Participants were recruited from an urban university (UMB) and two university-affiliated medical institutions (UMMC and VA) to participate in an online survey. Of the 216 respondents, 42.6% reported personally experiencing IPV and 34.3% reported having witnessed IPV. Over 34% of participants never received training on IPV. The sub-sample with training received between one and more than 15 hours of training. Hours of training was highly associated with the participants’ perceived knowledge and actual knowledge, which improved their attitudes and awareness towards IPV survivors. Our findings suggest the need for campus-wide formal training on IPV to better prepare members in higher education to accurately identify, assess, and intervene to protect victims of abuse. Interprofessional approaches are needed that focus on the multiple and intersecting needs of victims of violence and should also enhance professional self-efficacy and increase readiness to respond to IPV survivors.
The development of a MOOC was informed by these findings. Fedina, L., Barr, E., Ting, L., Shah, R., Chayhitz, M., Goodmark, L., Barth, R.P., & Njie-Carr, V. P. S. (2023). Intimate Partner Violence Training and Readiness to Respond among Students, Staff, and Faculty in Three Institutions in the United States. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 38(1-2), NP2182-NP2206. doi:10.1177/08862605221099948