Building Supportive Social Networks to Advance the Mental Health of Women Affected by Violence in Vancouver's Downtown East Side
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 42
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Acceptability of the intervention - qualitative data from participants
研究概览
简要总结
The goal of this study is to test a pilot intervention aimed at improving social connectedness among women affected by gender-based violence in a resource-restricted, urban context. The intervention will specifically address barriers to building and sustaining supportive social networks to reduce women's risks for worsening mental health associated with isolation, with a focus on barriers stemming from gender-based violence and poverty. The main question it aims to answer are:
- How acceptable is the intervention to women affected by gender-based violence including the benefits, burdens and appropriateness in the context of their everyday lives?
- How feasible is the intervention and study protocol?
- What are the effects of a peer-led social engagement intervention to develop and sustain supportive social networks and reduce isolation among women affected by gender-based violence?
Participants will engage in social activities with trained peer workers over a one-year period.
详细描述
This study is designed to assess feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary effects of a behavioral intervention aimed at improving social connectedness among women affected by gender-based violence in a resource-restricted, urban context through a pilot intervention using a case study design informed by principles of community-based participator action research. The intervention is a peer-led social visiting program delivered over a 12 month period. Primary outcomes include feasibility (recruitment, retention) and acceptability (timing and frequency of social activities, perceived satisfaction). The investigators will also determine whether the intervention shows the potential to increase social connectedness over a 12-month period.
Population Adult women living in a dense, urban context where poverty, precarious housing and problematic substance use are evident who are at risk of or living with gender-based violence.
Objectives The goal of this work is to test the feasibility, acceptability and preliminary effects of the intervention on social connectedness among women affected by gender-based violence.
The primary objectives are to assess:
- Acceptability of the intervention to participants, peer-support workers, and staff.
- Feasibility of delivering the intervention within a resource-restricted setting where participants are experiencing severe poverty and other forms of disadvantage such as mental health challenges, complex physical health concerns, and violence.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Na
- 干预模型
- Single Group
- 主要目的
- Other
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Age 18 years or older;
- •Self-identify as a woman (trans-inclusive);
- •Able to verbally communicate in English;
- •Have a consistent place to live that is not a temporary shelter;
- •Have lived in the same place for at least one month;
- •Live and/or spend significant time for work and/or health and social services in the study catchment area
- •Able and willing to provide adequate contact information Age 18 or over
- •Willing and able to provide consent
排除标准
- •planning to travel away from the study catchment area for a time period that would interfere with study participation;
- •is experiencing a condition that, in the opinion of the site PI, would preclude informed consent or make study participation unsafe.
结局指标
主要结局
Acceptability of the intervention - qualitative data from participants
时间窗: 12 months
Acceptability measures include qualitative reports of the intervention acceptability among participants. Upon intervention completion, in-depth qualitative interviews covering topics such as satisfaction with the content, length, and delivery of the intervention as well as reported impact on participants' life
Feasibility of the intervention - Retention - forms
时间窗: 12 months
proportion of participants who complete initial enrollment, retention is \>75% at 12 months
Feasibility of the intervention - process fidelity - forms
时间窗: throughout the study; 12 months
observations of intervention delivery capturing activities administered;
Acceptability of the intervention - quantitative data from participants [survey tool]
时间窗: 12 months
Satisfaction with intervention content,delivery, length, using a survey tool and measured on a likert scale response 1 to 5 with higher indicating higher satisfaction an as open ended responses
Feasibility of the intervention - financial cost - forms
时间窗: 12 months
calculated total cost for intervention activities; total cost calculated using cash amounts for salaries of providers and intervention activities. Time frame. 12 months
Acceptability of intervention - qualitative data from peer workers
时间窗: 12 months
Acceptability measures include qualitative reports of the intervention acceptability among peer support workers. These will include in-depth qualitative interviews
Acceptability of the intervention - qualitative data from staff
时间窗: 12 months
Acceptability measures include qualitative reports of the intervention acceptability among peer support workers. These will include in-depth qualitative interviews about the implementation process, the content, timing and delivery of the intervention.
Feasibility of the Intervention - qualitative data from staff
时间窗: 12 months
Feasibility includes qualitative reports of the strengths and challenges experienced implementing a behavioural intervention in a community setting. In-depth interviews with staff will explore the specific experiences of implementing peer-led initiatives with women affected by violence who are living in extreme poverty and experience numerous physical and mental health challenges.
次要结局
- Social Connectedness - survey tool(12 months)
研究者
Victoria Bungay
Principal Investigator
University of British Columbia