| Name: | Desmarais, Dr. Sarah |
| Degree: | BA (Hons), MA, PhD |
| Academic Rank: | Post Doctoral Research Fellow |
| Academic Department: | Health Care & Epidemiology |
| Academic Division: | Medicine |
| Address: | BC Women's Hospital & Health Centre Room E409 - 4500 Oak Street Vancouver, BC V6H 3N1 |
| Phone: | 604 875 2424 ext 5372 |
| Fax: | 604 875 3124 |
| Email: | sarah.desmarais@ubc.ca |
| Research Interests: | Intimate Partner Abuse Mental Health Reproductive Health Criminal Behaviour |
| Research Projects: | I am currently engaged in research evaluating the effectiveness of an intimate partner violence intervention, delivered by community nurses in the context of primary care, in reducing violence and improving health outcomes among pregnant women. The purpose of this research is to assist women experiencing partner violence during pregnancy to remain safe from harm through the use of safety enhancing strategies (e.g. identification of an escape route out of the house, staying in a women's shelter, obtaining a no contact order) and, in so doing, to improve their (mental and physical) health and that of their newborns. Specific research questions are: (1) Does the intervention reduce partner violence? (2) Does the intervention improve maternal and newborn health? (3) How effective are specific safety enhancing strategies and is effectiveness related to women's satisfaction with the strategies? (4) How are women's intervention experiences shaped by social, political, and economic factors? |
| Selected Publications: | See attached sheet for more information. |
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