C l i n i c a l  G u i d e l i n e s

 
National Guidelines for the Health Care Response to Intimate Partner Violence

The recommendations for intimate partner violence screening, assessment, documentation and intervention provided on this web site are based on the excellent clinical guidelines by the American Medical Association and the Family Violence Prevention Fund. Vermont clinicians are encouraged to obtain copies of some of the guidelines for their offices. Both are available online or can be ordered at as hard copies from the organizations’ websites:
 

The National Consensus Guidelines on Identifying and Responding to Domestic Violence Victimization in Health Care Settings

• Designed to assist health care professionals from multiple settings and in various disciplines in addressing domestic violence victimization.
• Includes assessment, documentation, intervention and referral information.
• Developed by the Family Violence Prevention Fund in partnership with leading experts from around the country

 Order at http://endabuse.org/programs/display.php3?DocID=206

Or download as PDF file at http://endabuse.org/programs/healthcare/files/Consensus.pdf

Identifying and Responding to Domestic Violence:

Consensus Recommendations for Child and Adolescent Health

• Developed by the Family Violence Prevention Fund in partnership the American Academy of Family Physicians, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners
• Designed to assist health care professionals from the pediatric and family physician settings in addressing adult and childhood domestic violence victimization.

Order at: http://endabuse.org/programs/display.php3?DocID=231

Or download as PDF file at: http://endabuse.org/programs/healthcare/files/Pediatric.pdf

American Medical Association

In addition to excellent Physician Guidelines (see links below), the AMA also offers case studies, policy statements, and other documents on their Violence Prevention web page

http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/3242.html

AMA Diagnostic and Treatment Guidelines on Violence and Abuse

Domestic violence 

http://www.ama-assn.org/ama1/pub/upload/mm/386/domesticviolence.pdf

Mental Health Effects of Family Violence

http://www.ama-assn.org/ama1/pub/upload/mm/386/mentaleffects.pdf

Elder Abuse and Neglect

http://www.ama-assn.org/ama1/pub/upload/mm/386/elderabuse.pdf

Sexual Assault

http://www.ama-assn.org/ama1/pub/upload/mm/386/sexualassault.pdf

Child physical abuse and neglect

http://www.ama-assn.org/ama1/pub/upload/mm/386/childabuse.pdf

Child sexual abuse

http://www.ama-assn.org/ama1/pub/upload/mm/386/childsexabuse.pdf

Physician Guide to Media Violence

http://www.ama-assn.org/ama1/pub/upload/mm/386/mediaviolence.pdf
 

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