Women Initiating New Goals of Safety

Summary

This study aims to conduct a randomized controlled trial that will test the feasibility and preliminary effect of a multimedia version of a computerized multimedia intimate partner violence (IPV) prevention service tool designed to increase identification of IPV victimization and to improve linkages to IPV-related services among female offenders under court supervision or probation, compared to a non-media version of the same IPV screening, brief intervention and referral service delivered by a case manager. The study addresses the following: Primary study aims

1. To design and beta-test a Computerized Multimedia IPV Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral Service tool for female offenders under court supervision or probation.
2. To obtain preliminary estimates of the effects of the Computerized Multimedia versus the Case Manager IPV service conditions on identification of different types of IPV during the service session and on access to and utilization of IPV services over the three-month follow-up period.
3. To examine and enhance the feasibility (recruitment, enrollment, fidelity of service delivery, client satisfaction, safety, and retention) for a future larger scale R01 study.

Secondary study aim
4. To obtain estimates of the effects of the Computerized Multimedia versus the Case Manager IPV service conditions on recidivism, adherence to drug treatment (e.g., attendance, completion) and abstinence of substance use over the follow-up period, controlling for baseline outcomes.

Conditions

• Intimate Partner Violence

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Multi-media WINGS

This one-hour computerized multimedia IPV prevention service tool features the same activities as the comparison condition, but these core elements are translated into interactive tools and culturally tailored video vignettes designed to enhance learning and provide individualized feedback. Thus, the multimedia service tool acts as a roadmap for this service session, prompting participants through the IPV screening, providing psycho-educational content on IPV and how IPV may interact with their substance misuse, providing individualized feedback on their IPV risks based on the screening e, creating a safety plan, defining relationship safety goals and identifying IPV-related service needs, and generating a personal plan for accessing services and contacting agency representative.

BEHAVIORAL

Caseworker Delivered WINGS

The content for the comparison service condition incorporates the core elements of best practices for IPV screening, safety planning and referrals recommended by the American Medical Association and previous service research. It also contains brief psycho-educational content on recognizing IPV and how IPV may contribute to drug use and recidivism drawn from previous interventions and demonstrated to have promising effects in reducing rates of both IPV and drug use.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

  collaborator NIH

• Columbia University

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Louisa Gilbert, PhD · Columbia University

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

SCREENING

Masking

SINGLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Sex

FEMALE

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2012-03-31

Primary Completion

2013-04-30

Completion

2013-04-30

Countries

• United States

Study Locations