Opportunities and benefits for participating sites

Participating organisations will contribute to building the evidence base for a whole-of-hospital approach to responding to family violence thereby informing policy and practice and advocacy for the ongoing sustainability of domestic and family violence programs within the hospital and health service setting.

A final report will be disseminated broadly. This will present results in a de-identified manner and provide an overall summary of the findings and recommendations as appropriate.

Participating hospitals will also receive an individual confidential organisational report that includes their final audit findings. This allows hospitals to understand the contribution of the Strengthening Hospital Responses to Family Violence (SHRFV) program and why the results have or have not occurred. Further, this is an opportunity for hospitals to gain a deeper understanding of which components of the SHRFV program have had the greatest impact in their service, as well as providing practice recommendations for further resourcing, development and action.