TY - JOUR
T1 - Implementing and evaluating a counseling program in partnership with a community-based domestic violence service provider
AU - Van Wert, Michael J.
AU - Illangasekare, Samantha
AU - Chelliah, Jerome
AU - McNeil, Laurie
AU - Smith, Sarah C.
AU - Pentony, Michelle
AU - Tarquinio, Meaghan
AU - Gielen, Andrea
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was funded by the Johns Hopkins Center for Injury Research and Policy (Cooperative Agreement # R49CE001507 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention). Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Funding was also provided by Heartly House. The work was undertaken in partial fulfillment of the requirements for Michael Van Wert’s and Jerome Chelliah’s Master of Public Health Degree Program at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. The authors gratefully acknowledge the contributions of Dr. Jessica Burke, Dr. Karen McDonnell, and Dr. Patricia O’Campo to the creation of the WISH counseling manual23 and the earlier formative research that led to its development.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Johns Hopkins University Press.
PY - 2017/3/1
Y1 - 2017/3/1
N2 - Background: Given the burden of intimate partner violence (IPV), effective counseling interventions that are accessible to women in their own communities are needed. Objectives: To describe the collaborative process of implement ing and evaluating a new counseling program for IPV —the Women’s Initiative for Safety and Health (WISH)—in a community setting and present results of its first pilot test. Methods: WISH is a stage-tailored, eight-session counseling program based on the transtheoretical model. Implementation evaluation addressed program exposure/fidelity, counselor experience, and client experience. Outcome evaluation measured change in IPV-related incidents, self-efficacy, decisional balance, overall health, quality of life, and stage of change among 19 women. Results: Both counselors and clients perceived the WISH intervention positively. Across all outcomes, there were improvements among some women, most notably in perceived self-efficacy, decisional balance, and stage of change. Conclusions: Academic–community partnerships can facilitate the translation of theory-based interventions for use in community-based settings.
AB - Background: Given the burden of intimate partner violence (IPV), effective counseling interventions that are accessible to women in their own communities are needed. Objectives: To describe the collaborative process of implement ing and evaluating a new counseling program for IPV —the Women’s Initiative for Safety and Health (WISH)—in a community setting and present results of its first pilot test. Methods: WISH is a stage-tailored, eight-session counseling program based on the transtheoretical model. Implementation evaluation addressed program exposure/fidelity, counselor experience, and client experience. Outcome evaluation measured change in IPV-related incidents, self-efficacy, decisional balance, overall health, quality of life, and stage of change among 19 women. Results: Both counselors and clients perceived the WISH intervention positively. Across all outcomes, there were improvements among some women, most notably in perceived self-efficacy, decisional balance, and stage of change. Conclusions: Academic–community partnerships can facilitate the translation of theory-based interventions for use in community-based settings.
KW - Community health services
KW - Health care quality, access, and evaluation
KW - Mental health
KW - Outcome and process assessment (health care)
KW - Psychiatry and psychology
KW - United States
KW - Women
KW - Women’s health
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U2 - 10.1353/cpr.2017.0005
DO - 10.1353/cpr.2017.0005
M3 - Article
C2 - 28603149
AN - SCOPUS:85020421284
SN - 1557-0541
VL - 11
SP - 35
EP - 43
JO - Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action
JF - Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action
IS - 1
ER -