Community-engaged Design of a Pragmatic Interpersonal Violence Measure to Facilitate Effective Evaluation and Equitable Translation of Prevention Interventions in Low-resource Contexts

Interpersonal Violence: Disparities in Prevalence and PreventionPrevention of interpersonal violence ("the intentional use of physical force or power against other persons by an individual or small group of individuals") 1 continues to be a global priority. 2While many countries have experienced reductions in prevalence over the past 2 decades, low-resource settings across multiple country contexts have lagged.This disparity can be partly attributed to the general gap between research and practice, 3 which is further pronounced in low-resource settings. 4,5Such settings face unique barriers to effective, efficient, and far-reaching translation of evidence into interventions due to financial shortages, suboptimal service delivery, underdeveloped physical infrastructure, underdeveloped knowledge infrastructure, historical and sociocultural underpinnings, geographical and environmental