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Further Resources on Intimate Partner Violence for Health Care Providers

 

 

Websites Offering Clinical Guidelines and Resources:

The Family Violence Prevention Fund www.endabuse.org  (click on “programs”, then on “health”) has lots of resources for health care settings. Including free information packets, stats and facts, manuals, outreach materials (posters, stickers, safety cards etc)

The video “Screening to End Abuse” shows 5 clinical scenarios in different settings. It can be purchased for $10. Their “National Consensus Guidelines on Identifying and Responding to Domestic Violence Victimization in Health Care Settings” are downloadable in PDF format or can be purchased for $5.


AMA Violence Prevention Website:
 http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/3242.html

“Diagnostic and Treatment Guidelines on Domestic Violence” . Online in PDF format or order. They also have guidelines on other forms of violence including child and elder abuse. If you go to the AMA website sitemap, click on “Public Health” then on “Violence Prevention” you can find all physician guidelines as well as other relevant documents.

Online video can help physician practices address family violence
The AMA has released “Preparing your practice to address family violence,” a new online program as part of the Educating Physicians on Controversies and Challenges in Health series. This episode explores patient exposure to family violence, including child maltreatment, intimate partner violence and elder abuse. In order for the physician to best intervene, certain steps should be taken in preparation.

After viewing the program, physicians should be able to recognize the impact of violence and abuse on the health and well-being of patients, and to apply the strategies to their practice in order to treat patients exposed to past or current family violence.

Visit http://www.ama-assn.org/go/epoch to view this free video and others in the series.

 


Violence Against Women Online Resources  http://www.vaw.umn.edu/library/dv/ 

This site is a cooperative project of Office on Violence Against Women, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice and Minnesota Center Against Violence And Abuse within the School of Social Work at the University of Minnesota. Has a large number of excellent articles and other resources. Click on “domestic violence” and then go to the subheading of “health care”.


American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists: www.acog.org  search for their excellent “Violence Against Women homepage”


Toolkit To End Violence Against Women. The web-based Toolkit was developed by the National Advisory Council on Violence Against Women, a council that is chaired by the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. http://toolkit.ncjrs.org. Particularly relevant for health care professionals is Chapter 2: Improving the Health and Mental Health Care Systems’ Responses to Violence Against Women (direct link:http://toolkit.ncjrs.org/files/fullchapter2.pdf )


Nursing Network to End Violence Against Women International:
www.nnvawi.org


Child Witness To Violence Project, Boston Medical Center
www.bostonchildhealth/childwitnesstoviolence


Other Websites:
For VT definitions and laws regarding domestic violence, child abuse and abuse of vulnerable persons check Vermont Statutes www.leg.state.vt.us/statutes


Stalking Resource Center (National Center for Victims of Crime) www.ncvc.org/src


Children Exposed to Domestic Violence:
Online article: Making the Link: Promoting the Safety of Battered Women and Children Exposed to Domestic Violence ( http://www.mincava.umn.edu/link/faqs)


Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Sexual Violence Fact Sheet http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/factsheets/svfacts.htm


Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Report on the Costs of Intimate Partner Violence http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/pub-res/ipv_cost/index.htm


Extent, Nature, and Consequences of Intimate Partner Violence: Findings from the National Violence Against Women Survey
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij/pubs-sum/181867.htm


Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network
go to the victim resource section: www.rainn.org/whatshould to access information on rape drugs, rape statutes, and the impact of sexual violence..


Rape Treatment Center, Santa Monica, UCLA Medical Center
has great information on rape drugs http://www.911rape.org/


List of all publications on gender based violence by the International Planned Parenthood Federation– most of them are available online: http://www.ippfwhr.org/publications/publications_by_topic_e.asp?
CategoryID=5&CategoryName=violence

International Planned Parenthood Federation Newsletter. Spring 2000. “The Link Between Gender-Based Violence and Sexual and Reproductive Health” http://www.ippfwhr.org/publications/serial_issue_e.asp?
PubID=10&SerialIssuesID=2

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International Perspectives:

