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Table 2 Characteristics of included Articles (N = 62*)

From: Strategies to promote uptake and use of intimate partner violence and child maltreatment knowledge: an integrative review

Article Characteristic

n (%)*

Country of origin

 

 US

37 (60)

 Canada

8 (13)

 UK

7 (11)

 Australia

3 (5)

 Other (e.g., the Netherlands)

7 (11)

Publication year

 

 2006 or later

32 (52)

 Between 2000 and 2005

18 (29)

 Before 2000

12 (19)

Study design

 

 Experiment/RCT

17 (30)*

 Pre-post

19 (33)*

 Quasi-experiment (i.e., comparative analysis with no randomization to groups)

9 (16)*

 Other (e.g., post-test only)

12 (21)*

Focus

 

 IPV

22 (36)

 CM

28 (45)

 IPV and CM

12 (19)

KT ‘Recipients’

 

 Health practitioners (e.g., physicians, dentists etc.)

31 (50)

 Teachers/educators

5 (8)

 ‘Social’ practitioners (e.g., child protection workers)

3 (5)

 Other (e.g., law guardians/attorneys)

2 (3)

 Combination of Above**

21 (34)

  1. *Percentages are out of 62 (the total number of included articles) unless indicated with an asterisk (in which case the denominator is 57, the total number of included primary articles). ** Over half of which included health practitioners.