Hospital-based Domestic Violence Programmes

This is a competition funded studentship and more projects are advertised then places available.

Traditionally, domestic violence services have been located in the community, providing support at a crisis point for domestic violence victims. Recently, hospital-based domestic violence services have been recommended as an additional approach for meeting the demands for domestic violence services. Hospital-based services have been piloted for a number of years, however, these have tended to be under secondment/short-term, and based in one section of the hospital.

A permanent hospital-based domestic violence service was commissioned in 2018 in an area of Greater Manchester. The service differs from other hospital domestic violence services due to its permanent position, in addition, the service is integrated throughout the hospital. 

The PhD will undertake qualitative and quantitative approaches to evaluate hospital based domestic violence services, in particular, the PhD might explore:

 Global variations in hospital-based domestic violence services;

• The evidence for the impact of these services on a broad range of outcomes, which might include:
• The impact on unmet need and inequalities in access to domestic violence service.
• The impact of the service on pressures in the healthcare system (e.g. Emergency Department attendances) and other public sectors.
• The impacts of these services on victims.

The PhD will involve mixed methods, including quantitative assessment of impacts using regression-based approaches to identify whether any causal impact of hospital-based domestic violence services is evident. Opportunities will be available to develop qualitative expertise and apply these to understand the impacts of the service on victims and wider economy.

Applicants are expected to hold, or about to obtain, a Masters degree in Economics or other subject containing a substantive quantitative component.

For information on how to apply for this project, please visit the Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health Doctoral Academy website (https://www.bmh.manchester.ac.uk/study/research/apply/). Informal enquiries may be made directly to the primary supervisor. You MUST also submit an online application form - choose PhD in School of Nursing, Midwifery & Social Work

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