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  • Social Sciences
  • Clinical Trials

Background:

  • Limited rigorous evaluations hinder understanding of effective intimate partner violence (IPV) interventions.
  • Ethical and safe randomized controlled trials (RCTs) are feasible for evaluating IPV programs.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To demonstrate the successful implementation of a randomized controlled trial (RCT) for an IPV preventive intervention.
  • To provide recommendations for successful researcher-practitioner collaboration in field experiments.

Main Methods:

  • The Enhanced Nurse Family Partnership Study (ENFPS) utilized a randomized controlled trial (RCT) design.
  • Collaboration between researchers and practitioners was key to the study's implementation.

Main Results:

  • The Enhanced Nurse Family Partnership Study (ENFPS) was successfully implemented as a randomized controlled trial (RCT).
  • The study highlights the feasibility of ethically and safely evaluating IPV preventive interventions.

Conclusions:

  • Successful collaboration between researchers and practitioners is essential for executing field experiments.
  • The ENFPS model provides a framework for rigorously evaluating IPV interventions.