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Monthly Archives: July 2014

Facts

Perpetrator Risk Factors for Violence against Women

Information and statistics on violence against women, perpetrators of violence against women, age of perpetrators, and individual risk factors for violence against women.
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Facts

Understanding Teen Dating Violence

Teen dating fact sheet summarizing what teen dating violence is, why it's a problem, who is at risk, who it affect health, how can we prevent it, and how does the CDC approach prevention.
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Guidelines

Develop a Collaborative Model of Care

Suggested protocol guidelines for a safe and effective response to abuse.
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Report

Committee on Health Care for Underserved Women: Intimate Partner Violence

A discussion of how obstetrician-gynecologists are in unique position to assess and provide support for women who experience intimate partner violence.
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Guidelines

Trauma Informed Reporting of Domestic Violence and Child Abuse

Trauma informed reporting begins with recognizing that a report made against a patient’s wishes may lead to feelings of helplessness and frustration. This document includes a sample script and talking points.
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Brochure

National Domestic Sexual And Dating Violence Resources And Referrals

Directory of hotlines and organizations for victims including special issues and culturally specific centers.
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Guidelines

Creating a Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Resource Sheet

A worksheet for local programs to document what services are offered.
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Manual

Using a Systems ­Model Approach to Improving IPV Services in a Large Health Care Organization

This summary will describe Kaiser Permanente’s systems model approach to delivering services for IPV, including how this approach has been implemented and evaluated.
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Guidelines

Protocol for Adolescent Relationship Abuse Prevention and Intervention

The purpose of this protocol to aid in the promotion of healthy relationships with adolescent patients and encourage assessment and support for adolescent relationship abuse with sexually active female patients.
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Guidelines

Sample Community Public Health Services Domestic Violence Protocol

The purpose of this protocol is to set a standard to improve both the quality of the care given by individual health care providers and the overall CPHS response to domestic violence.
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Guidelines

Sample Guidelines for Clinical Assessment and Intervention

This protocol is intended to assist medical professionals in complying with standards and thus improving service to this group of patients.
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Guidelines

Family Violence Office Self Assessment Tool

Form for health care providers to evaluate their office policies and procedures, office physical environment, office cultural environment, training for providers, assessment, documentation, management, evaluation, collaborative activities.
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Guidelines

Competencies Needed by Health Professionals for Addressing Exposure to Violence and Abuse in Patient Care

The following core competencies have been developed to help ensure that all health care professionals have a solid understanding of the problem, and gain the skills and confidence they will need to combat the epidemic of violence and abuse.
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Report

Children’s Exposure to Violence: A Comprehensive National Survey

This Bulletin discusses the National Survey of Children's Exposure to Violence, the most comprehensive nationwide survey of the incidence and prevalence of children's exposure to violence to date.
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Report

Intimate Partner Violence in the United States: 2010 Study

Findings in this report are based on data from the National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey (NISVS).
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Guidelines

Sample Victim Registration Form

Sample victim registration form.
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Report

Defending Childhood: Protect, Heal, Thrive

This report calls for action by the federal government, states, tribes, communities, and the private sector across the country to defend all of our children against exposure to violence.
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Report

Adverse Child Experience: Link Between Exposure and Health

Presentation slides detailing a study conducted with 17,421 participants on childhood exposure and health.
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Report

Future Directions for BIPs: Examining the Power of Male Peer Support and Building Alternative Support Communities

An exploration of male peer support and the strength and direction of that support as a factor in the decision-making of male batterers regarding the infliction of violence, verbal denigration and coercive controls.
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Report

The Survival of Batterers Programs? Responding to “Evidence-Based Practice” and Improving Program Operation

This paper discusses responding to “Evidence-Based Practice” and improving program operation.
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Report

Assessing the Efficacy of Batterer Intervention Programs in Context

This paper was prepared to facilitate an informed group discussion about the efficacy of batter intervention programs (BIPs).
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Policy Paper

Stop Abuse for Every (SAFE) Teen Act: Teen Dating Violence is an Education Issue

Teen dating violence is pervasive and results in poor physical and mental health, lower academic achievement, truancy and school drop-out.
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Report

The Impact of the National Institute on Fatherhood, Domestic Violence, and Visitation on the Capacity of Supervised Visitation Centers

This report describes research findings in order to evaluate the impact of the Institute in its first five years of existence.
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Report

