Recovering from Intimate Partner Violence through Strengths and Empowerment (RISE): Initial Evaluation of the Clinical Effects of RISE Administered in Routine Care in the US Veterans Health Administration

Katherine M. Iverson, Sara B. Danitz, Stephanie K. Low, Jennifer A. Knetig, Kathryn W. Doyle and LeAnn E. Bruce
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Katherine M. Iverson: Women’s Health Sciences Division of the National Center for PTSD, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA 02130, USA
Sara B. Danitz: Women’s Health Sciences Division of the National Center for PTSD, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA 02130, USA
Stephanie K. Low: Women’s Health Sciences Division of the National Center for PTSD, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA 02130, USA
Jennifer A. Knetig: VA Northeast Ohio Healthcare System, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
Kathryn W. Doyle: VA Phoenix Healthcare System, Phoenix, AZ 85012, USA
LeAnn E. Bruce: Intimate Partner Violence Assistance Program, Care Management and Social Work, Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC 20420, USA

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 14, 1-15

Abstract: Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a common concern among military Veterans that negatively impacts health. The United States’ Veterans Health Administration (VHA) has launched a national IPV Assistance Program (IPVAP) to provide comprehensive services to Veterans, their families and caregivers, and VHA employees who use or experience IPV. Grounded in a holistic, Veteran-centered psychosocial rehabilitation framework that guides all facets of the program, the IPVAP initiated the pilot implementation of a novel intervention called Recovering from IPV through Strengths and Empowerment (RISE). This evidence-based, person-centered, trauma-informed, and empowerment-oriented brief counseling intervention is designed to support those who experience IPV and to improve their psychosocial wellbeing. This program evaluation study describes clinical outcomes from patients who participated in a pilot implementation of RISE in routine care. We examined changes in general self-efficacy, depression, and valued living, as well as treatment satisfaction among patients who received RISE and completed program evaluation measures at VHA facilities during the pilot. Results from 45 patients (84% women) indicate that RISE was associated with significant pretreatment to posttreatment improvements in self-efficacy, depression, and valued living (Cohen’s d s of 0.97, 1.09, and 0.51, respectively). Patients reported high satisfaction with treatment. Though preliminary results were similar across gender and IPV types, findings from the evaluation of the pilot implementation of RISE demonstrate the intervention’s feasibility, acceptability, and clinical utility in routine VHA care and inform the scalability of RISE. Additionally, findings provide preliminary support for the effectiveness and acceptability of RISE with men. Modification to RISE and its implementation are discussed, which may be useful to other settings implementing IPV interventions.

Keywords: Intimate Partner Violence Assistance Program (IPVAP); self-efficacy; trauma; treatment; Veterans (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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