This section contains a selection of guidelines and tools to inform sexual violence research and interventions.

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• Challenges of Collecting Baseline Data in Emergency Settings. Schlecht, J., Casey, S Forced Migration Review 29. 2007
• Conducting in-depth interviews: A Guide for Designing and Conducting In-Depth Interviews for Evaluation Input
• Using mystery clients: A Guide to Using Mystery Clients for Evaluation Input
• Documenting women's rights violations by non-state actors, Rights and Democracy, International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development, 2006
  
• Guidelines for Prevention and Response: Sexual and Gender-Based Violence against Refugees, Returnees and Internally Displaced Persons, UNHCR
• How to Conduct a Situation Analysis of Health Services for Survivors of Sexual Assault: a guide, SVRI, 2006
• ¡Ver y atender!: Guía práctica para conocer cómo funcionan los servicios de salud para mujeres víctimas y sobrevivientes de violencia sexual, IPAS, 2007
• Asking research participants about trauma and abuse. - Ullman SE. Am Psychol; 62(4): 329-30. 2007
• Researching Violence Against Women: A Practical Guide for Researchers and Activists, 2005
• A Guide for Conducting Research on the Formulation of Sexual and Health-related Behaviour Among Young Men:* Training Guidelines, Resources, Study Guides, and Informed Consent Forms. The CATALYST Consortium, 2005
• Gender Research Guide, INSTRAW
• IASC Guideline

• Measurement and correlates of prosocial bystander behavior: the case of interpersonal violence. Banyard VL. Violence Vict; 23(1): 83-97. 2008
• Testing Telephone and Web Surveys for Studying Men's Sexual Assault Perpetration Behaviors. Dinitto DM, Busch-Armendariz NB, Bender K, Woo H, Tackett-Gibson M, Dyer J. J Interpers Violence 2008
• Indicators to Measure Violence Against Women, Prepared by Sylvia Walby, Paper presented at Expert Group Meeting on indicators to measure violence against women, Geneva 8-10 October 2007
• Intimate Partner Violence and Sexual Violence Victimization Assessment Instruments for Use in Healthcare Settings: Version 1. Basile KC, Hertz MF, Back SE. Atlanta (GA): Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control; 2007
  
• Feasibility of an automated telephone survey to enable prospective monitoring of subjects whose confidentiality is paramount: a four-week cohort study of partner violence recurrence after Emergency Department discharge. Wiebe DJ, Carr BG, Datner EM, Elliott MR, Richmond TS. Epidemiol Perspect Innov; 5(1): 1. 2008
• Childhood adversity: a review of measurement instruments. Burgermeister D. J Nurs Meas; 15(3): 163-76. 2007
  
• Assessment Instruments Used To Study Healthcare-Based Interventions for Women Who Have Experienced Sexual Violence, Martin S.L., Young S., Billings D.L., IPAS, SVRI, 2007
• The Safe Schools Program, Quantitative Research Instrument to Measure School-Related Gender- Based Violence: Assessing the Knowledge, attitudes, practices and experiences of boys, girls and teachers which physical, psychological and sexual violence,  Centre for Educational Research and Training / DevTech Systems, 2006
• Measuring Intimate  Partner Violence Victimization and Perpetration: A Compendium of Assessment Tools. Atlanta (GA): Thompson MP, Basile KC, Hertz MF, Sitterle D. Centers for Disease Control and     Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, 2006
• Quantitative Research Instrument to Measure School-Related Gender-Based Violence,  DevTech Systems, CERT, 2006
• Gender Based Violence Tools Manual, For Assessment, Program Design, Monitoring and Evaluation in Conflict-Affected Settings. Reproductive Health Response in Conflict Consortium.
  Also available in (Arabic) and (French)

• Indicators to Measure Violence Against Women." Slyvia Walby, UN Expert Group Meeting, October 2007
  
• Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance - United States, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, MMWR 2004;53(SS-02):1-96, 2003
• Sexual Violence Surveillance: Uniform definitions and recommended data elements.  Version 1.0, CDC, Basile K & Saltzman L, 2002

• Research Issues in Sexual and Reproductive Health for Low- and Middle-income Countries Andres de Francisco, Ruth Dixon-Mueller, Catherine d'Arcangues, Global Forum for Health Research and World Health Organization, 2007
• Screening for Sexual Violence: Gaps in Research and Recommendations for Change. Harrisburg, PA: VAWnet, a project of the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence/Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence. Stevens, L. 2007. Retrieved 01/14/2008, from: http://www.vawnet.org
• Sexual Violence Research Agenda, Sexual Violence Research Initiative, 2006

• Ha sentido sola? Culturally competent screening for intimate partner violence in Latina women. Wrangle J, Fisher JW, Paranjape A. J Womens Health (Liebert); 17(2): 261-8. 2008
• Screening for domestic violence in public welfare offices: an analysis of case manager and client interactions. Lindhorst T, Meyers M, Casey E. Violence Against Women; 14(1): 5-28; 2008
• Screening for intimate partner violence in a pediatric primary care clinic. Dubowitz H, Prescott L, Feigelman S, Lane W, Kim J. Pediatrics; 121(1): e85-91. 2008
• Systematic review of the perceptions and experiences of accessing health services by adult victims of domestic violence. Robinson L, Spilsbury K. Health Soc Care Community; 16(1): 16-30. 2008
• The health care experiences of adult survivors of child sexual abuse: a systematic review of evidence on sensitive practice. Havig K. Trauma Violence Abuse; 9(1): 19-33. 2008
  
• Intimate partner violence is not identified as a health problem by health care workers. Coll-Vinent B, Echeverría T, Farràs U, Rodriguez D, Millá J, Santiñà M. Gac Sanit; 22(1): 7-10. 2008
• Detecting intimate partner violence during pregnancy: awareness-raising indicators for use by primary healthcare professionals. Reichenheim ME, Patricio TF, Moraes CL. Public Health 2008: Full abstract.
• Cueing prenatal providers effects on discussions of intimate partner violence. Calderón SH, Gilbert P, Jackson R, Kohn MA, Gerbert B. Am J Prev Med: 34(2)134-7. 2008: Full abstract.
• Screening Practices for Adolescent Dating Violence. Brown LK, Puster KL, Vazquez EA, Hunter HL, Lescano CM. J Interpers Violence; 22(4): 456-464. 2007
• Revising the SES: A Collaborative Process to Improve Assessment of Sexual Aggression and Victimization.  Mary P. Koss, Antonia Abbey, Rebecca Campbell, Sarah Cook, Jeanette Norris, Maria Testa, Sarah Ullman, Carolyn West, Jacquelyn White, Psychology of Women Quarterly 31 (4), 357–370. 2007
• Screening tool for domestic violence, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologist
• Intimate partner violence and sexual violence victimization assessment instruments for use in healthcare settings. Atlanta, GA: US Department of Health and Human Services; 2007

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