IPV Screening Tool
Screening tools ready for use
The Spanish screening tool is an electronic application for tablets and the Danish screening is an electronic screening survey. Both screenings programs are developed to identify pregnant women exposed to IPV in antenatal care centres for recruitment into the video counselling project. The screening tool in both Spain and Denmark includes basic…
STOP – Danish screening tool for IPV
As part of the STOP, a report has been prepared to present the Danish screening tool to be used in the screening for IPV among pregnant women in the Danish site. The report provides a description of the Danish screening programme In the report, you will also find screenshots of the different sections of the electronic questionnaire sent to all…
STOP – Spanish screening tool for IPV
As part of the STOP, a report has been prepared to present the Spanish screening tool to be used in the screening for IPV among pregnant women in the Spanish site. The report provides a description of the electronic Spanish screening application, which has been developed to identify pregnant women exposed to intimate partner violence. In the…
Video Counselling and Safety Planning App
An app-based safety planning tool to support self-management has been developed. The app is designed to provide decisional support for safety behavior and safety planning and will assist the women in developing strategies that increase their safety by increasing their awareness of IPV-related risks and providing the women with necessary skills to enhance their safety.
Joint Training Workshop
This document provides a report on the Joint Training Workshop, which was conducted on February 1, 2021 as part of the counsellors’ training and the preparation for the STOP intervention. The purpose of the workshop was to provide training as well as an inspirational session to the counsellors – the Danish midwives and Spanish psychologist – who…
Participatory Workshop
Enclosed in this document is a short description of the Spanish and Danish participatory workshops, the agenda for the participatory workshops and a short description of the participants including a signed attendance sheet. The purpose of the participatory workshops was to gather information and input from relevant stakeholders in both Spain and…
Focus Group Interviews
This document contains the findings from the Spanish and Danish focus group interviews with the NGO’s and the women exposed to intimate partner violence (IPV). The purpose of the focus group interviews was to gather information and input from relevant stakeholders (NGO’s) in both Spain and Denmark in order to develop the STOP intervention covering…
Training of Counsellors
This document provides a report on the training of counsellors including the Danish midwives and Spanish psychologist. The purpose of the training was to both prepare the counsellors for the STOP-intervention and to train them in conducting video counselling with pregnant women exposed to IPV. The training of the 10 Danish midwives included: Three…
Multidisciplinary Assessment and Feasibility Study
The use of internationally validated scales is used to assess whether the eHealth interventions have entailed any change in signs of depression and exposure to IPV. Additionally, the acceptability and feasibility of video counselling and safety planning app are evaluated by use of the Model for Assessment of Telemedicine Applications (MAST) model where the users’ perspectives, safety (risk of harm, network problems, data safety), and ethical aspects (right to refuse eHealth intervention, stigma and discrimination) will be addressed through semi-structured individual interviews and in depth interviews with women and health providers. This will provide an in-depth understanding of how the users have experienced the eHealth interventions.
Strenghts and limitations of the pilot RCT
The ethical approval process at the Danish (RSD-OUH) and Spanish (UGR) sites is demonstrated by the project descriptions submitted along with applications to their respective Ethics Committees. The project descriptions provide information on the background of the project, its aims, methodology with sub-studies, needs assessment, the anticipated…
Ethical Approval
The ethical approval process at the Danish (RSD-OUH) and Spanish (UGR) sites is demonstrated by the project descriptions submitted along with applications to their respective Ethics Committees. The project descriptions provide information on the background of the project, its aims, methodology with sub-studies, needs assessment, the anticipated…
STOP Data Collection
As part of the STOP, a report has been prepared to present the data collection across the two sites. The report provides an overview of the data collection in the context of WP4. Here, you will find an overview of the study population followed by a description of the STOP interventions and training of midwives and psychologist for the data…
Feasibility of continuation and upscaling
Final conference
Final conferenceTo maximize the outreach of STOP’s final conference, it is decided to hold the conference adjacent to the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. The conference is held at University of Granada with participation of numerous public and NGO…
Progress report
Progress reportSTOP project progress report on – Deliverables, milestones & critical risks – Overview of the progress & activities – Budget consumption Find the deliverable here: STOP D1.4
Communication platforms
Communication platformsThis document describes the communication platforms and channels of the STOP project. The target group and focus area of STOP requires careful considerations in relation to the communication and dissemination efforts of the project and project partners in order not…
Dissemination Plan
Dissemination PlanCommunication and dissemination in STOP are generally, but not exclusively, targeted to health care professionals and other stakeholders. External communication efforts are centered around the project’s website, which has serves as a repository of public deliverables…
Management and Communication
Final conference
To maximize the outreach of STOP’s final conference, it is decided to hold the conference adjacent to the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. The conference is held at University of Granada with participation of numerous public and NGO stakeholders. The conference receives widespread media coverage, including…
Progress report
STOP project progress report on - Deliverables, milestones & critical risks - Overview of the progress & activities - Budget consumption
Communication platforms
The target group and focus area of STOP requires careful considerations in relation to the communication and dissemination efforts of the project and project partners in order not to put pregnant women exposed to IPV at any further risk. Therefore, the initial efforts are focused around the project website to reach a wide audience and raise…
Dissemination Plan
Communication and dissemination in STOP are generally, but not exclusively, targeted to health care professionals and other stakeholders. External communication efforts are centered around the project’s website, which has serves as a repository of public deliverables and news titbits from STOP.
Published papers from the STOP project
Video Consultations and Safety App Targeting Pregnant Women Exposed to Intimate Partner Violence in Denmark and Spain: Nested Cohort Intervention Study (STOP Study)
March 20, 2023
Intimate partner violence (IPV) during pregnancy is a public health issue with wide-ranging consequences for both the mother and fetus, and interventions are needed. Therefore, the Stop Intimate Partner Violence in Pregnancy (STOP) cohort was established with the overall aim to identify pregnant women exposed to IPV through digital screening and…
E-health psychological intervention in pregnant women exposed to intimate partner violence (eIPV): A protocol for a pilot randomised controlled trial
March 17, 2023
Intimate partner violence (IPV) during pregnancy, a condition as common as obstetrics conditions like gestational diabetes, is associated with maternal and neonatal complications. Systematic detection of IPV is not well established in antenatal screening probably because the effectiveness of protective interventions has not been evaluated.…
Women survivors of intimate partner violence talk about using e-health during pregnancy: a focus group study
March 31, 2022
Pregnancy is a period of particular vulnerability to experience intimate partner violence against women (IPVAW). eHealth strategies have been implemented to identify women exposed to IPVAW and to combat the abuse and empower them, but there is a lack of evidence on the use of these strategies among pregnant women. This work aims to identify the…