Reviewer’s report
Title: 
EVALUATING INTERVENTIONS WITH VICTIMS OF INTIMATE
PARTNER VIOLENCE: A COMMUNITY PSYCHOLOGY APPROACH
Version: 
1 
Date: 
03 Dec 2020
Reviewer's report:
Thank you for the opportunity to review this manuscript on a very important
public health issue. Whilst the paper adds to the current literature I have several
comments and queries below:
Abstract
The method section and results require editing for grammatical errors. For
example the second sentence of the method requires the word 'the' between the
words on and programs 
Background
Second sentence - edit to begin with - The prevalence of women .... and place
the reference in brackets at the end of the sentence 
What is meant by family charges in the first paragraph - criminal charges? Also,
what does ISTAT stand for? should it be 65% of IPV include/involve children?
or 65% of women who experienced IPV had children - some clarity required
here 
Second paragraph remove the term 'both'
The last sentence contradicts the content in this section perhaps it is better to
state that whilst programs throughout the globe do show promising results, it is
unclear as to xxxxx and put your study into the context ie weaknesses/strengths
program in Italy 
Empowerment - the authors note resilience occurs when the risk is high - yet the
opposite is also likely to happen ie little resilience due adversity - can the authors
provide supporting references for this content please 
Methods 
Was the study approved by a HREC - please include details 
Was data saturation reached? Please include details
Did the team or a professional company translate the data- please include detail 
Findings - Impact there is only one quote here - suggest further experts are
included to support this narrative currently it is not a theme 
The second sentence of the discussion is very long suggest editing into two 
The discussion has no references and is more of a summary of the findings. The
findings need to be discussed in relation to the literature with references to be a
coherent discussion 
The manuscript requires a thorough edit to correct grammatical errors and
readability
What is narrative exposure therapy? please provide detail for clarity 
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