RT Article
T1 How Advocates Use CARE to Accommodate the Needs of Domestic Violence Survivors Seeking Services With Brain Injuries and Mental Health Challenges: A Process Evaluation
JF Violence against women
VO 31
IS 3/4
SP 738
OP 749
A1 Sucaldito, Ana D.
A2 Kemble, Hannah
A2 Kulow, Emily
A2 Ramirez, Rachel
A2 Nemeth, Julianna M.
LA English
YR 2025
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1916620922
AB We evaluated the implementation of Connect, Acknowledge, Respond, and Evaluate (CARE), an organization-level intervention, to accommodate the health needs of survivors, including brain injury. Participants were staff or administrators at agencies serving domestic violence (DV) survivors (n = 57 advocates; n = 5 agencies). Process evaluation focus groups (n = 10 groups) were conducted. Two researchers coded/analyzed focus group transcripts using grounded theory. The use of CARE increased advocate awareness/knowledge of brain injury among survivors leading to improvements to the agencies’ provision of structural and functional social support to survivors. CARE is a valuable resource to accommodate survivors, thereby improving staff's perception of their ability to provide trauma-informed service provision for DV survivors.
K1 Social Support
K1 process evaluation
K1 Strangulation
K1 acquired brain injury
K1 Domestic Violence
DO 10.1177/10778012241230330