Population Report

Heise L, Ellsberg M, Gotemoeller M. Ending Violence Against Women. Population Reports. Series L, No. 11. Baltimore, Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health, Population Information Programme, December 1999. Overview of violence against women on a global level with an emphasis on the reproductive health and development effects of violence. Includes global statistics on the prevalence of different types of VAW. www.infoforhealth.org/pr/


United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Has developed  "A Practical Approach to Gender-Based Violence: A Programme Guide for Health Care Providers and Managers." This document is a step-by-step guide on how to integrate the screening and referral of women into healthcare settings. In English, French, and Spanish. It is located under technical publications. www.unfpa.org


World Health Organization (WHO) Krug E, Dahlberg L, Mercy J, Zwi A, Lozano R. (eds). World Report on Violence and Health. WHO. Geneva, 2002. Expressing the belief that violence is treatable and preventable, this book focuses on a number of types of violence, including sexual and intimate partner violence. http://www.who.int/violence_injury_prevention/violence/
world_report/wrvheng/en/

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Curricula and Online Curricula

Go to Vermont Curriculum, More Curricula, or  Online Curricula

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Books:

This is a small selection of books that other health care practitioners have found helpful. Many more books are available. Also check the article section below.


Clinical Response
Patricia Salber, M.D., and Ellen Taliaferro, M.D., The Physician’s Guide to Domestic Violence: How to Ask the Right Questions and Recognize Abuse, Volcano Press 1995

Carole Warshaw, M.D. and Anne L. Ganley, Ph.D Improving the Health Care Response to Domestic Violence: A Resource Manual for Health Care Providers. You can order this manual as a hard copy or view/download the chapter online at the Family Violence Prevention Fund web site at http://endabuse.org/programs/healthcare/files/trainersmanual/


Mental Health
Judith Herman, Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence, Basic Books, MD 1992

Mary Koss et al., No Safe Haven: Male Violence Against Women at Home at Work and in the Community, American Psychological Association 1994.

Edward Gondolf, Assessing Woman Battering in the Mental Health Services, Sage 1998.


Legal issues for health care providers addressing domestic violence: Sherri L. Schornstein, Domestic Violence and Health Care: What Every Professional Needs to Know, Thousand Oaks, CA, London and New Delhi: Sage, 1997


About Teen Dating Violence
Barrie Levy, Dating Violence: Young Women in Danger, Seattle , Seal Press, 1991, 1998.


About Children witnessing domestic violence:

  • Groves, Betsy. (2001). Children Who See Too Much: Lessons from the Child Witness ToViolence Project. Child Witness To Violence Project, Boston Medical Center,. Or visit their website at www.bostonchildhealth/childwitnesstoviolence
  • Lundy Bancroft & Jay G. Silverman , The Batterer As Parent, Sage Publications, 2002


About Domestic Violence Perpetrators
Lundy Bancroft, Why Does He Do That? Inside The Minds of Angry and Controlling Men, New York, NY, Putnam’s, 2002.

 

For Self Help Literature for Victims and Survivors:
go to For Victims and Survivors

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A Selection of Articles on Domestic Violence in Health Professional Journals

(also check : http://www.globalforumhealth.org/filesupld/vaw/medsettings.html - for articles on domestic and sexual violence and their health effects. Mostly clinical studies, from all over the world)


On Screening, Identification, and Interventions

(Recommended! this article explains in detail the most effective screening strategies for intimate partner violence – in the words of physicians who have tried)