Group Work with Men Who Batter: What the Research Literature Indicates

This paper focuses on the research on small group treatment programs for men who batter. There is controversy over which, if any, programs are the most effective.
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Manual

Fathering After Violence: The Reparative Framework

Based on the qualitative research, we developed a theoretical framework to conceptualize the process of healing between children and their fathers who have renounced violence.
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Manual

Breaking the Cycle: Tools

These three exercises addressing Empathy, Modeling and the Reparative Framework are provided in Spanish and English.
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Manual

Breaking the Cycle: Part 2, Staff Training

Introduce the Fathering After Violence exercises to all program staff and prepare group facilitators for the implementation of these exercises.
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Guidelines

Know Your Rights: Title IX Prohibits Sexual Harassment and Sexual Violence Where You Go to School

Information regarding the specific requirements of Title IX as they pertain to sexual harassment and sexual violence.
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Guidelines

Beyond Title IX: Guidelines for Preventing and Responding to Gender-based Violence in Higher Education

This document addresses intimate partner violence, stalking and sexual misconduct, recognizing that institutions may choose to have separate or integrated policies regarding these offenses.
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Guidelines

Model Campus Stalking Policy

This document provides examples of stalking policies intended for schools to adapt and implement on their campuses.
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Policy Paper

Letter from the United States Department of Education Office for Civil Rights

Letter from the United States Department of Education Office for Civil Rights addressing Title IX of the Education Amendment of 1972.
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Report

Healthy Teens: The World’s First 3D Video Game to Support the Teaching and Learning of Positive, Protective Relationship skills

A look at using a 3-D, immersive video game designed to help teens learn about healthy relationship.
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Report

School Climate Reform & Teen Dating Violence

A look at social norms and academic achievement.
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Report

Promoting Healthy Relationships at School, Teen Dating Violence Prevention: Why Middle School Matters

A look at how to embed healthy relationships into school policies to create positive change.
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Guidelines

Effective Responses to Teen Sexting: A Guide for Judges and Other Professionals

This report reflects discussions as well as research on the latest legal, educational, and programmatic responses to teen sexting. It answers questions judges and other community leaders may have about this challenging issue.
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Policy Paper

Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000

One page document on the findings and purpose of Title V: Battered Immigrant Women.
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Report

Application of Protection Remedies For Victims of Domestic Abuse, Human Trafficking, and Crime Under U.S. Law

This paper will give an overview of the current status of applicability of self petitions and T-Visas for victims of human trafficking.
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Policy Paper

Domestic Violence and Home Visiting: Federal Policy Recommendations

Policy recommendations for home visitation programs.
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Report

Intimate Partner Violence, Children & Early Childhood Home Visitation

Researchers emphasized the effects of intimate partner violence on children’s development.
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Guidelines

Sample Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) Between Home Visitation

The goals of this MOU is to help establish a deeper relationship between home visitation and domestic violence programs and create opportunities to connect pregnant and parenting women to home visitation services.
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Report

Evidence for Home Visiting Programs to Reduce Intimate Partner Violence and related Health Disparities

An evaluation of domestic violence interventions in home visitation programs.
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Policy Paper

Screening for IPV By Health Care Providers: FVPSA Response

Key findings, recommendations, and the Affordable Care Act.
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Report

Responding to Abuse Against Women with Disabilities

It is critical that health care providers recognize and respond to an expanded definition of domestic violence e when serving women with disabilities.
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Manual

How to Create a Health Care-Based Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Program

This document includes information pertaining to health care effects and costs of domestic violence, health care response to domestic violence, federal health care reform, and a model for creating domestic violence response in health care settings.
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Brochure

Building and Strengthening Health Care-Based Domestic Violence Programs Resource List

Listing of Guidelines, State Statutes and Reporting Policies , Program Development, Health Care Professional Training, Evaluation, Tools and Materials, Reference Books, IOM, Recommendations, Employee Assistance, and Position Statements.
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Guidelines

Creating a Domestic Violence Health Care Response Worksheet

Ten steps to create a health care response.
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Guidelines

Sample Domestic Violence and Strangulation Policy

This policy includes sample language surrounding the policy, procedure, and documentation for routine screening, indicators, intervention, community resources.
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Report

Certified Batterer Intervention Programs: History, Philosophies, Techniques, Collaborations, Innovations and Challenges

While treatment programs for batterers have proliferated in the United States over the past 20 years, little is known about these programs by other human service providers.
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