Understand the topic
What this means in daily life
A crisis centre should organise support around the person seeking help. Co-location is useful only if medical, police, legal, psychological and shelter services accept their roles without forcing repeated disclosure.
Services in one building can still operate as separate queues with repeated questioning and rejected referrals. The proposed centre would assign responsibility for each requested form of help and confirm how support continues after the person leaves.
Data reference table
Evidence Snapshot
Read each value with its reporting period, population and limitations. A historical national reference is not a local baseline or proof that an IFT proposal works.
5 measurement records still need data and a review of their relevance.
| Signal | Reference Value | Period / Population | How to Read It | Source Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time to immediate protection | Not established Data required — not zero | Reporting period: Information Required Population and geography: Information Required | Proposed measure; no observed value is established here. Limitations: Define the measure, unit, reporting period and covered population; obtain a traceable dataset and review its suitability for this topic before using a number. | Source organisation: Information Required Direct source URL: not yet verified Source publication date: not established Verification status: Data required |
| Completed warm handoffs | Not established Data required — not zero | Reporting period: Information Required Population and geography: Information Required | Proposed measure; no observed value is established here. Limitations: Define the measure, unit, reporting period and covered population; obtain a traceable dataset and review its suitability for this topic before using a number. | Source organisation: Information Required Direct source URL: not yet verified Source publication date: not established Verification status: Data required |
| Repeat severe harm | Not established Data required — not zero | Reporting period: Information Required Population and geography: Information Required | Proposed measure; no observed value is established here. Limitations: Define the measure, unit, reporting period and covered population; obtain a traceable dataset and review its suitability for this topic before using a number. | Source organisation: Information Required Direct source URL: not yet verified Source publication date: not established Verification status: Data required |
| Safe housing continuity | Not established Data required — not zero | Reporting period: Information Required Population and geography: Information Required | Proposed measure; no observed value is established here. Limitations: Define the measure, unit, reporting period and covered population; obtain a traceable dataset and review its suitability for this topic before using a number. | Source organisation: Information Required Direct source URL: not yet verified Source publication date: not established Verification status: Data required |
| Survivor-reported service quality | Not established Data required — not zero | Reporting period: Information Required Population and geography: Information Required | Proposed measure; no observed value is established here. Limitations: Define the measure, unit, reporting period and covered population; obtain a traceable dataset and review its suitability for this topic before using a number. | Source organisation: Information Required Direct source URL: not yet verified Source publication date: not established Verification status: Data required |
Different surveys, administrative records, estimates and reporting years are not interchangeable. No combined IFT score is calculated from these rows.
Evidence coverage and review log (CSV) · Structured evidence register (JSON)
10 ideas for this topic
What could be done — and what needs testing
These are proposals for research and local testing. They are not claims that a project has been funded, implemented or proved successful.
Private first contact
Provide a confidential place to explain immediate needs
What to check: Check whether reception conversations can be overheard
Support choices
Explain available services and limits in understandable language
What to check: Ask whether the woman can decline an option without losing others
Medical referral
Confirm an accepting qualified health service when requested or required
What to check: Track waiting between referral and clinical reception
Legal assistance
Connect the person with qualified independent legal advice
What to check: Check whether advice is available before irreversible decisions
Psychological support
Offer appropriately trained support without compulsory disclosure
What to check: Ask whether sessions feel voluntary and private
Shelter handoff
Verify safe accommodation access through authorised staff
What to check: Check dependent care and accessibility before referral
Single explanation record
Share only necessary authorised information between teams
What to check: Assess whether repeated narration has actually decreased
Transport arrangements
Plan practical travel between centre and receiving services
What to check: Check who pays and accompanies if requested
Continuity contact
Agree a safe follow-up channel with the woman
What to check: Test shared-device and controlling-household risks
Service complaint
Provide an independent route to report centre failures
What to check: Check that complaints cannot reduce access to support
References and evidence limits
- WHO: Health care for women subjected to violence
Physical emotional safety and continuing support needs; adult clinical handbook, not child-specific procedure.
- Ministry of Women and Child Development: One Stop Centre Scheme
Existing coordinated medical legal police counselling and temporary shelter model; local capacity is not verified.
- NALSA: Assistance for women
Qualified legal-service referral routes exist; no individual right or dispute outcome is decided here.
Reference guidance informs the proposal. It does not establish local conditions, approve a design or prove that these proposed projects work.