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NCT Number: NCT00465556

Domestic Violence Enhanced Home Visitation Program (DOVE)

DOVE Home Visit Program is a brochure based intervention delivery by public health nurses which aims to prevent and reduce intimate partner violence against pregnant and postpartum women and their infants.

The purpose of the study is to test the effect of home visits on reducing domestic violence and improving the lives of pregnant women and their children.

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Key information

Conditions

Domestic Violence

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

Female

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 2

Primary location

Baltimore City Health Department, Baltimore, Maryland, United States

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About this study

Outcomes will provide intervention efficacy data about a public health nurse home visit intervention aimed at reducing and preventing intimate partner violence and children's exposure to IVP as well as prospective information about patterns of intimate partner violence.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Pregnant women 31 weeks or less gestation, over age 18, with a history of intimate partner violence within the past 2 years, and who are willing to participate in the home visit program

Exclusion criteria

Age 17 or less. History of partner violence beyond 2 years. Not participating in home visit program. Does not speak English

Treatment and study plan

Public Health Nurse Home Visit

Behavioral

The perinatal public health nurse home visit intervention also includes a trifold brochure, printed on 8X10 inch paper, with 6 panels, that can be read with the woman in an interactive manner so that the woman is encouraged to describe her experiences and choose her options as they proceed. Participants will receive three prenatal and three postpartum sessions. The first prenatal sessions will be given during the first (enrollment), second, and third trimesters, with at least three weeks between sessions. Women entering the study after the first trimester will receive the initial session at enrollment, with two subsequent sessions spread out over the remainder of the scheduled prenatal home visitation program sessions.

Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) Protocol

Behavioral

The current protocol in use by the participating health departments when a women screens positive for intimate partner violence (IPV), current or history within the last year.

Primary outcomes

  1. Reducing children's exposure to Intimate Partner Violence

    Time frame: Baseline (entry into the study), birth of the infant, and 3, 6, 12 and 24 months after the infant's birth.

  2. Patterns of Intimate Partner Violence

    Time frame: Baseline (entry into the study), birth of the infant, and 3, 6, 12 and 24 months after the infant's birth.

  3. Reducing Intimate Partner Violence

    Time frame: Baseline (entry into the study), birth of the infant, and 3, 6, 12 and 24 months after the infant's birth.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Johns Hopkins University

Other

Collaborators

  • National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)

Registry information

Official study title

Domestic Violence Enhanced Home Visitation Program - DOVE

Important dates

Study start
2006
Primary completion
2010
Study completion
2011
First posted
Apr 25, 2007
Registry last updated
Apr 3, 2015

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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