This study examined the efficacy of a short virtual case simulation for Korean American (KA) faith leaders, “Religious Leaders for Healthy Families.” The goal of the program is to increase knowledge about intimate partner violence (IPV) and healthy intimate partner relationships, enhance self-efficacy in IPV prevention and intervention, strengthen attitudes that support their roles on IPV prevention and intervention, increase positive outcome expectations of their actions, and increase behavioral intentions and behaviors on IPV prevention and intervention. KA faith leaders from two large metropolitan areas with a high concentration of KA immigrants were invited to participate in the study (N=102). Participants completed three online assessments: baseline, a 3-month, and a 6-month follow-up. After the baseline assessment, participants were randomized to either intervention (n = 53) or control (n = 49). The intervention consisted of four online simulation modules, each taking approximately 15–20 min to complete. At the 6-month follow-up, faith leaders in the intervention group significantly increased their knowledge and self-efficacy in IPV prevention and intervention compared to the control group. Mean scores for attitudes against IPV and prevention behaviors increased from baseline to the 6-month follow-up for the intervention group more than the control group, but the differences were not statistically significant. “Religious Leaders for Healthy Families” has the potential to reduce disparities in accessing resources and services for immigrant survivors of IPV. With its ease of use, this short, free online intervention has a high potential for uptake among faith leaders. Results are promising, but the COVID-19 pandemic negatively affected the study, with participants having scarce opportunities to practice the skills learned from the intervention. A larger follow-up study that combines “Religious Leaders for Healthy Families” with a community-wide intervention that targets all community members is warranted to reach more faith leaders and community members.

这项研究检查了针对韩裔美国人 (KA) 信仰领袖“健康家庭的宗教领袖”的简短虚拟案例模拟的效果。该计划的目标是增加关于亲密伴侣暴力 (IPV) 和健康亲密伴侣关系的知识，提高在 IPV 预防和干预方面的自我效能，加强支持他们在 IPV 预防和干预中的作用的态度，增加他们对他们的积极结果的期望行动，并增加对 IPV 预防和干预的行为意图和行为。来自KA移民高度集中的两个大都市地区的KA信仰领袖被邀请参加研究（N=102)。参与者完成了三项在线评估：基线、3 个月和 6 个月的随访。基线评估后，参与者被随机分配到干预组（n = 53）或对照组（n= 49)。干预包括四个在线模拟模块，每个模块大约需要 15-20 分钟才能完成。在 6 个月的随访中，与对照组相比，干预组的信仰领袖显着提高了他们在 IPV 预防和干预方面的知识和自我效能。从基线到随访 6 个月，干预组对 IPV 的态度和预防行为的平均得分高于对照组，但差异无统计学意义。“健康家庭的宗教领袖”有可能减少 IPV 移民幸存者在获取资源和服务方面的差距。凭借其易用性，这种简短、免费的在线干预在信仰领袖中具有很高的应用潜力。结果很有希望，但 COVID-19 大流行对该研究产生了负面影响，参与者几乎没有机会练习从干预中学到的技能。有必要进行一项更大的后续研究，将“健康家庭的宗教领袖”与针对所有社区成员的社区干预相结合，以接触更多的信仰领袖和社区成员。