Building the evidence base for screening and intervening with IPV in health care settings

Rodgers, Melissa A.

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

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

Speakers:
Melissa A. Rodgers, *, School of Social Policy and Practice, University of Pennsylvania
Andrea M. Doyle, LICSW, PhD

Authors:
Kathleen Watson, MA, EdM, School of Social Policy and Practice, University of Pennsylvania
Karin Rhodes, MD, MS, University of Pennsylvania
Salem Wolk Valentino, MS, School of Social Policy and Practice, University of Pennsylvania

Presentation Format:
Innovative/Promising Practice Program Report

Learning Objectives:

Identify how Motivational Enhancement Therapy (MET) is being adapted to target both intimate partner violence and co-occurring risk factors (in this case, heavy drinking)
Recognize the challenges, feasibility, ethical and safety issues involved in enrolling IPV-involved women in randomized controlled trials with longitudinal follow up
Explore the innovative use of technologies to more safely collect longitudinal data and distribute incentives to women at risk for intimate partner violence

Description:
We will introduce an on-going NIAAA-funded RCT designed to assess the effectiveness of a brief motivational intervention with abused women who are heavy drinkers on primary outcomes of incidents of IPV and days of heavy drinking. We will briefly describe the innovative data collection and incentive structures used to improve participant safety and retention. However, the focus will be on the intervention itself with examples and an interactive discussion with the therapists conducting and monitoring the fidelity of the intervention.