Evaluating a violence prevention programme currently being used in hospital A&E departments

Implementation and process evaluation of South Wales hospital-based violence intervention programmes

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN15286575

Enrollment

Registered

2023-03-13

Start date

2022-12-08

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2023-11-06

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Conditions

The study aims to understand the functioning of the existing Violence Prevention Team intervention model through the examination of implementation, impact mechanisms, and context by utilising qualitative interviews, document analysis and examining routine data. The focus on context will also allow us to understand questions regarding transferability and local adaptation. Our participants are those who deliver the intervention and who have links to the intervention. At the curren

Interventions

Violence Prevention Team, referring patients with assault-related injuries attending the Accident & Emergency (A&E) services (e.g. drug and alcohol teams) able to support vulnerabilities (e.g. drug, a

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: All individuals professionally associated with the interventions in South Wales, either within the health or police estates, or non-statutory partners will be eligible

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Does not meet the inclusion criteria

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
One off semi-structured interviews to answer the following questions: 1. To what extent have VPT’s become embedded within broader hospital systems? 2. To what extent do implementers adhere to the intended delivery model? 3. How much of the intended intervention has been delivered? 4. How well are the different components of the intervention being delivered? 5. To what extent does the intervention reach cover the entirety of all assault-related ED attendances? 6. To what extent do patients engage with the intervention? 7. How were in-hospital referral pathways developed for patients, and to what extent were patients supported across institutional transitions? 8. What is the perceived need for and benefit of the intervention amongst the implementers and related stakeholders? 9. What strategies and practices are used to support high quality implementation? 10. What adaptations were undertaken to use the VPT model in Swansea following its establishment in Cardiff, and why? 11. What are stakeholders’ views on the types of setting to which the model is likely to be more or less transferable?	—

Measure

Time frame

One off semi-structured interviews to answer the following questions: 1. To what extent have VPT’s become embedded within broader hospital systems? 2. To what extent do implementers adhere to the intended delivery model? 3. How much of the intended intervention has been delivered? 4. How well are the different components of the intervention being delivered? 5. To what extent does the intervention reach cover the entirety of all assault-related ED attendances? 6. To what extent do patients engage with the intervention? 7. How were in-hospital referral pathways developed for patients, and to what extent were patients supported across institutional transitions? 8. What is the perceived need for and benefit of the intervention amongst the implementers and related stakeholders? 9. What strategies and practices are used to support high quality implementation? 10. What adaptations were undertaken to use the VPT model in Swansea following its establishment in Cardiff, and why? 11. What are stakeholders’ views on the types of setting to which the model is likely to be more or less transferable?

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Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Scoping Review 1. What strategies and practices are used to support high quality implementation? Document Analysis 1. To what extent have VPT’s become embedded within broader hospital systems? 2. To what extent do implementers adhere to the intended delivery model? 3. How much of the intended intervention has been delivered? 4. How well are the different components of the intervention being delivered? 5. To what extent does the intervention reach cover the entirety of all assault-related ED attendances? 6. To what extent do patients engage with the intervention? 7. How were in-hospital referral pathways developed for patients, and to what extent were patients supported across institutional transitions? 8. What is the perceived need for and benefit of the intervention amongst the implementers and related stakeholders? 9. What strategies and practices are used to support high quality implementation? 10. What adaptations were undertaken to use the VPT model in Swansea following its establishment in Cardiff, and why?	—

Measure

Time frame

Scoping Review 1. What strategies and practices are used to support high quality implementation? Document Analysis 1. To what extent have VPT’s become embedded within broader hospital systems? 2. To what extent do implementers adhere to the intended delivery model? 3. How much of the intended intervention has been delivered? 4. How well are the different components of the intervention being delivered? 5. To what extent does the intervention reach cover the entirety of all assault-related ED attendances? 6. To what extent do patients engage with the intervention? 7. How were in-hospital referral pathways developed for patients, and to what extent were patients supported across institutional transitions? 8. What is the perceived need for and benefit of the intervention amongst the implementers and related stakeholders? 9. What strategies and practices are used to support high quality implementation? 10. What adaptations were undertaken to use the VPT model in Swansea following its establishment in Cardiff, and why?

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Countries

United Kingdom, Wales

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026