“Provider Perceptions of Safety Planning with Children Impacted by Intimate Partner Violence” (abstract). Evette Horton, Christine E. Murray, Bethany Garr, Lori Notestine, Paulina Flasch, Catherine Higgins Johnson. Children and Youth Services Review, Vol. 42 (July 2014).
What it’s about: The authors wanted to know how the needs of children and youth were being taken into account during safety planning with adult victims of family violence. To find out, the researchers conducted focus groups with nine intimate partner violence service providers in North Carolina. In total, there were 62 participants with an average of 7.4 years working on issues related to domestic violence. The work was part of a broader study on safety planning conducted by the Family Violence Research Group at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
Why read it: Millions of U.S. children and youth live in families where intimate partner violence occurred at least once in the past year. Young people exposed to domestic violence have a greater risk of living with a family member with a history of mental illness, substance abuse, and/or incarceration, and they may experience worsened physical or behavioral health. Despite this, few studies have focused on the needs of youth in the family violence safety planning process. This study seeks to address this gap. While this study represented programs in one state, and laws will vary in other states, it contributes some overarching considerations applicable to domestic violence programs.
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