Since February 2023, the IKF – together with partners from Austria and four other European countries (Germany, Italy, Greece, and Sweden) – has been working on the VIPROM project. The goal of the three-year project, funded by the EU (CERV 2022), is to improve medical support for victims of domestic violence (DV). Curricula and training materials have been developed for physicians of various specializations, nurses, midwives, and medical students. A learning platform was developed to accompany the training courses, which provides knowledge on domestic violence as well as concrete guidelines and tools for recognizing domestic violence, addressing victims, and professional good practices, such as the court-proof documentation of injuries. The IKF's main task within the project is to evaluate the materials and the training courses.
The first year of the project focused on needs assessment through interviews and focus groups with medical professionals, as well as the development of materials and their adaptation to the respective national contexts. Additional case studies in Germany, Sweden, and Austria addressed the organizational conditions for the sustainable implementation of programs to support victims of DV in the medical field. In Austria, VICESSE and IKF investigated the victim protection groups (OSG) established in hospitals.
In June 2024, the IKF presented the first report evaluating the developed materials through focus groups with experts in all partner countries. Subsequently, the evaluation tools (feedback forms for trainers, participant surveys etc.) were developed. Evaluation results will be available in late 2025.
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