The protocol is used during 12 to 14 individual sessions
with an interventionist over a six-month period (Ford-
Gilboe, Merritt-Gray, et al., 2011). The six components of
the Intervention for Health Enhancement After Leaving are addressed in three phases. In getting in
sync, interventionists and women begin to build mutual
trust by discussing the woman’s priorities, the survival context,
and the nature of the Intervention for Health Enhancement After Leaving and the Strengthening Capacity to Limit Intrusion theory, as
well as planning the order of their work on components. In
working together, for each component, women are supported
to frame their personal experiences of intrusion in
light of what is known about other survivors’ intrusion experiences,
using paper-based tools or exercises developed
for this purpose. Focused discussion as they complete the
tools helps women examine the effects of intrusion and the Intervention for Health Enhancement After Leaving in partnership with the workers from the domestic violence outreach
program. Policy partners supported the language of
“feasibility” versus “pilot” because the word “pilot” could set
up public expectations of future implementation. A key goal
of the PHSI program is more timely knowledge transfer by
engaging decision-makers in the research process.