Provider/Patient Tools
Screening alone is not enough, a clinical response includes the following steps:
- Disclosing limits of confidentiality
- Brochure-based screening
- Support and harm reduction
- Supported referral
- Documentation
The National Health Resource Center on Domestic Violence offers both online and hard copy tools to support IPV screening and counseling education for clinicians, advocates, and others. To view the comprehensive online catalog of materials, click here. Select provider tools are also identified below:
- Safety cards to facilitate screening
- National Consensus Guidelines on Identifying and Responding to Domestic Violence Victimization in Health Care Settings
- A Guide to Addressing Intimate Partner Violence, Reproductive and Sexual Coercion
- Hanging Out or Hooking Up: Clinical Guidelines on Responding to Adolescent Relationship Abuse
- Identifying and Responding to Domestic Violence: Consensus Recommendations for Child and Adolescent Health
- Validated screening tools
- Provider button: “Is someone hurting you? You can talk to me about it.”
- Posters to hang in waiting and exam rooms
- Get the facts on domestic, sexual and dating violence
Select patient tools are also identified below:
The National Health Resource Center on Domestic Violence offers both online and hard copy patient resources to support DV/SA screening and counseling. To view the comprehensive online catalog of materials, click here. The catalog includes multi-lingual versions of some patient resources, including resources specific to diverse ethnic groups and American Indian/Alaska Native communities. Select patient tools are also identified below:
- Sample newsletters, safety cards and posters
- Discharge instructions
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