Perceptions of Trauma and Violence Informed Care

Assessment of Survivor and Provider Perceptions of Trauma and Violence Informed Care Among Black Women

The purpose of this study is to adapt, implement and evaluate a trauma and violence informed care intervention designed for Black women in middle Tennessee.

The primary goal is the adaptation, implementation and evaluation of a trauma and violence informed care (TVIC) intervention designed for Black women in middle Tennessee. In this 5-year RCMI project, the investigators propose 3 aims. Aim 1) Engage a stakeholder committee of patients, providers, and experts (COPE) to adapt a TVIC intervention for Black women and their healthcare providers at Meharry. [Years 1-2]. Aim 2) Implement and prospectively evaluate the adapted TVIC intervention at the healthcare provider-level, measuring changes in Meharry healthcare provider's self-efficacy for TVIC implementation and alignment with TIC knowledge, attitudes, and practices. [Years 2-3] Aim 3) Implement the adapted TVIC intervention at the patient-level to provide trauma-informed IPV screening, brief interventions, and referrals to treatment (SBIRT), and rigorously evaluate this TVIC intervention's impact on the primary outcome of patient-perceived usefulness of intervention and reported linkage to IPV services, and the secondary outcome of changes at the clinic-level relative to climate and culture, through a non-randomized pragmatic trial design. [Year 4-5].

Inclusion Criteria:

• Meharry or Matthew Walker Comprehensive Health Center female patients
• Self-identify as Black
• Self-identify as intimate partner violence survivors
• English or Spanish language fluency

Exclusion Criteria:

• Not Black female intimate partner violence survivor of Meharry or Matthew Walker Comprehensive Health Center
• Those without English or Spanish language fluency