict in DRC, and urban settings in Jordan | Medical care | Service | Training program to improve the clinical care of sexual assault survivors using multimedia training tool | Survey, qualitative interviews, medical record audit |