The Authors’ Own Words: B-SAFER: A Web-Based Intervention for Drug Use and Intimate Partner Violence Demonstrates Feasibility and Acceptability Among Women in the Emergency Department

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B-SAFER: A Web-Based Intervention for Drug Use and Intimate Partner Violence Demonstrates Feasibility and Acceptability Among Women in the Emergency Department

Esther K. Choo, MD, MPH; Caron Zlotnick, PhD; David R. Strong, PhD; Daniel D. Squires, PhD, MPH; Chantal Tapé & Michael J. Mello, MD, MPH

Substance Abuse Vol. 37, Iss. 3, 2016

“This pilot study established the feasibility and acceptability of a novel Web-based brief intervention targeting women with substance use disorders and intimate partner violence (IPV) presenting to the emergency care setting. Such technologies could overcome the perennial barriers in the clinical setting to identifying and treating drug use and associated problems. It has been suggested that targeting specific high-risk populations may improve the impact of brief interventions. The findings of this study support a full-scale trial of the BSAFER intervention among women presenting to the emergency department with coexisting drug use and IPV.”