The Centre for Family Violence prevention is currently involved in the below projects:
ANROWS Voices: A project to understand the journeys of help-seeking for both victim survivors and those who use violence.
UNCOVER: A deep dive into women’s experiences of psychological violence, including emotional abuse and coercive control and how survivors want health professionals to respond to them.
The Health, Wellbeing & Relationships Project: A study with 11,465 Victorian nurses, midwives and carers about their experiences of family, domestic and sexual violence and associated health and employment impacts.
Beneath the surface: Digital storytelling project of health professionals own experience of DFSV and what supports they need. Videos can be found here.
Better Man: Pilot of an online early intervention tool for engaging men who use violence to seek help.
Reproductive Coercion: Qualitative study of how staff respond to reproductive coercion and what women would like staff to address.
‘Peace’ project reproductive coercion and abuse (RCA) resources: Research to develop a RCA screening tool and guide for healthcare practitioners, and an online tool to assist women experiencing RCA to understand options and make decisions about a pregnancy.
Recovery and care to promote healing for Victorian survivors of sexual assault (REACH) project: Research with adult survivors of sexual violence about what helps them recover after sexual violence as well as a synthesis of research literature. Read the report here