TY - JOUR
T1 - Measuring the impact of the Voices of Survivors program on health care workers' attitudes toward survivors of intimate partner violence
AU - Nicolaidis, Christina
AU - Curry, Mary Ann
AU - Gerrity, Martha
N1 - Funding Information:
We would like to thank Jim Winkle for his excellent work in recruitment, training, and data collection, and the Domestic Violence Resource Center of Washington County for their collaboration with this project. We also thank Sarah Zwelle-Burke for her assistance with grant-writing, Don Austin for his assistance with the project design, and Cari Gandrud for her administrative assistance. This project was funded via a grant from the North-west Health Foundation (Principal Investigator: Nicolaidis).
PY - 2005/8
Y1 - 2005/8
N2 - BACKGROUND: Most continuing medical education programs on intimate partner violence (IPV) use an expert-driven approach and focus on changing knowledge and screening behaviors. The Voices of Survivors program aims to also improve attitudes and empathy. OBJECTIVES: To test the Attitudes Toward Survivors of IPV (ATSI) survey psychometrically. To assess the effectiveness of the Voices of Survivors program in changing health care workers' responsibility to assess for and counsel about IPV, respect for patient autonomy, empathy toward patients in abusive relationships, barriers, confidence, knowledge, and self-reported assessment behaviors. SETTING: Thirty-one unaffiliated primary care practices in Washington County, Ore. DESIGN: Comparison of ATSI survey results before and after a two-hour workshop including a 30-minute video and an advocate-led discussion. PARTICIPANTS: Convenience sample of primary care providers, medical support staff, and other clinic employees. RESULTS: Two hundred and eighty-four health care workers participated in the training. Two hundred and sixty-seven (94%) completed workshop evaluations and 187 (66%) completed both pre- and postintervention surveys. Cronbach's α for all scales ranged from 0.68 to 0.92. Postintervention, participants' summary scores improved for responsibility to assess for IPV (3.96 vs 3.64; P<.0001), respect for patient autonomy (2.78 vs 2.41; P<.0001), empathy (3.24 vs. 2.99; P=.002), confidence (2.33 vs 2.07; P<.0001), knowledge (2.08 vs 1.64; P<.0001), and self-reported behaviors (3.08 vs 2.53; P=.0001). Barriers related to availability of resources and referrals also improved. CONCLUSIONS: The ATSI scales demonstrated good internal reliability and responsiveness to change in all domains except responsibility to counsel. The Voices of Survivors documentary, along with a workshop based on its companion guide, improved clinic employees' knowledge, attitudes, empathy, and self-reported assessment behaviors about IPV.
AB - BACKGROUND: Most continuing medical education programs on intimate partner violence (IPV) use an expert-driven approach and focus on changing knowledge and screening behaviors. The Voices of Survivors program aims to also improve attitudes and empathy. OBJECTIVES: To test the Attitudes Toward Survivors of IPV (ATSI) survey psychometrically. To assess the effectiveness of the Voices of Survivors program in changing health care workers' responsibility to assess for and counsel about IPV, respect for patient autonomy, empathy toward patients in abusive relationships, barriers, confidence, knowledge, and self-reported assessment behaviors. SETTING: Thirty-one unaffiliated primary care practices in Washington County, Ore. DESIGN: Comparison of ATSI survey results before and after a two-hour workshop including a 30-minute video and an advocate-led discussion. PARTICIPANTS: Convenience sample of primary care providers, medical support staff, and other clinic employees. RESULTS: Two hundred and eighty-four health care workers participated in the training. Two hundred and sixty-seven (94%) completed workshop evaluations and 187 (66%) completed both pre- and postintervention surveys. Cronbach's α for all scales ranged from 0.68 to 0.92. Postintervention, participants' summary scores improved for responsibility to assess for IPV (3.96 vs 3.64; P<.0001), respect for patient autonomy (2.78 vs 2.41; P<.0001), empathy (3.24 vs. 2.99; P=.002), confidence (2.33 vs 2.07; P<.0001), knowledge (2.08 vs 1.64; P<.0001), and self-reported behaviors (3.08 vs 2.53; P=.0001). Barriers related to availability of resources and referrals also improved. CONCLUSIONS: The ATSI scales demonstrated good internal reliability and responsiveness to change in all domains except responsibility to counsel. The Voices of Survivors documentary, along with a workshop based on its companion guide, improved clinic employees' knowledge, attitudes, empathy, and self-reported assessment behaviors about IPV.
KW - Continuing medical education
KW - Intimate partner violence
KW - Measurement
KW - Provider attitudes
KW - Survey instrument
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2005.0141.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2005.0141.x
M3 - Review article
C2 - 16050883
AN - SCOPUS:23744500837
SN - 0884-8734
VL - 20
SP - 731
EP - 737
JO - Journal of general internal medicine
JF - Journal of general internal medicine
IS - 8
ER -