Trial reportBMC public health2011
Mothers' AdvocateS In the Community (MOSAIC)--non-professional mentor support to reduce intimate partner violence and depression in mothers: a cluster randomised trial in primary care.
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- The Effectiveness of Trauma-Informed Parenting Programs for Traumatized Parents and Their Components: A Meta-Analytic Study.Clinical child and family psychology review · 2024Pooled it
- Interventions for intimate partner violence during the perinatal period: A scoping review: A systematic review.Campbell systematic reviews · 2024Pooled it
- Training Informal Supporters to Improve Responses to Victim-Survivors of Domestic Violence and Abuse: A Systematic Review.Trauma, violence & abuse · 2024Pooled it
- Interventions to Prevent Intimate Partner Violence: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Violence against women · 2024Pooled it
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- Treatments for Female Victims of Intimate Partner Violence: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Pooled it
- Interventions for women who report domestic violence during and after pregnancy in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic literature review.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2020Pooled it
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- A realist review of which advocacy interventions work for which abused women under what circumstances.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019Pooled it
- Advocacy interventions to reduce or eliminate violence and promote the physical and psychosocial well-being of women who experience intimate partner abuse.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2015Pooled it
- Screening women for intimate partner violence in healthcare settings.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2015Pooled it
- Interventions for preventing or reducing domestic violence against pregnant women.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2014Pooled it
- Screening women for intimate partner violence in healthcare settings: abridged Cochrane systematic review and meta-analysis.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2014Pooled it
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- A culturally-safe primary care intervention for migrant/refugee women suffering domestic violence and abuse: HARMONY-a pragmatic cluster randomised controlled trial.BMC medicine · 2026Trial
- Behavioral intervention for mental health of pregnant women experiencing domestic violence: a randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in public health · 2025Trial
- Safe Pregnancy intervention for intimate partner violence: a randomised controlled trial in Norway among culturally diverse pregnant women.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2022Trial
- The impact of a referral card-based intervention on intimate partner violence, psychosocial health, help-seeking and safety behaviour during pregnancy and postpartum: a randomized controlled trial.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2017Trial
- Maternal and child health nurse screening and care for mothers experiencing domestic violence (MOVE): a cluster randomised trial.BMC medicine · 2015Trial
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6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundEffective interventions to increase safety and wellbeing of mothers experiencing intimate partner violence (IPV) are scarce. As much attention is focussed on professional intervention, this study aimed to determine the effectiveness of non-professional mentor support in reducing IPV and depression among pregnant and recent mothers experiencing, or at risk of IPV.
methodsMOSAIC was a cluster randomised trial in 106 primary care (maternal and child health nurse and general practitioner) clinics in Melbourne, Australia. 63/106 clinics referred 215 eligible culturally and linguistically diverse women between January 2006 and December 2007. 167 in the intervention (I) arm, and 91 in the comparison (C) arm. 174 (80.9%) were recruited. 133 (76.4%) women (90 I and 43 C) completed follow-up at 12 months.
intervention12 months of weekly home visiting from trained and supervised local mothers, (English & Vietnamese speaking) offering non-professional befriending, advocacy, parenting support and referrals.
main outcome measuresPrimary outcomes; IPV (Composite Abuse Scale CAS) and depression (Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale EPDS); secondary measures included wellbeing (SF-36), parenting stress (PSI-SF) and social support (MOS-SF) at baseline and follow-up. ANALYSIS: Intention-to-treat using multivariable logistic regression and propensity scoring.
resultsThere was evidence of a true difference in mean abuse scores at follow-up in the intervention compared with the comparison arm (15.9 vs 21.8, AdjDiff -8.67, CI -16.2 to -1.15). There was weak evidence for other outcomes, but a trend was evident favouring the intervention: proportions of women with CAS scores ≥ 7, 51/88 (58.4%) vs 27/42 (64.3%) AdjOR 0.47, CI 0.21 to 1.05); depression (EPDS score ≥ 13) (19/85, 22% (I) vs 14/43, 33% (C); AdjOR 0.42, CI 0.17 to 1.06); physical wellbeing mean scores (PCS-SF36: AdjDiff 2.79; CI -0.40 to 5.99); mental wellbeing mean scores (MCS-SF36: AdjDiff 2.26; CI -1.48 to 6.00). There was no observed effect on parenting stress. 82% of women mentored would recommend mentors to friends in similar situations.
conclusionNon-professional mentor mother support appears promising for improving safety and enhancing physical and mental wellbeing among mothers experiencing intimate partner violence referred from primary care.
trial registrationACTRN12607000010493http://www.anzctr.org.au.
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