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RESPECT Framework: Now Available

Research framework for Engaging intimate partner violence Survivors as Partners in Empowering Collaborative Transformation

The RESPECT Framework is a co-created framework for guiding researchers who wish to partner with survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV) in conducting IPV research. A team of academic, lived-experience, community-based, and student researchers conducted a rapid scoping review, evaluated existing participatory research models, organized a roundtable event, and held focus groups. The RESPECT Framework was co-created during a roundtable event and revised during two focus groups. The RESPECT Framework comprises five overarching foundations, each accompanied by supporting recommendations: (1) Centering Safety, Well-Being, and Emotional Support; (2) Sharing Power Between Organization-Affiliated and Lived-Experience Researchers; (3) Respect, Trust, and Relationship Building; (4) Ensuring Equity and Accessibility; and (5) Respecting and Celebrating Diverse Identities.

RESPECT Framework: A guide for engaging survivors of intimate partner violence in research

Click here to download a PDF of the RESPECT Framework.

See recorded presentations and more about this project here.

The project is led by Dr. N. Zoe Hilton from the University of Toronto and the Waypoint Centre for Mental Health Care, along with Dr. Elnaz Moghimi from Queen’s University and the Waypoint Centre for Mental Health Care, Dr. Crystal Giesbrecht from the Provincial Association of Transition Houses and Services of Saskatchewan (PATHS), Elke Ham from the Waypoint Centre for Mental Health Care, and Kristin Smith, a counselor who is also a survivor of domestic and intimate partner violence.