Design

Explanatory and convergent mixed methods.

Methods

1a) Scoping review to identify domestic abuse interventions for healthcare professionals;

1b) Exploring domestic abuse support provided by existing healthcare professional wellbeing services;

2a) Document analysis of Practitioner Health’s internal safeguarding policy and processes;

2b) Review and analysis of Practitioner Health patient registration forms, electronic medical record notes, and safeguarding notes;

2c) Survey for Practitioner Health staff;

2d) Focus groups with 2c subsample;

3) Three professionally-facilitated consensus-forming workshops, using dialogue-based consensus and Delphi-voting, with stakeholders to enable coproduced decision-making around intervention model(s) to develop/adapt in subsequent research. Pre-workshop stakeholder mapping will aim for diversity and representation of views.

Analysis

Descriptive statistics and qualitative Framework Analysis (shaped by readiness theory) will be integrated for analysis and interpretation using joint display tables, and findings on readiness, and other key issues, will inform the first stage of intervention development/adaptation. We will employ a ‘collaboration’ approach within the coproduction spectrum.

Anticipated outcomes

Understanding of Practitioner Health’s readiness to identify and respond to domestic abuse.

Anticipated output

Description of a training and support intervention (e.g., advocacy/psychotherapy/peer support) for subsequent development/adaptation and testing.

Intended dissemination

Summary reports for partners, academic articles, conference presentations, policy brief, and public-facing summary of findings.