Women Initiating New Goals of Safety

Completed · Phase 1

Conditions studied: Intimate Partner Violence

In brief

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.

Key facts

Study ID: NCT01788579
Run by: Columbia University
People needed: 209
Starts: 2012-03-01
Expected to finish: 2013-04-01
Last updated by the study team: 2014-02-27

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

She is 18 or older
She is currently court supervision at Bronx Community Solutions or a drug treatment court or she is currently on probation.
She reports using any illicit drug or drinking 4 or more alcoholic drinks in a 6-hour period in the past 90 days or she has been in alcohol or drug treatment in the past 6 months OR if she report attending any drug or alcohol treatment in the past 6 months.
She reports having had an ongoing intimate, dating or sexual relationship with a male or female partner that lasted 3 or more months in the past year.
She lives within a 90-minute commute of 125th and Broadway

You may not qualify if…

Ability to speak and understand English is not sufficient to participate in assessments or intervention sessions.
Inability to complete informed consent process due to a psychiatric or cognitive impairment.
The participant is unwilling or unable to commit to completing all the activities in the study.

Where it is running

Brooklyn Probation — Brooklyn, New York, United States
Bronx Community Solutions — New York, New York, United States
Bronx Probation — New York, New York, United States

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