Domestic Violence Enhanced Home Visitation Program (DOVE)

Domestic Violence Enhanced Home Visitation Program - DOVE

DOVE Home Visit Program is a brochure based intervention delivery by public health nurses which aims to prevent and reduce intimate partner violence against pregnant and postpartum women and their infants.

The purpose of the study is to test the effect of home visits on reducing domestic violence and improving the lives of pregnant women and their children.

Outcomes will provide intervention efficacy data about a public health nurse home visit intervention aimed at reducing and preventing intimate partner violence and children's exposure to IVP as well as prospective information about patterns of intimate partner violence.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Pregnant women 31 weeks or less gestation, over age 18, with a history of intimate partner violence within the past 2 years, and who are willing to participate in the home visit program

Exclusion Criteria:

Age 17 or less. History of partner violence beyond 2 years. Not participating in home visit program. Does not speak English