article · Frontiers in Public Health
Ending violence against children by 2030 represents a fundamental component of Sustainable Development Goals 5 and 16. Although academic research has identified several promising violence reduction strategies, significant knowledge gaps remain regarding how these programmes function when delivered at large scale or integrated into existing service systems, especially across low- and middle-income countries. Addressing this challenge requires robust collaboration across multiple sectors, bringing together researchers, policymakers, funding bodies, governments, non-governmental organisations, and front-line programme managers. A coordinated approach is essential to understand both the operational execution and the broader impact of wide-scale initiatives. To support this objective, a new initiative has been introduced to build collaborative partnerships specifically focused on family strengthening programmes, generating critical insights into the effective scaling of violence prevention interventions.
Violence against children is a critical global challenge targeted by international development goals. While interventions exist, the lack of evidence on how to integrate them into national systems or scale them within low- and middle-income countries hinders progress. Coordinated initiatives help bridge this gap, ensuring that effective family strengthening strategies reach more communities and deliver measurable protection.
The abstract describes an initiative to build multi-sector collaborations rather than a commercial product or service. Potential applications centre on guiding policymakers, governments, non-governmental organisations, and donors in scaling evidence-based family strengthening interventions within public service systems. Because the work focuses on early-stage collaborative agendas and implementation research frameworks, it remains distant from direct commercialisation or market application.
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Ending all violence against children by 2030 is a core part of Sustainable Development Goals 5 and 16. A number of promising violence reduction strategies have been identified in research studies. However, we lack an understanding of the implementation and impact of these programs in respect to their delivery at a large scale or within existing service systems, particularly in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). We advocate for greater collaboration between researchers, policymakers, donors, governments, non-governmental organizations, and program managers and staff to study how violence prevention programs operate on a large scale. We describe a new initiative aiming to foster such collaborations in the field of family strengthening programs.
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DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2021.581440
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