Projects on early engagement in health settings
Evidence Synthesis
Psychological therapies for women who experience intimate partner violence
We have undertaken a quantitative evidence synthesis of randomised controlled trials to develop early engagement health system models for all members of the family. Our review assessed the effects of psychological interventions in comparison to usual care, no treatment, delayed provision of psychological interventions and minimal interventions for women who experience intimate partner violence.
Reproductive coercion responses by health practitioners
Exploring how Australian health practitioners understand and perceive reproductive coercion and to develop an effective health systems response to reproductive coercion in the Australian context.
Patient perspectives and expectations of health practitioners
Meta-analysis of qualitative data on what women and Indigenous Peoples expect from health practitioners.
Understanding the response to child maltreatment by general practice
This project is seeking to understand how general practice identify and respond when they suspect child abuse. General practitioners and primary care nurses will be interviewed about how they identify families where child abuse may be occurring and how they respond. A model for how to enhance this response will be developed.
Health Professional Women Experiencing Family Violence
A group study of Australian health professional women to determine the prevalence of family violence against them, to investigate the impact on clinical care of survivor patients and explore implications for the healthcare workplace.
Health Practitioner perspectives
Meta-analysis of qualitative data on barriers and facilitators to identification and what factors promote readiness to respond in health practitioners’ services.
Primary health care interventions in low and middle-income countries
Systematic review of engagements in primary care.
INternational students’ sexual and intimate partner Violence experiences STudy
Technological Tools development
Facilitation of early identification, response & referral through online platforms for Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people.
Online resource for women experiencing intimate partner sexual violence, co designed with survivors.
Online early engagement tool for men who use violence to seek help.
MySafety is an interactive website for students experiencing or using dating or sexual violence, or students concerned about a friend. The website aims to raise awareness about unhealthy relationship behaviors (including dating violence) and sexual assault, help students to decide on a course of action and refer them to appropriate services on and off campus.
My Safety (Children)
Development of an online app to support children experiencing family violence.
Online healthy relationship tool and safety decision aid for women experiencing domestic violence.
Friends’ responses to young women experiencing intimate partner violence: a qualitative study with young women and friends.
Testing in universal services of early engagement health systems model
This project focuses on psychological violence and coercive control and how these types of abuse need to be urgently addressed in the identification and response to domestic violence in health services.
Development and testing of a trauma and violence-informed ‘model of care’ for health services who are visited by people who may be experiencing family violence.
Interviews of women and psychologists receiving/giving counselling after experience of intimate partner violence, to inform a violence counselling framework.
Improving GP early identification, supportive and referral of and other culturally diverse women experiencing family violence.
Exploring through a case study approach the sustainability of screening and response to family violence in antenatal care. As a result, The REAL Transformation Model has been developed and is available to access HERE.
System Audit Tool (SAFE project)
This project in collaboration with the Royal Women’s Hospital develops and pilots a new System Audit Tool across 18 hospitals that can provide an audit and feedback cycle to hospitals as to the progress of the Strengthening Hospital Response to Family Violence.
Sustainable Primary Care Family Violence Model
Implementation of a comprehensive educational program for general practitioners in the north-west Melbourne region.
The Gender Sensitive Care Project
This project is about gender sensitive care in psychiatric inpatient units, exploring practical directions for practitioners and organisations to adequately support women who have a trauma history and co-morbid mental illness.