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ABSTRACT

Background:

Background:

Adolescent violence is a source of mental health problems that damages both psychological and social functioning. These tendencies generally evolve from problems in anger management and stress tolerance related to inherent or external contributors including familial background, interactions with friends, and school atmosphere. Nurses, especially in the primary care level, are in an ideal position to have a preventive role involving early identification and through competence-enhancing activities. Nurses, particularly those working in primary healthcare settings, are strategically positioned to play a preventive role in addressing these risks through early intervention and capacity-building programs. Nursing, especially at the level of primary health care, is in a strategic position to intervene with measures aiming to reduce the risk of an adolescent turning into a violent male. Nevertheless, the evidence is scarce on how nurses are trained for violence prevention, including its type of training and impact as well as factors in the context.

Objective:

Objective:

This scoping review will map the nature, content, approach and effectiveness of educational interventions developed for nurses to prevent violent behavior among adolescent learners in health services

Methods:

Methods:

The protocol adheres to JBI (Joanna Briggs Institute) guideline and Arksey and O’Malley framework, which are Step 1: Identify the Research Question, Step 2: Search for Relevant Studies, Step 3: Selection of Eligible Studies, Step 4: Charting of Information from Individual Studies; including data extraction and descriptives analysis toward each studies (if applicable), Step 5: Collating, Summarizing and Reporting the Results of Reviews and Step 6: Consulting with Experts. We will search the literature using ProQuest, Scopus, PubMed and Cochrane Library as well as grey literature including such sources like Google Scholar and GreyNet. Inclusion criteria Studies of implementation targeted at nurses in education or training to increase their capacity to address the prevention of adolescent violence. Quantitative and qualitative data will be descriptively analyzed.

Results:

Results:

The review will provide a holistic knowledge map of available training programs, how to effectively implement them and barriers to use, as well as the impact of such on nurses’ knowledge, attitudes and skills around adolescent violent risk.

Conclusions:

Conclusions:

The findings of this scoping review will support the scientific grounding for the development of Kepolar model in primary healthcare and policy making to enhance health professions' capacity for prevention of adolescent violent behaviour.