Globally, the reports of domestic violence increased remarkably since social isolation and quarantine measures came into force due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Domestic violence is a broad term, which includes the wide range of violations perpetrated by current or ex-partner or the violence is against children, parents or elderly. It affects on the well-being of the whole family and results serious physical, mental, sexual-and reproductive health problems. Social and healthcare professionals need more knowledge, skills, and education to identify and intervene in domestic violence. Additionally, there was a need to develop professionals´ digital methods and competences, which are highly needed during the pandemic times, such as COVID-19. DOMINO project aimed to provide knowledge and education for current and future social and healthcare professionals in Higher Educational Institutions (HEIs) for prevention and early intervention of domestic violence by developing an educational DOMINO course and mobile application. Longer term aim was to improve the well-being and care of victims and perpetrators by improving early intervention and prevention of domestic violence. The overall aim was to provide best available knowledge and education for current and future social and healthcare professionals for prevention and early intervention of domestic violence by developing an pedagogical framework, an open access online course and an educational mobile application. In addition to these direct outcomes, in the project we also wanted to: - ensure that the most appropriate competences and digital methods for the prevention of domestic violence in a digital era are developed propelling participating countries to the next level of HEI education - ensure that the outcome is relevant for those who can benefit from it - allow sharing of good practices between countries - strengthen networking and internationalization opportunities for HEI teachers and professionals in working life - increase participants’ level of digital competency through the creation and use of new online education tools The activities implemented in DOMINO project were: - Online kick-off meeting in April 2021 - Creating and maintaining DOMINO website and Facebook page, with other active dissemination measures throughout the project - In IO1, Panel discussions and analyses, leading to the framework for DOMINO - prevention of domestic violence online course - In IO2 , beginning the DOMINO - prevention of domestic violence course development in an online Learning, teaching and training event in January, 2022 - In IO2, DOMINO - prevention of domestic violence online course development and its piloting - In IO3, DOMINO mobile application development and its piloting - Transnational project meeting in Athens in May 2022 - Final meeting in Finland In February 2023 - Multiplier events in each country during the last six months of the project lifespan. The concrete results of DOMINO project are: IO1: framework for DOMINO - prevention of domestic violence online course . As an output of the panel discussions and their evaluation, framework was created for the online course. It was built around the themes that were found important in the panel discussions and their evaluation. The framework was used as an base of the online course, so it is available as the curriculum of the course. IO2 DOMINO online course for preventing domestic violence The DOMINO – prevention of domestic violence course (5 ECTS) is an independent online course in English. The course consists of five different sections, one ECTS each, which include independent reading and assignments. This course will be suitable for all social and health care students and professionals who want to strengthen their understanding and knowledge of prevention and early intervention of domestic violence. The course aims to provide knowledge and skills to social and healthcare professionals for prevention and early intervention of domestic violence. The ultimate goal is that social and healthcare professionals will be able to work in a multidisciplinary team in order to address the domestic violence as a public health phenomenon.After the completion of the course the students; • are able to conceptualize domestic violence as phenomena • know different forms and the consequences of domestic violence • are able to recognize the situations when it is needed to intervene sensitively and are aware of the tools and resources of the community • are able to identify domestic violence and to recognize the risk groups • know the appropriate interventions and can contribute and liaise • acquire multidisciplinary perspectives and skills for interprofessional cooperation in the social and health sector • acquire the skills to address the concern of violence • become aware of their own attitudes and values towards domestic violence • have the understanding of the digital tools and communication to prevent and intervene domestic violence The course is openly available for educational purposes and it can be accessed here: https://deb.tuas.fi/moodle/course/view.php?id=5domino IO3 DOMINO mobile application The educational DOMINO mobile application is a freely available, easy-to-use mobile tool for prevention and early intervention of domestic violence for current and future socialand healthcare professionals. The application provides help for the daily working life in professionals. It can also be used in higher education institutions as part of social and health care students’ curricula, providing the new and innovative ways of teaching and learning. The app contains the following sections: Find help, Support and prevent, Checklist, Case Studies, Domino Course (online) and About. The app is available is English, Finnish, Swedish, Greek, Portuguese and Latvian. The app is downloadable for Android phones in Google Play store (search for DOMINO - stop domestic violence).
The overall aim was to provide best available knowledge and education for current and future social and healthcare professionals for prevention and early intervention of domestic violence by developing an pedagogical framework, an open access online course and an educational mobile application. In addition to these direct outcomes, in the project we also wanted to: - ensure that the most appropriate competences and digital methods for the prevention of domestic violence in a digital era are developed propelling participating countries to the next level of HEI education - ensure that the outcome is relevant for those who can benefit from it - allow sharing of good practices between countries - strengthen networking and internationalization opportunities for HEI teachers and professionals in working life - increase participants’ level of digital competency through the creation and use of new online education tools
Globally, the reports of domestic violence increased remarkably since social isolation and quarantine measures came into force due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Domestic violence is a broad term, which includes the wide range of violations perpetrated by current or ex-partner or the violence is against children, parents or elderly. It affects on the well-being of the whole family and results serious physical, mental, sexual-and reproductive health problems. Social and healthcare professionals need more knowledge, skills, and education to identify and intervene in domestic violence. Additionally, there was a need to develop professionals´ digital methods and competences, which are highly needed during the pandemic times, such as COVID-19. DOMINO project aimed to provide knowledge and education for current and future social and healthcare professionals in Higher Educational Institutions (HEIs) for prevention and early intervention of domestic violence by developing an educational DOMINO course and mobile application. Longer term aim was to improve the well-being and care of victims and perpetrators by improving early intervention and prevention of domestic violence.