Yefan Chu
Research Mentor(s): Beth Reed
Mentor Department: Women’s Studies LSA
Authors: Athena Chu, Beth Glover Reed, Lauren Whitmer
Session: Session 1 (9:00am – 9:50am)
Presentation Type: Poster 81
Abstract
Intimate partner violence (IPV) and substance use (SU) frequently co-occur with joint harmful effects on individuals’ physical and mental health, families and society. While working towards “hybrid†approaches for those already experiencing both IPV and SU, advancing preventive programs that combine attention to both IPV and SU is imperative. This research focuses on the work of a sample of organizations dedicated to working with IPV survivors and SU (especially those focused on women) across the US to evoke public consciousness of the critical issues and develop a range of preventive approaches. The larger “Contested Spaces†project focuses on identifying “hybrid†approaches in general, and factors influencing them. This research aims to use public health frameworks to examine the organizations’ programs/activities addressing primary IPV and SU prevention (universal, selective, and indicated) as well as how the programs differ in terms of goals, populations, methods used, and degree of hybridity (degree to which addresses both IPV and SU). The research will also explore how prevention-focused activities are associated with other key aspects of the organizations, e.g., the hybridity of other programs offered by the organizations, the models employed, and other key program philosophies/approaches. Methods include qualitative organizational case studies (including survey, Guidestar website, at least one interview data) and comparative case study databases focused on children and families, program mission and philosophies, approaches to AOD, survivor programming, and community interactions. Among the organizations, universal and selective prevention are most common in community-based interventions, focused on different populations and settings. Work with parents and children within the program is more likely to be indicated prevention, The findings should indicate the importance of dissemination and implementation of hybrid approaches to both IPV and SU prevention, benefitting larger populations as well as identify innovative approaches for addressing both.
