NCT03397277

Promoting Safety Behaviours in Antenatal Care Using a Video

Preparing for the Worst - Promoting Safety Behaviours in Antenatal Care Among Norwegian, Pakistani and Somali Pregnant Women

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 250 (actual)
• Sponsor: Oslo Metropolitan University · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years – 60 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study investigates the effect of a video which teaches 15 safety behaviours for women subject to intimate partner violence (IPV) during pregnancy. Half of the women screening positive for IPV during pregnancy will view the intervention video. The other half will view a control video.

Detailed description

Intimate partner violence (IPV) poses a risk for the health of the woman during pregnancy also for the health of the unborn child. Pregnancy is time when nearly all women have regular contact with the healthcare system. Pregnancy is also a time during which women consider their situation and are open for change. Healthcare staff have the opportunity to ask pregnant women if they experience IPV and need to know how to respond to women experiencing IPV. Healthcare staff can refer to other services. If staff are uncertain if referral is needed or wanted they can teach women how to increase their own safety and prepare for leaving through a number of safety promoting behaviours.The safety behaviours were originally developed in the USA to counsel women who attended a family violence unit and qualified for a protection order. Women do not always disclose the true nature of their IPV to staff. However, they could still benefit from learning about safety promoting behaviours. Using a video for teaching allows for the use of pictures and sound and options for several languages.

Conditions

• Intimate Partner Violence

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Safety behaviour promoting video	A 7 min. video which teaches 15 different safety behaviours to reduce violence or the effect of violence
BEHAVIORAL	Control video	A 7 min. video which teaches women about safety regarding food, alcohol, smoking, medication and physical activity during pregnancy

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-01-15
• Primary completion: 2020-06-30
• Completion: 2020-09-15
• First posted: 2018-01-11
• Last updated: 2020-09-21

Locations

19 sites across 1 country: Norway