Research Agenda Project (RAP):

Setting a global violence prevention research agenda on behalf of VPA

Research Agenda Project (RAP):

Setting a global violence prevention research agenda on behalf of VPA

Masako Tanaka, Ph.D. McMaster Universityon behalf of the RAP group

Cape town, South Africa September 6-7 2011

Aim

• To establish a global violence prevention research agenda on behalf of VPA

– Next 5 years – Focus on interpersonal violence (6

types) – Low-, middle-, and high-income

countries

Methods: Delphi consensus development• Step 1: Generate research questions• Step 2: Compile items and create

survey • Step 3: Identify survey respondents

• Step 4: Administer the online survey • Step 5: Score items • Step 6: Develop the second survey • Step 7: Summarize results for

publication

Methods - Step 1Generate research questions• Participants (RAP group and their

associates): Total 97– From LMICs (17): n=23 – From HICs (14): n=74

• List of research questions – For LMICs: 108 items – For HICs: 50 items

Methods – Step 2 Compile items and create survey

• Approach to compile items: – Combined all economic levels – Grouped lower-concept items

together– Public health approach to group items– Survey is created for each abuse type– Cross-cutting area relevant to all

types

Methods – Step 2 Compile items and create survey

• Survey structure:• Section 1:

• Demographics • Choose income levels (LMICs, HICs, or all)• Choose type of abuse

• Section 2: for selected abuse types: • Rank the priority among 4 public health steps

• Then rank items in order of priority within each step

• Section 3:• Cross-cutting areas (methodology, knowledge

translation, law)

Methods – Step 3Survey respondents identified by RAP

Break-down of respondents by economic level and region, n=548 from 84 countries (30% from LMICs)

4%

36%

4%25%

1%

10%

8%

1%

9%

2%HIC Asia

HIC North America

HIC Australia

HIC Europe

HIC Other

LMIC Asia

LMIC Africa

LMIC North America

LMIC South America

LMIC Europe

Questions

• Identify the survey respondents– Should we increase respondents from

LMICs? OR reduce respondents from HICs?• Can we ask respondents to forward a link to the

survey to their colleagues (from LMICs)?

– Should we distribute the survey to relevant organizations such as UN women?

– Should we make the survey available for general public to respond?

– Should we seek feedback from general public about the results of the survey?

Next steps and time line

• Administer online survey in mid September 2011, for 2 weeks

• Analyze results• Send second survey• Prepare draft publication

(summarizing Delphi process and results )

• Prepare draft publication (Document suitable for general public summarizing research priorities)