Longitudinal Impact of the myPlan App on Health and Safety Among College Women Experiencing Partner Violence

The objective of this study was to examine differences in change over time in health and safety outcomes among female college students randomized to myPlan, a tailored safety planning app, or usual web-based safety planning resources. Three hundred forty-six women (175 intervention, 171 control) fro...

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Published in:Journal of interpersonal violence Vol. 37; no. 13-14; pp. NP11436 - NP11459
Main Authors: Glass, Nancy E., Clough, Amber, Messing, Jill T., Bloom, Tina, Brown, Megan Lindsay, Eden, Karen B., Campbell, Jacquelyn C., Gielen, Andrea, Laughon, Kathryn, Grace, Karen Trister, Turner, Rachael M., Alvarez, Carmen, Case, James, Barnes-Hoyt, Jamie, Alhusen, Jeanne, Hanson, Ginger C., Perrin, Nancy A.
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Los Angeles, CA SAGE Publications 01.07.2022
SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
Subjects:
Coercion
College students
Decision making
Domestic violence
Feasibility
Females
Health behavior
Health status
Intimate partner violence
Mental health
Planning
Risk reduction
Safety
Safety behaviour
Suicide
Technology
Women
intimate partner violence
technology
safety planning
reproductive health
college women
mental health
ISSN:0886-2605, 1552-6518, 1552-6518
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Summary:The objective of this study was to examine differences in change over time in health and safety outcomes among female college students randomized to myPlan, a tailored safety planning app, or usual web-based safety planning resources. Three hundred forty-six women (175 intervention, 171 control) from 41 colleges/universities in Oregon and Maryland completed surveys at baseline, 6- and 12-months from July 2015 to October 2017. Generalized estimating equations were used to test group differences across time. Both groups improved on four measure of intimate partner violence (IPV; Composite Abuse Scale [CAS], TBI-related IPV, digital abuse, reproductive coercion [RC]) and depression. Reduction in RC and improvement in suicide risk were significantly greater in the myPlan group relative to controls (p = .019 and p = .46, respectively). Increases in the percent of safety behaviors tried that were helpful significantly reduced CAS scores, indicating a reduction in IPV over time in the myPlan group compared to controls (p = .006). Findings support the feasibility and importance of technology-based IPV safety planning for college women. myPlan achieved a number of its objectives related to safety planning and decision-making, the use of helpful safety behaviors, mental health, and reductions in some forms of IPV.
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ISSN:0886-2605
1552-6518
1552-6518
DOI:10.1177/0886260521991880