In five municipalities, only one
type of intervention content was available.
Not exact matches
As noted above, included studies were very varied in setting, population group studied,
content, timing and intensity
of the
intervention, whether it was proactively offered to women or available only if they asked for it, the standard care available, staff training programmes, and the
type and timing
of the outcomes measured.
Clearly, it is the amount and
type of training, coaching and support provided by the school: the
content and delivery
of the
intervention, not whether an
intervention is being used.
It is particularly important that sufficient data are presented to enable comparability across SHNV programmes because
of the complexity
of this
type of intervention and likely influence across multiple domains, and the extent to which SNHV programmes vary in their
content, setting and target population.
For example, a tobacco - focused review which included any
intervention type, classified
interventions with a component
of resilience
content into different subgroups such as social competence or social influence
interventions, finding evidence for both broad
intervention approaches.6 For the alcohol - focused review, only universal
interventions were included with such
interventions grouped according to whether they targeted alcohol alone or targeted multiple substance
types.5 While meta - analysis was not conducted due to the heterogeneity
of studies, the review concluded that some psychosocial and developmental prevention programmes were effective.