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Record ID: 2badfe72-9a01-44bd-b8c7-da37020d61e0
DOI: 10.5334/ijic.7542
Web resource: https://ijic.org/articles/10.5334/ijic.7542
Type: Journal Article
Title: Integrated System Responses for Families Impacted by Violence: A Scoping Review
Authors: Gear, Claire
Ting, Chien
Manuel, Carey
Eppel, Elizabeth
Koziol-McLain, Jane
Keywords: Domestic and family violence;Integrated Service Delivery;Health care;Aotearoa New Zeland;Child protection  ;Police, law, courts and/or corrections  ;Indigenous issues;Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples;Systematic review
Topic: Primary prevention
Children and young people
Policing and legal responses
Systems responses
Trauma and DFSV-informed, victim-centred systems
Population: Children and young people
Year: Jun-2024
Publisher: Ubiquity Press
Citation: Vol 24, Issue 2
Abstract:  Abstract
Introduction: Violence within families is a complex problem which significantly impacts health and wellbeing. Despite the ubiquitous call for integrated family violence service delivery, integrated approaches vary significantly and challenges to implementation remain. This scoping review explored how integrated approaches to family violence service delivery are conceptualised within international and Aotearoa New Zealand literature.
Methods: Following a documented scoping review process identified from literature, dynamic interplay between system agents within integrated family violence service delivery were mapped with the assistance of a complexity theory lens. We analysed characteristics of included studies, agents involved, how they interacted and the methods and mechanisms of integration among them.
Results: Seventy-two published reports were included. The most common interactions occurred between statutory agencies such as police and child protection. While health care service providers were included within 55 studies, their engagement was often peripheral. Qualitative analysis elucidated three broad pathways to service delivery impact underpinned by systems-centred, person-centred, or Indigenous-centred worldviews.
Discussion and Conclusion: Integrated approaches to family violence service delivery are highly variable. Despite a strong assumption that integration leads to improved safety, health, and wellbeing for care-seekers, most studies did not include evidence of such impact. Consideration of how worldviews characterise service provision provides insight into why integration has proven challenging over time.
Contents:  Introduction
Overview of family violence as a complex public health problem.
Importance of integrated service delivery.

Methods
Scoping review process and complexity theory lens.
Search strategy, inclusion and exclusion criteria.

Results
Characteristics of included studies.
Common interactions between system agents.
Pathways to service delivery impact.

Discussion
Variability in integrated approaches.
Challenges and assumptions in integration.
Insights from different worldviews on service provision.

Conclusion
Summary of findings.
Recommendations for future research and policy.
Description: Open access
URI: https://anrows.intersearch.com.au/anrowsjspui/handle/1/22703
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