What is IRIS+?

The IRIS+ training and advocacy intervention is extending the successful IRIS project.

IRIS (Identification and Referral to Improve Safety) is a specialist domestic violence and abuse training, support and referral programme for general practices that has been positively evaluated in a randomised controlled trial.

Success in identifying women through IRIS is growing, but men and children and young people who either witness or experience domestic abuse are rarely identified in primary care and referred for specialist support.

While continuing to address the needs of women, IRIS+ is expanding the scope of support to include children and young people living with domestic abuse and/or experiencing it in their own relationships, and men experiencing or perpetrating domestic violence and abuse.

If you have any questions about the IRIS+ study or training, then please contact us: iris-plus@bristol.ac.uk.