Table 1 Recommendations for applying the empowerment process model to Practice in IPV
From: Evaluating interventions with victims of intimate partner violence: a community psychology approach
Model component | Questions to guide evaluation |
|---|---|
Goals | • What is the fit between survivor-defined and system-defined goals and subgoals? • To what extent do evaluation plans address survivor-defined versus system-defined goals and subgoals? • What kind of formal and informal supports facilitate progress toward which kinds of goals and subgoals? • How do individual and contextual factors shape goal formation and goal achievement? |
Knowledge, skills, self-efficacy, and community resources | • To what extent do programs facilitate attainment of resources in each of these areas? • To what extent do specific strategies work to enhance these components? • What is the relationship between changes in one component and changes in another? • How does trauma history influence the process of change in each of these areas? • What obstacles do survivors commonly face in growing or accessing resources in each of these areas? • How does culture and other contextual factors influence change in these areas? |
Impact | • Beyond system-defined outcomes, how do various services affect outcomes most important to survivors? • What kinds of outcome measures are most relevant to survivors’ goals, account for unintended negative consequences, and incorporate elements of the entire empowerment process, including both psychological and social components? |