Unpacking Trauma-Informed Care: Health and Social Welfare Professional Survey
You are invited to participate in the research project being conducted by researchers from the University of Newcastle. This project has been funded by the Women’s Health Research, Translation and Impact Network. The information below provides more detail about the study and how you can participate.
What is the research study about?
The purpose of the research is to improve best practice when providing health care to women who have lived with violence. ‘Trauma-informed care’ is considered a high standard of health care for victims-survivors of violence, but research shows the concept is rolled out differently across different health settings and women with lived experience of violence report unmet health care needs. This project collects information from both service providers and victim-survivors to provide the foundation for a high-level consultancy process, which will lead to the development of best practice guidelines in trauma-informed care for women who have lived with violence.
Who is conducting the research?
This research project is being conducted by researchers from multiple institutions in collaboration with lived-experience consumer investigators, and is being led by Professor Deborah Loxton, Director of the Centre for Women’s Health Research at the University of Newcastle.
Who can participate in the research?
This research study is recruiting health and social welfare professionals, who are currently working in Australia and have provided care to women who have experienced violence or abuse in the last ten years.
What does participation involve?
If you agree to participate, you will be asked to complete a confidential survey about your experiences with the provision of trauma-informed care. The survey will ask questions about your demographics, your provision of care (including mental health care, delivered in person and by telehealth) and provision of trauma-informed care to women victim-survivors. The survey should take approximately 10-mintues to complete. At the end of the survey you will be asked if you want to receive a summary of the research findings, if you want to hear about future research opportunities and if you want to be contacted further about your responses with a follow-up interview or focus group.
More information: Click here
Project Manager:
Emma Byrnes
P: (02) 40420706
E: emma.byrnes@newcastle.edu.au
