Primary care Identification and Referral to Improve Safety of women experiencing domestic violence: a randomised controlled trial

Conditions

Domestic violence referrals in General Practices Not Applicable Domestic violence

Devine A, Spencer A, Eldridge S, Norman R, Feder G.

2012-06-2237 citations

10.1136/bmjopen-2012-001008

Identification and Referral to Improve Safety (IRIS) of women experiencing domestic violence with a primary care training and support programme: a cluster randomised controlled trial.

Feder G, Davies RA, Baird K, Dunne D, Eldridge S, Griffiths C, Gregory A, Howell A, Johnson M, Ramsay J, Rutterford C, Sharp D.

2011-10-12240 citations

10.1016/s0140-6736(11)61179-3

Primary care identification and referral to improve safety of women experiencing domestic violence (IRIS): protocol for a pragmatic cluster randomised controlled trial.

Gregory A, Ramsay J, Agnew-Davies R, Baird K, Devine A, Dunne D, Eldridge S, Howell A, Johnson M, Rutterford C, Sharp D, Feder G.

2010-02-0217 citations

10.1186/1471-2458-10-54

Interventions

Practices in Hackney and Bristol will be randomly allocated to the intervention and control group. Intervention: The intervention is designed to address the barriers to making a general practice dome

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: General practices within City and Hackney or Bristol Primary Care Trust (PCT) if they record consultations electronically and their systems allow the use of screen prompts.;Inclusion criteria: General practices within City and Hackney or Bristol Primary Care Trust (PCT) if they record consultations electronically and their systems allow the use of screen prompts.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Practices will be excluded if: 1. They do not use electronic medical records 2. Their systems do not allow the use of screen prompts 3. They have already had significant training in identification of women experiencing domestic violence and established a referral pathway to an advocacy service;Exclusion criteria: Practices will be excluded if: 1. They do not use electronic medical records 2. Their systems do not allow the use of screen prompts 3. They have already had significant training in identification of women experiencing domestic violence and established a referral pathway to an advocacy service

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Recording in the medical record identification of women who have experienced or are experiencing domestic violence, measured at 3 months, 6 months, 9 months and one year.;Recording in the medical record identification of women who have experienced or are experiencing domestic violence, measured at 3 months, 6 months, 9 months and one year.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1. Referral of women who have experienced or are experiencing domestic violence to specialist domestic violence agencies and/or practice based counselling 2. Knowledge, beliefs, and practices of health care professionals with regards to domestic violence (Physician REadiness to Manage Intimate partner violence Survey [PREMIS] questionnaire to participating clinicians) 3. Expectations and experiences of clinicians targeted by the intervention (interviews with purposive sample of clinicians in intervention practices All secondary outcomes will be measured at 3 months, 6 months, 9 months and one year.;1. Referral of women who have experienced or are experiencing domestic violence to specialist domestic violence agencies and/or practice based counselling 2. Knowledge, beliefs, and practices of health care professionals with regards to domestic violence (Physician REadiness to Manage Intimate partner violence Survey [PREMIS] questionnaire to participating clinicians) 3. Expectations and experiences of clinicians targeted by the intervention (interviews with purposive sample of clinicians in intervention practices All secondary outcomes will be measured at 3 months, 6 months, 9 months and one year.	—

Measure

Time frame

1. Referral of women who have experienced or are experiencing domestic violence to specialist domestic violence agencies and/or practice based counselling 2. Knowledge, beliefs, and practices of health care professionals with regards to domestic violence (Physician REadiness to Manage Intimate partner violence Survey [PREMIS] questionnaire to participating clinicians) 3. Expectations and experiences of clinicians targeted by the intervention (interviews with purposive sample of clinicians in intervention practices All secondary outcomes will be measured at 3 months, 6 months, 9 months and one year.;1. Referral of women who have experienced or are experiencing domestic violence to specialist domestic violence agencies and/or practice based counselling 2. Knowledge, beliefs, and practices of health care professionals with regards to domestic violence (Physician REadiness to Manage Intimate partner violence Survey [PREMIS] questionnaire to participating clinicians) 3. Expectations and experiences of clinicians targeted by the intervention (interviews with purposive sample of clinicians in intervention practices All secondary outcomes will be measured at 3 months, 6 months, 9 months and one year.

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Countries

United Kingdom

Contacts

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Outcome results

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