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Bastian, Randi G.

Clements, Andrea D.

Cyphers, Natalie

Haas, Becky

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East Tennessee State University Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University ETSU Faculty Works Faculty Works 4-1-2018 Addressing Intimate Partner Violence: Development of a Trauma Informed Workforce Andrea D. Clements East Tennessee State University, clements@etsu.edu Becky Haas becky@beckyhaas.com Randi G. Bastian East Tennessee State University, bastianr@etsu.edu Natalie Cyphers Follow this and additional works at: https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works  Part of the Community-Based Research Commons, Health Psychology Commons, and the Substance Abuse and Addiction Commons Citation Information Clements, Andrea D.; Haas, Becky; Bastian, Randi G.; and Cyphers, Natalie. 2018. Addressing Intimate Partner Violence: Development of a Trauma Informed Workforce. Poster Presentation. 39th Annual Meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, New Orleans, LA. This Presentation is brought to you for free and open access by the Faculty Works at Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University. It has been accepted for inclusion in ETSU Faculty Works by an authorized administrator of Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University. For more information, please contact digilib@etsu.edu. Addressing Intimate Partner Violence: Development of a Trauma Informed Workforce Copyright Statement Copyright The Authors. This presentation is available at Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University: https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/7230 INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE: WHO IS AT RISK AND HOW CAN WE HELP?Intimate Partner Violence (IPV)◦ Important public health concern◦Risk factor for other health conditions such as substance abuse, which is the topic of our first paper◦Predicted by lifestyle factors such as divorce, which is the topic of our second paper◦ The focus of SBM is health improvement, and our third paper may offer some light at the end of the tunnelPaper #1Henninger, McAdams, Clements, Rothman, and Bailey explore a suspected relationship between IPV and substance abuse in pregnant women in Southern AppalachiaPaper #2Newton and Patton also explore the associations among IPV, marital dissolution, and physical healthPaper #3Clements, Haas, Bastian, and Cyphers offer hope for beginning to address IPV through the infusion trauma informed across agencies that address IPVIPV VICTIMIZATION AND OPIOID USE BY PREGNANT WOMEN IN RURAL APPALACHIA: A CROSS-SECTIONAL ANALYSISMatthew W. Henninger, BA Mikayla McAdams, BAAndrea D. Clements, PhDEmily F. Rothman, ScDBeth A. Bailey, PhDDIVORCE AND HEALTH:  A ROLE FOR INTIMATE PARTNERVIOLENCE (IPV)?Tamara L. Newton, Ph.D.Samantha C. Patton, M.A.ADDRESSING INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE: DEVELOPMENT OF A TRAUMA INFORMED WORKFORCEAndrea D Clements1, PhD, Becky Haas2, Ginger Bastian, MPH1, Natalie Cyphers, PhD31East Tennessee State University; 2Johnson City Police Department; 3DeSales UniversityTrauma Informed CareTrauma-Informed Workforce?◦Benefits of trauma-informed practices are proposed widely and many have been realized◦ IPV by definition is traumatic◦ It is ideal to have a workforce trained to address trauma, but is it possible?HistoryTrauma informed system of care has been under development in Johnson City, Tennessee since fall 2015TimelineAugust 2015 Conference Call with NCTIC to strategizeOctober 2015 Drs. Joan Gillece and Brian Simms provide training  to 383 professionals at DP Culp CenterJanuary 2016 NCTIC provides “Key Assumptions” draft courseCommunity Buy-inIn just over two years…• Over 50 training events• ~ 2000 individuals trainedResearch Questions◦Has regional familiarity with trauma-informed care increased over time since training was initiated?◦Has the degree to which aspects of trauma-informed care been used changed since training was initiated?MethodOnline survey◦Email solicitation ◦ Snowball method (forward to others)Survey Dates◦October 2015 (n = 105)◦April 2016 (n = 73)◦October 2016 (n = 64)◦April 2017 (n = 75)◦ Total n = 389Data collection continues, but surveys from October 2017 have not been analyzed yetSurveyResults Demographic Variable n PercentStateTennessee 329 84.6North Carolina 6 1.5Virginia 2 0.5Federal 2 0.5Missing 50 12.9RaceWhite 307 78.9Black 13 3.3Hispanic 5 1.3Asian 1 0.3Multiracial 5 1.3Other 7 1.8Missing 51 13.1GenderFemale 269 69.2Male 77 19.8Missing 43 11.1Occupations RepresentedResearch Questions◦Has regional familiarity with trauma-informed care increased over time since training was initiated?YESTIC Familiarity Across TimeResearch Questions◦Has the degree to which aspects of trauma-informed care been used changed since training was initiated?SOMEWHATMean of all Total on Organizational Implementation of TIC by Test DateImplementation of Trauma-Informed Care(least used to most used aspects)Conclusions◦Region-wide familiarity with trauma-informed care can be increased through training◦ Implementation, logically, lags behindNext Steps◦Continue evaluating use of trauma-informed responses in human service organizations◦ Employee assessment (currently underway)◦ Client perception (beginning this semester in limited agencies)◦ Change in tangible outcomes ◦ Those serve report feeling “heard”◦ PTSD symptoms◦ IPV incidence and severity (Eventually)◦ Other DISCUSSANT COMMENTSCommentsDisclaimer – I was involved in two out of three presentationsPaper 1◦Great overview of issues surrounding IPV and opioid use – opioid use is a hot topic◦Rates of opioid use were fairly low (probably because the sample was pregnant) – possibly underreporting◦ Follow up with non-pregnant?Paper 2◦Great overview of issues surrounding IPV and opioid use – opioid use is a hot topic◦Rates of opioid use were fairly low (probably because the sample was pregnant) – possibly underreporting◦ Follow up with non-pregnant?Paper 3◦Having something to offset some of the negative effects of trauma is refreshing◦Hopefully future presentations will show the proposed outcomesSummary◦ This symposium is a good example of how we can pool our research to give a better overview of a topic◦ Co-occurring problems◦ Predictors◦ Possible ways to address those◦ I recommend we have discussions as we plan research to fill one another’s gaps

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