What do survivors of #IPSV want from service providers? In this new paper led by Siofra Peeren we analysed open-text responses from a national survey to find out. Free to read! Safer Families Centre ANROWS UniMelb MDHS Department of General Practice and Primary Care MAEVe bmcwomenshealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

Have a new article out about the importance of grey and qualitative literature when developing Core Outcomes Sets related to interpersonal violence.

link.springer.com/article/10.100…

📣Call for papers📣
Vicarious trauma prevention for gender-based violence researchers
Guest edited by Dr Molly Dragiewicz & Dr. Bethany Backes. Abstract submissions close 1 Feb
bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journals/…
#GBV #MentalHealth ASC Division on Feminist Criminology(formerly DWC) Gender Research Centre

At a conference in Iceland, reading Dr Hannah Roberts (she/her)'s powerful book about intentional careers for STEM women. My favourite quote: 'successes and failures are outcomes. They do not determine your self-worth'. I need this reminder everyday.

Launches today on: amazon.co.uk/Intentional-Ca…

'Our in-person, peer support group is up and running. It is therapist and lived experience co-led, the aim being to create a sense of ‘us’ as opposed to the ‘them and us’ approach favoured by some but disliked by many'

#CSA #PeerSupport #SocietysShame theflyingchild.com/2023/05/04/pee…

Last year, I had a great time at the Kindness in Research Conference. Asking questions of (and being grilled by!) Bee and Jeanet, two excellent peer researchers on our modern slavery research project Modern Slavery Core Outcomes Set. We talked about research process ethics: vimeo.com/792757076

To make VAMH Data more accessible to violence researchers, we launched a Data Directory in 2019 to signpost datasets, repositories and published statistics with measures on VAMH. To access our Data Directory you can visit our website at: vamhn.co.uk/data-directory…
#MeasuringVAMH

This week The Flying Child art group created these beautiful landscapes. You won’t see my picture in the video because as it turns out oil pastels are NOT my thing. That’s ok, I have a feeling that next week’s theme ‘scribbly dogs’ will be :)

#PeerSupport #ArtForWellbeing

The count down to launch is on. Can't wait to pilot our new Pre-Trial Training & Accreditation service next week with Imara @sarsas_uk Womankind Bristol - love love love working with emma harewood. New free resources for services coming soon :) The Green House

The Violence Abuse and Mental Health Network Lived Experience Group are running their own research on what trauma means. This is a fully co-produced piece of research by and for those with lived experience. Please do consider completing it and sharing it forms.office.com/Pages/Response…

The McPin Foundation The Mental Elf

The Home Office's decision to accept some asylum applicants without interview is long overdue. As someone who conducted research with Afghan sanctuary seekers, I also suggested this approach. I have plenty more recommendations here! kcl.ac.uk/ioppn/assets/p… #Refugees

📣 call for abstracts for a special issue of ⁦Violence Against Women Journal⁩ co-edited by Noelle Brigden, who is somehow as generous a friend & mentor as she is a courageous & rigorous scholar. journals.sagepub.com/page/vaw/call-…

Oddly this article doesn't mention that even with the increase the charge rate is... like 4%? Oh well. Check out Gavin Hales for detailed analysis on all this.

VAWG is a public health problem that the health system has a responsibility to address. Great to see the new #WomensHealthStrategy championing trauma-informed care for women, trauma training for providers, and support for providers who are survivors. Let's make this a reality.

Top tip from Lisa Ward
Interviews don't always have to be “boring” and objective. Share your experience with individuals to get rich data and reflect on that as a researcher! #kindnessinresearch

Definitely using the approach in my work #blackfeminist approach!

Thank you to Sohail Jannesari Bee, Jeanet Ariana Markowitz Lisa Ward and Jane Chevous 💙💜⛵ for your thought-provoking, reflective and inspiring talks and workshops at the #kindnessinresearch conference 🙏 you've given us lots to think about and apply in our own research!

Top tip to supervisors this time👀:
When your research students work with survivors/anti-racism research, look out for them. Maybe consider reflective supervision when they are doing fieldwork. Health/happy students=great “nuanced”outputs 🤷🏾‍♀️ #kindnessinresearch

This is really important. Everyone has a right to give birth how they choose and we need appropriate midwifery services open to support women who want to give birth at home.