The Implementation of the Advocacy Intervention for Midlife and Older Women Who Have Experienced Intimate Partner Violence: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial

Lori Weeks   ¹ , PhD ;   Kathleen Allen   ² , MA ;   Catherine Holtmann   ³ , PhD ;   Joni Leger   ² , MAHSR ;   Suzanne Dupuis-Blanchard   ⁴ , RN, PhD ;   Colleen MacQuarrie   ⁵ , PhD ;   Marilyn Macdonald   ⁶ , RN, PhD ;   Elaine Moody   ⁶ , RN, PhD ;   Christie Stilwell   ⁷ , MA ;   Heather Helpard   ⁸ , RN, PhD ;   Danie Gagnon   ² , BBA

¹ School of Health Administration, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada

² Muriel McQueen Fergusson Centre for Family Violence Research, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB, Canada

³ Muriel McQueen Fergusson Centre for Family Violence Research, Department of Sociology, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB, Canada

⁴ School of Nursing, Centre for Aging Research, Université de Moncton, Moncton, NB, Canada

⁵ Department of Psychology, University of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, PE, Canada

⁶ School of Nursing, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada

⁷ Faculty of Health, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada

⁸ Rankin School of Nursing, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS, Canada