Research & Practice-Based Tools

The Goal: Resilience website aims at providing researchers information and resources on how to approach research in a trauma-informed way. Resources are grouped across different areas, including populations with disabilities, LGBTQ+ community, and intimate partner violence (IPV).

Toolkit designed to address gender-based violence in higher education settings and research organizations. Resources include guides on setting up a policy framework, creating awareness-raising campaigns, and developing protocols within their institutions.

Developed for researchers conducting community-based intervention research with people who have experienced gender-based violence. The guide offers trauma and violence-informed considerations for adapting an intervention or program evaluation research plan.

Published in 2005, this guide offers methodologies for conducting research on gender-based violence, particularly intimate partner violence, in low-resource settings. Drawing from the experiences of researchers across over 40 countries, it provides practical guidance on various aspects of research, including study design, data collection, and ethical considerations. The guide aims to equip researchers and activists with the tools necessary to conduct effective and ethical research, ultimately contributing to informed interventions and policy development

The IPVHealthPartners toolkit was developed by the National Health Resource Center on Domestic Violence at Futures Without Violence for health centers and domestic violence agencies/community-based organizations.

A research and implementation program that involves health equity interventions implemented in a range of health care settings. The interventions are designed to enhance organizational capacity to provide equity-oriented health care, particularly for those who experience significant health and social inequities. Numerous resources and online courses focused on Equity-Oriented Health Care incorporating the three key dimensions of: trauma- and violence-informed care; cultural safety/anti-racism; and harm reduction/substance use health.

A review of the current state of IPV research, including a discussion of ethics, methods, and measurement.

This paper describes the main methodological and ethical challenges related to violence research, including assessing magnitude of interpersonal violence.

A research study that examined the most commonly used participant protection methods, efficacy of thise methods, number and nature of adverse events (AE) experienced, and experiences with institutional review boards (IRBs).

This report discusses recruitment and retention issues in conducting intimate partner violence research.

A research article examining how practitioners across victim services, criminal justice, and law enforcement systems assess the usefulness and credibility of research evidence to their practice and policy-related decision making.

A scoping review examining remote evaluations of violence against women and girls interventions to describe the landscape of remote data collection methods, review safety and ehtical considerations, and offer best practices.

An article offering guidance on screening for and responding to sexual assault and intimate partner violence using trauma-informed principles with the goal of promoting health and healing for survivors.

A research article that discusses recruitment and retention strategies employed among immigrant and refugee survivors of IPV.

A qualitative research article exploring considerations and challenges of conducting digital intervention research (online, phone and text) with diverse groups of immigrant women.

A research article describing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Indigenous and Black women’s help-seeking behaviors.

A qualitative research article that explored strategies to enhance recruitment and retention of immigrant survivors of IPV in intervention research from the perspective of survivors and providers serving immigrant women.