Small Grant Competition 2021: Interventions
In 2021 the VAMHN held its third annual funding call on the theme of interventions. We received 23 applications and were pleased to award funding of up to £25k to four projects. Projects will run for up to 12 months - we are looking forward to seeing the results of these projects and will be sharing with them network once they are completed.
In 2021 the VAMHN held its third annual funding call on the theme of interventions. We received 23 applications and were pleased to award funding of up to £25k to four projects. Projects will run for up to 12 months - we are looking forward to seeing the results of these projects and will be sharing with them network once they are completed.
Project 1: What must I seem like to you? How ‘victimhood’ is portrayed in educational advocacy interventions for female survivors of domestic violence and abuse
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Project Aims
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This project intends to investigate how advocacy programmes of front-line and third-sector women’s organisations portray ‘victimhood’ of female domestic violence and abuse (DVA) survivors. This educational and informational content is examined against implicit and explicit social norms, indicators, and conventions (NICs) which relate to DVA, to explore how NICs influence advocacy interventions. Understanding this relationship between advocacy and social NICs is significant because it impacts the construction of ‘victimhood’ for survivors who engage with advocacy interventions, and also whether the advocacy is empowering, therapeutic, or harmful for their mental health.
The project will explore the following questions:
1. How can a mapping of social power dynamics be constructed from the themes relating to ‘victimhood’?
2. How can these power dynamics be interpreted within an intersectionality framework?
3. How do survivors reflect on their representation within aggregated social indicators (metrics) of DVA?
4. How might the testimonies of survivors and professionals in support services be accounted for alongside academic expert opinions on DVA?
5. How do the health and justice-based views which underlie social NICs influence trauma-informed approaches to advocacy?
The project will explore the following questions:
1. How can a mapping of social power dynamics be constructed from the themes relating to ‘victimhood’?
2. How can these power dynamics be interpreted within an intersectionality framework?
3. How do survivors reflect on their representation within aggregated social indicators (metrics) of DVA?
4. How might the testimonies of survivors and professionals in support services be accounted for alongside academic expert opinions on DVA?
5. How do the health and justice-based views which underlie social NICs influence trauma-informed approaches to advocacy?
Dr Melissa Jogie, Lecturer in Education Studies at The University of Roehampton
Professor Cecilia A. Essau, Professor of Developmental Psychopathology at The University of Roehampton
Professor Aisha K. Gill, Professor of Criminology at The University of Roehampton
Professor Cecilia A. Essau, Professor of Developmental Psychopathology at The University of Roehampton
Professor Aisha K. Gill, Professor of Criminology at The University of Roehampton
Project 2: Support and interventions for parents with mental health needs and children identified as at risk of abuse: A systematic review and thematic synthesis of parent and practitioner experiences
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Project Aims
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The aim of this project is to enhance our knowledge of support and interventions for parents with mental health needs who have children identified as at risk of abuse. From the perspectives of parents and practitioners, what helps and what are the challenges in meeting families’ support needs?
This project will carry out a systematic review and thematic synthesis of parents’ and practitioners’ experiences of support and interventions for parents with mental health needs and children identified as at risk of maltreatment (i.e. where there are child protection/safeguarding concerns). The impact will be to inform service provision for these families, helping understand how to meet support needs in this context.
Evidence will be synthesised to gain insights into what (type of) support/intervention is perceived as acceptable and beneficial, under what conditions, and for whom, and what the barriers are to engagement and to meeting needs. This is because PPI consultations for this proposal emphasised that “everyone is different” and that what is helpful in one situation might not be in another.
This project will carry out a systematic review and thematic synthesis of parents’ and practitioners’ experiences of support and interventions for parents with mental health needs and children identified as at risk of maltreatment (i.e. where there are child protection/safeguarding concerns). The impact will be to inform service provision for these families, helping understand how to meet support needs in this context.
Evidence will be synthesised to gain insights into what (type of) support/intervention is perceived as acceptable and beneficial, under what conditions, and for whom, and what the barriers are to engagement and to meeting needs. This is because PPI consultations for this proposal emphasised that “everyone is different” and that what is helpful in one situation might not be in another.
Dr Angela Sweeney, Senior Lecturer in User Led Research at King’s College London
Dr Billie Lever Taylor, Clinical Psychologist at King’s College London
and the Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families
Dr Billie Lever Taylor, Clinical Psychologist at King’s College London
and the Anna Freud National Centre for Children and Families
Project 3: Intervention components that have common impacts across parental domestic violence, mental ill-health, and substance misuse
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Project Aims
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This study will explore which shared intervention components have common impacts across parental domestic violence, mental ill health, and substance use by using results from our recent review to conduct an Intervention Components Analysis (ICA), matching intervention components to intervention effectiveness using a pattern-matching and meta regression approach. The study aims to identify the ‘best bet packages’ for parents at risk of, or experiencing, a combination of domestic violence, mental ill health, and substance use. This deeper analytical approach will help inform the development of new interventions targeting these clustered issues and guide the provision of current services in this space. It will also highlight potential iatrogenic effects of intervention components and those that may warrant further consideration (i.e., those that have had positive impacts on some outcomes but are understudied in others).
Vashti Berry, Senior Research Fellow at The University of Exeter
Kate Allen, PhD student at The University of Exeter
G.J. Melendez-Torres, Professor of Clinical and Social Epidemiology at The University of Exeter
Chris Bonell, Professor of Public Health Sociology at The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Tamsin Ford, Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at The University of Cambridge
Kate Allen, PhD student at The University of Exeter
G.J. Melendez-Torres, Professor of Clinical and Social Epidemiology at The University of Exeter
Chris Bonell, Professor of Public Health Sociology at The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
Tamsin Ford, Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at The University of Cambridge
Project 4: How do autistic adults conceptualise and recover from intimate violence and abuse?
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Overview
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The aim of this work is to examine how autistic people recognise and conceptualise violence and abuse, the systemic barriers they face in seeking and accessing support, and perceived facilitators for accessing support and recovery. Our research would provide a much needed evidence base to improve access to support for autistic people who have been victimised, and ensure that support offered is both appropriate, and of adequate quality.
The study will address the following questions:
The study will address the following questions:
- How do autistic survivors of VA make meaning out of their experiences?
- What are the barriers to accessing supports for autistic survivors of violence/abuse
- What kind of support would benefit autistic adults who are recovering from violence/abuse
Amy Pearson, Senior Lecturer at The University of Sunderland
Felicity Sedgewick, Lecturer in Psychology of Education at The University of Bristol
Monique Botha, Research Fellow at The University of Stirling
Kieran Rose, Author, Consultant, Trainer, Public Speaker, Researcher at KMR Training and Consultancy
Sarah Douglas
Felicity Sedgewick, Lecturer in Psychology of Education at The University of Bristol
Monique Botha, Research Fellow at The University of Stirling
Kieran Rose, Author, Consultant, Trainer, Public Speaker, Researcher at KMR Training and Consultancy
Sarah Douglas