Prevention approaches aimed at men who commit violence against women: a scoping review

To map primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention approaches applied to men who commit violence against women.

Qualitative scoping review, according to JBI guidelines. The search was carried out from July to October 2022 in the MEDLINE, Embase, CINAHL, PsycInfo, Scopus, Web of Science, LILACS, BDENF, IndexPsi, SciELO and Google Scholar databases, without restrictions regarding geographic area, publication date, and/or language. All studies were assessed for reliability and credibility, according to the ConQual Score.

Twenty-eight studies were selected, most of which had a secondary and tertiary level approach. Only two studies fell within primary prevention. The interventions were mostly carried out in groups. The interdisciplinary/interprofessional dynamic, rarely described, involved areas such as psychology, social assistance, and other fields of social sciences.

The interventions, in general, followed the group approach, with the potential to be replicated in other services, including health services and for other audiences, as long as they have the theoretical and human support for this, expanding the actions to the primary level of prevention.