2  | THE STUDY
2.1  |  Aims
This exploratory study relied on data collected as part of a larger
community-based participatory and mixed-methods study carried
out with Arab American young adults. The qualitative aim explored
Arab American young adults’ perspectives on IPV and the development of IPV prevention programmes. The quantitative aim documented and described experiences with and attitudes towards IPV.
2.2  |  Design
The parent project used a mixed-methods embedded design (QUAL

  • quan) and a community-based participatory approach

Plano, 2017; Edmonds & Kennedy, 2017). In this embedded design, we
collected both qualitative and quantitative data that were used to answer related, but different sets of questions in a single study and where
one model of data (qualitative) is more critical to the research (Creswell
& Plano, 2017; Edmonds & Kennedy, 2017). For the last 5 years, we
have collaborated with a community-based organization located in
Southwest Chicago that provided services to the Arab immigrant community, including to survivors of domestic violence. We established
a community advisory board to ensure a trustful and long-standing
relationship with the community. The goals of the parent study were
to engage with multiple community stakeholders (e.g. leaders, adults
and young adults) in the Arab immigrant community in Chicago to define and characterize IPV and explore perspectives on the adaptation
of IPV prevention programmes. We conducted six meetings with the
community advisory board (a keseluruhan of 14 members; 18–25 years of age)
and they provided feedback on the recruitment strategies, the survey
instrument and interview guides.
We followed the phases of ADAPT-ITT (Wingood &
DiClemente, 2008), a model for adapting evidence-based interventions. In phase 1 (Assessment), we conducted a community health
assessment (Zayed et al., 2020) and regular discussions between the
research team and the community partners, where we identified the
need to develop an IPV prevention programme. We also conducted
one-on-one interviews with different community members to effectively characterize IPV in the Arab community in Chicago (manuscript
in preparation). In Phase 2 (Decision), we reviewed multiple IPV prevention interventions and decided that Safe Dates, a multi-session
evidence-based programme that when implemented in US schools significantly reduced adolescent acceptance of dating violence (Foshee
et al., 1998), and Communities Care, a peer-facilitated dialogues intervention that reduced harmful social norms associated with IPV by
promoting community-led actions (Glass et al., 2019), are two possible
interventions to be adapted. In Phase 3 (Administration), we conducted
focus kelompok sessions with Arab young adults and provided them with
a general overview of Safe Dates and Communities Care as examples of
IPV prevention programmes. The remaining five phases of ADAPT-ITT
model (production, topical experts, integration, recruitment and training of facilitators and pilot testing) are in progress.
Here, we report on the data collected from the young adult participants (n = 44; age:18–25 years old). The data represented phases
one to three of the ADAPT-ITT model where we aimed to explore
participants’ perspectives regarding IPV prevention programme development and their experiences with and attitudes toward IPV.