See, we can all get along! Domestic violence service providers and researchers partnering to set a regional research agenda

Loy, Ellyn

Saturday, March 31, 2012: 9:50 AM-11:10 AM

Yerba Buena Salon 13-15 (San Francisco Marriott Marquis)

Speakers:
Ellyn Loy, LCSW-C, House of Ruth, Maryland, Inc.
Andrea Gielen, ScD, Johns Hopkins Center for Injury Research and Policy

Presentation Format:
Innovative/Promising Practice Program Report

Learning Objectives:

Apply the principles of CBPR to develop a regional service provider/academic researcher partnership to address the needs of DV survivors
Describe how Concept Mapping can be used to create a shared provider/researcher research agenda and jointly prioritize issues for action and research

Description:
Domestic violence (DV) service providers and academic researchers must engage in meaningful partnered research if outcomes are to improve for survivors of DV. This session will describe how such an endeavor was regionally implemented, utilizing the principles of Community Based Participatory Research (CBPR). Details will be presented of how Concept Mapping (CM), an innovative group process for problem identification, was implemented to develop a prioritized DV research agenda and how the partnership is moving forward.