TARGET GROUP
Participants who attended IPV/sexual violence training and have contact with patients experiencing domestic violence.
WHEN TO APPLY
After the training course at regular intervals (informally when possible, formally via regular meetings).
AIM
To make intervention effects visible and encourage professionals to intervene in domestic/sexual violence cases.
MATERIALS REQUIRED
Distribution by email or newsletter, information sheet or allocate a time slot in a meeting.
TIME REQUIRED
Minimal.
DESCRIPTION
It is often frustrating for health care staff to not know if their intervention or help has had any effect on a patient affected by domestic or sexual violence.
It may not be very easy to obtain information about successful/positive interventions and outcomes, but it is important to share such stories whenever possible Doing so can increase the motivation of health care staff to intervene.
Information about positive outcomes may be obtained from:
· colleagues
· networks, e.g. domestic violence coordinators, working groups
· counselling centres or domestic violence hotlines, if data protection requirements are observed or data sharing protocols are in place
· lawyers, who can explain the importance of documenting injuries
· studies that report interviews with survivors.
It is important to be aware of confidentiality issues when making requests for information.