Evidence syntheses across VISION

VISION is synthesising evidence on violence and abuse. We are producing systematic, scoping and rapid evidence reviews.

Evidence-based medicine refers to systematic reviews as the top of a ‘hierarchy of evidence’. However, applying the method to evidence on violence and abuse is not without challenges, as standardised frameworks and approaches do not always provide space for reflection on the process and its implications.

VISION presented on these challenges at an EPPI Centre Evidence for Policy and Practice London Evidence Syntheses and Research Use Seminar. The symposium, Producing evidence syntheses on violence and abuse: reflections on the disciplinary variations and practicalities, prompted discussion about how systematic review methodologies can be adapted to better synthesis evidence on violence and abuse.

VISION’s published evidence syntheses include:

Effectiveness of UK-based support interventions and services aimed at adults who have experienced or used domestic and sexual violence and abuse: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Carlisle S, Bunce A, Prina M, McManus S, Barbosa EC, Feder G, Lewis NV.

BMC Public Health. 2025 Mar 14;25(1):1003. doi: 10.1186/s12889-025-21891-5. PMID: 40087589; PMCID: PMC11908015

For further information, please see the VISION blog: Systematic review: Effectiveness of UK-based adult domestic and sexual violence support interventions and services - City Vision

Trends in outcomes used to measure the effectiveness of UK-based support interventions and services targeted at adults with experience of domestic and sexual violence and abuse: a scoping review

Carlisle S, Bunce A, Prina M, Cook E, Barbosa EC, McManus S, Feder G, Lewis NV.

Prevalence of physical violence against people in insecure migration status: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Innes A, Carlisle S, Manzur H, Cook E, Corsi J, Lewis NV.

PLoS One. 2024 Mar 27;19(3):e0300189. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0300189.

For further information, please see the VISION blog: Prevalence of physical violence against people in insecure migration status  - City Vision

Prevalence and risk of sexual violence victimization among mental health service users: a systematic review and meta-analyses

Kaul A, Connell-Jones L, Paphitis S, Oram S.

SPPE. 2024. 59, 1285–1297.

For further information, please see the VISION blog: Prevalence of sexual violence victimisation amongst mental health service users - City Vision

A systematic literature review of the use of computational text analysis methods in intimate partner violence research

Neubauer L, Straw I, Mariconti E, Tanczer L.

Journal of Family Violence. 2023. 38, 1205–1224.

For further information, please see the VISION blog:Use of text mining to study Intimate Partner Violence - City Vision

Adolescent domestic abuse and its consequences: A rapid systematic review

Weir R , Adisa O, Blom N, Hadjimatheou K, Lamarre F, Carlisle S, Barrow-Grint K.

Journal of Family Violence. 2025.

For further information, please see the VISION blog:The impact and risk factors of adolescent domestic abuse: A rapid systematic review - City Vision

Experiences of violence while in insecure migration status: a qualitative evidence synthesis

Innes A, Bunce A, Manzur H, Lewis N V.

Globalization and Health. 2024. 20:83.

For further information, please see the VISION blog:Migrants’ experiences of violence while in insecure migration status - City Vision

Interpreting evidence on the association between multiple adverse childhood experiences and mental and physical health outcomes in adulthood: protocol for a systematic review assessing causality

Jones L, Bellis M, Butler N, Hughes K, McManus S, Quigg Z.

BMJ Open. 2025 Mar 15:e091865. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2024-019865.