%0 Journal Article
%T Development of an Innovative Treatment Paradigm for Intimate Partner Violence Victims With Depression and Pain Using Community
%A Adriana Rogachefsky
%A Catherine Cerulli
%A Catherine Mazzotta
%A Christina Raimondi
%A Ellen Poleshuck
%A Jennifer Thompson Stone
%A Kathryn Resch
%A Kelly Bellenger
%J Journal of Interpersonal Violence
%@ 1552-6518
%D 2018
%R 10.1177/0886260516628810
%X Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a public health issue with complex physical health, mental health and social consequences that can exacerbate survivors¡¯ barriers to health care engagement and support. Furthermore, health care professionals are often unaware of or feel ill-equipped to address survivors¡¯ complex needs. Depression and chronic pain are particularly prevalent co-occurring problems for survivors and can impede engagement and outcomes in traditional health care. This study¡¯s purpose was to understand what interventions might be more responsive to survivors¡¯ myriad needs, particularlly those with depression and pain. Survivors were involved with the design, execution, analysis, and interpretation of results, based on community-based participatory research principles. Intervention development happened in two phases: the first consisted of focus groups with survivors to inform the intervention and the second included intervention design, informed by a community advisory board (CAB). Thirty-one survivors participated in Phase 1, and they reported preferring a range of support including formal help-seeking, informal coping strategies, and spirituality. In Phase 2, the CAB (comprised of survivors, health care professionals, and researchers) identified three distinct aspects of a comprehensive IPV intervention: (a) education regarding both the complex health issues and available local resources; (b) an integrated consultation service for providers to seek recommendations for responding to the full spectrum of survivors¡¯ needs; and (c) a trauma-informed, accessible clinic. Academic medical centers could not have designed this intervention in isolation; survivors and providers played an integral part of this process, and continue to inform our current work
%K intervention/treatment
%K domestic violence
%K mental health and violence
%K anything related to domestic violence
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0886260516628810