Please select the eligibility criteria that correspond to the clinical trial below.
Title: Internet-Based Intervention to Improve Mental Health Outcomes for Abused Women
Brief Summary: The purpose for this trial is to test the effectiveness of the first interactive internet-based safety decision aid on abused women's exposure to repeat intimate partner violence (IPV) and mental health outcomes. An improved safety decision-making process (e.g., knowing the advantages and disadvantages of the relationship, having enough information to make a decision) will increase safety-seeking behaviors which in turn will decrease exposure to repeat IPV and improve mental health outcomes. Findings from the development and initial test of our computerized safety decision aid suggests that it offered abused women privacy to consider personalized safety options, informed them about danger in their relationship and would be used again if they had access to it through a safe internet site.

The investigators are conducting a five year experimental trial in four states (Oregon, Maryland, Missouri, and Arizona) to address the following aims:

1. Test the effectiveness of an interactive internet-based safety decision aid on abused women's safety seeking behaviors and exposure to violence compared to women assigned to control websites. The investigators hypothesize that at three, six, and 12 months post-baseline the intervention group will have increased safety seeking behaviors and reduced IPV exposure in comparison to the control group.
2. Test the effectiveness of an interactive internet-based safety decision aid on abused women's mental health compared to women assigned to control websites. The investigators hypothesize that at three, six, and 12 months post-baseline the intervention group will have improved mental health in comparison to the control group.
3. Test if the effect of an interactive internet-based safety decision aid on abused women's mental health and exposure to violence is mediated by the safety decision making process and safety-seeking behaviors. The investigators hypothesize that the intervention group will have a better decision making process and have greater safety seeking behavior over the year in comparison to the control group, and that this better decision process and increased safety seeking behavior will mediate improvement in mental health and exposure to violence at 12 months post baseline.

This study will provide much needed new information about safety planning's impact on making difficult safety decisions, exposure to violence, and mental health effects.


Options:
A: Inclusion Criteria:

* Female
* English or Spanish speaking
* 18-64 years of age
* Report current physical, or sexual intimate partner violence or emotional abuse within the context of threats of physical or sexual intimate partner violence
* Live in one of the target states (Oregon, Arizona, Missouri, or Maryland)
* Express comfort with and access to a safe computer with internet

Exclusion Criteria:

* Male
* Younger than 18 years of age
* Older than 64 years of age
* Cannot read/speak English/Spanish
* Live outside targeted 4 states
* No access to safe computer with internet
* Uncomfortable with computers
* Does not report past year violence from an intimate partner
B: Inclusion Criteria:

* African American or Latina (by self report)
* At least 18 years of age
* English speaking
* Pregnant less than or equal to 28 weeks gestation
* Receiving prenatal care in the District of Columbia
* Had one or more of the following risk factors: active smoking, environmental tobacco smoke exposure, depression and intimate partner violence

Exclusion Criteria:

* Non-minority race (by self report)
* Younger than 18 years of age
* Non-English speaking
* Not pregnant or pregnant greater than 28 weeks gestation
* Receiving prenatal care outside the District of Columbia
* Responded negatively to questions about risk factors
* Suicidal ideation
C: Inclusion Criteria:

1. married female aged 18-40 years
2. fluency in Hindi or Marathi
3. residence with husband in the area of study for a period of 2 months or greater
4. reports that husband engaged in either heavy drinking- past 30 day drunken behavior, or frequent drinking- 3 drinking days in past 7 days, or lifetime spousal violence perpetration
5. no plans to relocate from the area in the next year.

Exclusion Criteria:

* cognitive impairment indicated at recruitment
D: Inclusion Criteria - Women with a diagnosis of substance abuse or dependence who also have either full or sub-threshold DSM-IV PTSD.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Women will be excluded from the study who have current psychotic disorders, or a history of active psychosis (past two months); women with a diagnosis of substance abuse or dependence who also have either full or sub-threshold DSM-IV PTSD; and women who have current psychotic disorders, or a history of active psychosis (past two months).

Answer: A