title: A theory-based primary health care intervention for women who have left abusive partners.
abstract: Although intimate partner violence is a significant global health problem, few tested interventions have been designed to improve women's health and quality of life, particularly beyond the crisis of leaving. The Intervention for Health Enhancement After Leaving is a comprehensive, trauma informed, primary health care intervention, which builds on the grounded theory Strengthening Capacity to Limit Intrusion and other research findings. Delivered by a nurse and a domestic violence advocate working collaboratively with women through 6 components (safeguarding, managing basics, managing symptoms, cautious connecting, renewing self, and regenerating family), this promising intervention is in the early phases of testing.
authors.affiliation: Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing, The University of Western Ontario, London, Canada. mfordg@uwo.ca
authors.forename: Marilyn
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ford-Gilboe
authors.forename: Marilyn
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Merritt-Gray
authors.forename: Colleen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Varcoe
authors.forename: Judith
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wuest
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D018585:Battered Women / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009509:New Brunswick; D009864:Ontario; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D012747:Sexual Partners; D013179:Spouse Abuse; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000451:nursing* / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D016387:Women's Health / Q000592:standards