Clinical Trial to Reduce Perinatal Intimate Partner Violence
Novel Doula Intervention to Leverage Clinic-community Connections to Support Perinatal Intimate Partner Violence Survivors
University of Pittsburgh
326 participants
Nov 1, 2025
INTERVENTIONAL
Conditions
Summary
This is a two-armed, fully powered hybrid type 1 trial to test the effectiveness of a doula intervention compared with an active control in reducing intimate partner violence (IPV) among perinatal IPV survivors
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria8
- \) feel comfortable completing the study in Spanish or English
- \) are age 18 or older
- \) are no more than 22 weeks gestation
- \) identify as an IPV survivor by answering affirmatively to a definition of experiencing IPV
- \) live within a 50 mile radius of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- \) able to provide safe and complete contact information or take a study cell phone
- Cannot provide safe contact information or take a study cell phone
- Incarcerated
Exclusion Criteria1
- Unable to consent
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Interventions
The intervention will be pairing intimate partner violence survivors with a trained doula
The active control arm will include pairing intimate partner violence survivors with IPV advocates
Locations(3)
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NCT07165860