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PATIENT EDUCATION AND COUNSELING
Volume 62, Issue 3, Pages 330-339Publisher
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2006.06.009
Keywords
domestic violence; intimate partner violence; transtheoretical model; readiness; change
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Objective: For women who are experiencing intimate partner violence (IPV), making changes toward safety is often a gradual process. When providing counseling and support, health care providers may benefit from better understanding of where women are in their readiness to change. Our objective was to apply the transtheoretical model's stages of change to the experiences of women who experienced IPV and map their experiences of change as they moved toward increased safety. Methods: A multi-disciplinary team designed a qualitative interview process with 20 women who had current or past histories of IPV in order to explore their experiences. Results: The women in our study (1) moved through stages of readiness generally in a nonlinear fashion, with varying rates of progression between safe and nonsafe situations, (2) were able to identify a turning-point in their situations, (3) attempted multiple action steps and (4) were influenced by internal and external factors. Conclusions: Our study suggests that focusing on the transtheoretical model to develop stage-based interventions for IPV may not be the most appropriate given the nonsequential movement between stages and influence of external factors. Practice implications: The change mapping technique can be used as an educational and counseling tool with patients, as well as a training tool for health care providers. (c) 2006 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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