This series of policy briefs follows the release of the INSPIRE Evidence Update, published in 2025. The briefs provide plain-language summaries of the Evidence Update findings for each INSPIRE strategy.
The INSPIRE Evidence Update synthesised findings from systematic reviews and primary studies. The review draws on studies representing diverse settings and populations, and applies a rigorous evidence-decision matrix to assess the quantity, quality, and consistency of effectiveness across contexts for each of the programmes and policies in INSPIRE’s seven strategies. The analysis included 216 systematic reviews, covering more than 3 000 primary studies, and ranked more than 30 intervention categories across the seven INSPIRE strategies. This project is the world’s largest evidence review to date on how to prevent and respond to violence against children.
INSPIRE Evidence Update Contributors
Madison Little, University of Oxford
Alexander Butchart, World Health Organization
Greta Massetti, US Centers for Disease Control & Prevention; Georgia State University INSPIRE Evidence Lab
Sabrina Hermosilla, Columbia University
Camille Wittesaele, University of Oxford; London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine; University of Cape Town
Isabelle Pearson, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Janina Jochim, University of Oxford
Susan Swingler, University of Oxford
Claudia Schupp, Technical University Munich
Ines Böhret, Technical University Munich
Lakshmi Neelakantan, University of Melbourne
Sophia Backhaus, University of Amsterdam
Mackenzie Martin, McMaster University; MacEwan University
Meredith Mase, US Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
Sabrina Page, University of Edinburgh
Roselinde Janowski, University of Oxford
Alexandra Blackwell, Johns Hopkins University; University of Copenhagen
Kyle Bernstein, US Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
Sabine Rakotomalala, World Health Organization
Lucie Cluver, University of Oxford; University of Cape Town
