Impacts of the VEGA Family Violence Education Resources for Psychology Trainees

NCT06630598 | Recruiting

• 1 other identifier: H-06-24-10490
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 90
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The current research project aims to assess the effectiveness of the ©Violence, Evidence, Guidance, and Action (VEGA) Family Violence Education Resources (VEGA Project, 2019) in improving the knowledge, self-efficacy, and clinical responses of clinical psychology doctoral students to family violence in clinical settings. The VEGA on-line training is a collection of family violence online education resources designed to inform health and social service practitioners about family violence in a Canadian context, including definitions of family violence, mandatory reporting duties, effective responding to survivors, and more. Participants in this trial will be doctoral students recruited from accredited Clinical Psychology programs across Canada. Participants will be assigned to an intervention or wait-list control group, and the outcome measures consist of knowledge and attitudes about family violence, as well as measures of skills relevant to appropriately responding to survivors in clinical settings. Further, participants will be invited to complete a qualitative interview after the intervention to discuss overall impressions of the training and other ways the training changed their perspectives, if at all, on family violence.

Conditions

Family Violence

Keywords

Intimate Partner Violence; Child Maltreatment; Family Violence; Health Professions Education

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (4)

• Changes in perceived knowledge and preparedness, and opinions about family violence as measured by the Modified Provider Readiness to Manage Intimate Partner Violence Survey Items (Modified PREMIS)

  Changes in self-rated Knowledge/Preparation and Opinions about intimate partner violence and child maltreatment. Perceived preparedness to manage intimate partner violence and child maltreatment (14 items, 7-point Likert scale ranging from \"Not Prepared\" to \"Quite Well Prepared\"). Perceived Knowledge about intimate partner violence and child maltreatment (22 items, 7-point Likert scale ranging from \"Nothing\" to \"Very Much\"). Opinions about intimate partner violence and child maltreatment (47 items, 4-point Likert scale, ranging from \"Strongly Agree\" to \"Strongly Disagree\").

  Week one (pre-training), and again Week four (post-training)

• Reactions - Interest and Relevancy of Intervention Material

  Measurement of participant reactions to training contents, specifically in terms of the learning objectives and relevancy of each individual training module in order to examine engagement and interest. Agreement on whether training modules met their learning objectives, and whether training module content was relevant is measured on a 7-point scale from Strongly Agree to Strongly Disagree.

  During Weeks two through three - completed during training period

• Changes in VEGA content knowledge

  Changes in knowledge regarding family violence content in VEGA modules. Content knowledge measure contains 34 multiple choice questions about the VEGA Family Violence Education Resources. Each question has a maximum score of 1, and minimum score of 0, for a total range of 0 to 34.

  Week one (pre-training), and again Week four (post-training)

• Performing relevant clinical behaviours in clinical settings with clients, as measured by a Behavioural Checklist

  A checklist of a variety of clinically-relevant behaviours that are recommended and suggested as best practice when working with a survivors of family violence. Participants indicate whether or not they have engaged in certain behaviours. Participants may also indicate if they have not had the opportunity to engage in selected behaviours. The checklist covers 72 clinical actions relating to the VEGA family violence resources, with participants being able to select \"Yes\", \"No\", or \"N/A\" for each action performed in the previous 30 days.

  One month post-training.

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• Changes in attitudes towards evidence-based practice and interventions as measured by the Evidence-Based Practice Attitude Scale (EBPAS)

  Week one (pre-training), and again Week four (post-training)

• Interview on experiences with the VEGA family resources

  One month post-training.

Study Arms (2)

VEGA Family Violence Education Resources

EXPERIMENTAL

Students in this arm will receive access to the online VEGA Family Violence Education Resources and will be asked to complete modules covering information about family violence in Canada, creating safety for survivors in clinical settings, recognizing and responding to child maltreatment and intimate partner violence, three interactive learning scenarios, and voices of those with lived experiences of family violence.

Behavioral: Online Family Violence Education Resource

No Training

NO INTERVENTION

Students in this arm will not receive access to the training until the end of the pre- and post-training data collection for the Arm 1 group.

Interventions

Online Family Violence Education Resource BEHAVIORAL

The VEGA Family Violence Education Resources (© 2020 VEGA Project, McMaster University) is an on-line suite of educational resources that target professionals who are likely to encounter survivors of family violence in professional and clinical settings. The resources provide information about family violence, appropriate clinical responses, legal obligations, and more. The resources are broken down into several training modules and include three interactive learning scenarios. The training modules include: Know About Family Violence in Canada Creating Safety Recognizing and Responding Safely to Child Maltreatment Recognizing and Responding Safely to Intimate Partner Violence Voices of those with Lived Experiences of Family Violence

VEGA Family Violence Education Resources

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Be a student in the Clinical Psychology graduate program of a Canadian university.
• Be engaged in clinical work as part of program requirements
• Speak and read English
• Have internet access

You may not qualify if:

• Currently participating in any other training relating to child maltreatment or intimate partner violence outside of mandatory or elective course material.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Ottawa: lead

Study Sites (1)

University of Ottawa - Child Wellbeing Lab

Ottawa, Ontario, K1N 6N5, Canada

RECRUITING

Study Officials

• Elisa Romano, PhD, Clinical Psychology

  University of Ottawa

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Central Study Contacts

Carl Newton, M.A., Applied Psychology

CONTACT

1-613-562-5800; cnewt058@uottawa.ca

Elisa Romano, PhD, Clinical Psychology

CONTACT

1-613-562-5800; eromano@uottawa.ca

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Professor

Model Details: Participants will be randomly assigned to a training group or a wait-list control group.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: September 30, 2024
• First Posted: October 8, 2024
• Study Start: October 30, 2024
• Primary Completion: March 1, 2025
• Study Completion: March 1, 2025
• Last Updated: November 26, 2024

Record last verified: 2024-11

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

CA (1)