  • American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Child Abuse and Neglect. The role of the pediatrician in recognizing and intervening on behalf of abused women. Pediatrics. 1998;101:1091-1092.
  • Ashur ML. Asking about domestic violence: SAFE questions [Letter]. JAMA. 1993; 269:2367-2367.
  • Chescheir N. Violence against women: response from clinicians. Ann Emerg Med. 1996; 27:766-8.
  • Coker A, Smith P, Bethea L, King M, McKeown R. Physical health consequences of physical and psychological intimate partner violence. Arch Fam Med. 2000; 9:451-457.
  • Ferris LE, Norton PG, Dunn EV, Gort EH, Degani N. Guidelines for managing domestic abuse when male and female partners are patients of the same physician. The Delphi Panel and the Consulting Group. JAMA. 1997;278:851-7.
  • Freund KM, Bak SM, Blackhall L. Identifying domestic violence in primary care practice. J Gen Intern Med. 1996;11:44-6.
  • Friedman LS, Samet JH, Roberts MS, Hudlin M, Hans P. Inquiry about victimization experiences. A survey of patient preferences and physician practices. Arch Intern Med. 1992;152:1186-90.
  • Kovac SH, Klapow JC, Kroenke K, Spitzer RL, Williams JB. Differing symptoms of abused versus nonabused women in obstetric-gynecology settings. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2003;188:707-713.
  • Parsons LH, Zaccaro D, Wells B, Stovall TG. Methods of and attitudes toward screening obstetrics and gynecology patients for domestic violence. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 1995; 173:381-7.
  • Rodriguez MA, Bauer HM, McLoughlin E, Grumbach K. Screening and intervention for intimate partner abuse: practices and attitudes of primary care physicians. JAMA. 1999; 282:468-474.
  • Titus K. When physicians ask, women tell about domestic abuse and violence. JAMA. 1996; 275:1863-5.


Patient Perspectives

  • McCauley J, Yurk RA, Jenckes MW, Ford DE. Inside "Pandora’s Box": abused women’s experiences with clinicians and health services. J Gen Intern Med. 1998;13:549-55.
  • Gerbert B, Johnston K, Caspers N, Bleecker T, Woods A, Rosenbaum A. Experiences of battered women in health care settings: a qualitative study. Women Health. 1996; 24:1-17.
  • Rodriguez MA, Quiroga SS, Bauer HM. Breaking the silence. Battered women’s perspectives on medical care. Arch Fam Med. 1996; 5:153-8.
  • Gerbert B, Abercrombie P, Caspers N, Love C, Bronstone A. How health care providers help battered women: the survivor’s perspective. Women Health. 1999; 29:115-35.


Prevalence

  • Abbott J, Johnson R, Koziol-McLain J, Lowenstein SR. Domestic violence against women. Incidence and prevalence in an emergency department population. JAMA. 1995;273:1763-7.
  • Basile KC. Prevalence of wife rape and other intimate partner sexual coercion in a nationally representative sample of women. Violence Vict. 2002;17:511-524.
  • Hamberger LK, Saunders DG, Hovey M. Prevalence of domestic violence in community practice and rate of physician inquiry. Fam Med. 1992;24:283-7.
  • Mazza D, Dennerstein L, Ryan V. Physical, sexual and emotional violence against women: a general practice-based prevalence study. Med J Aust. 1996;164:14-17.
  • Johnson M, Elliott BA. Domestic violence among family practice patients in midsized and rural communities. J Fam Pract. 1997;44:391-400.
  • Plichta S, Falik M. Prevalence of violence and its implications for women's health. Women's Health Issues, 2001;11:244-258.


Emergency Medicine Settings

  • Muelleman RL, Lenaghan PA, Pakieser RA. Nonbattering presentations to the ED of women in physically abusive relationships. Am J Emerg Med. 1998;16:128-31.
  • McGrath ME, Bettacchi A, Duffy SJ, Peipert JF, Becker BM, St Angelo L. Violence against women: provider barriers to intervention in emergency departments. Acad Emerg Med. 1997;4:297-300.
  • Lee D, Letellier P, McLoughlin E, Salber P. California Hospital Emergency Departments Response to Domestic Violence—Survey Report. San Francisco: Family Violence Prevention Fund; 1993.


Reproductive Health Issues

  • American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. ACOG issues technical bulletin on domestic violence. Am Fam Physician. 1995;52:2387-2388, 2391.
  • Parker B, McFarlane J, Soeken K. Abuse during pregnancy: effects on maternal complications and infant birth weight in adult and teen women. Obstet Gynecol. 1994;841:323-328.
  • McFarlane J, Parker B, Soeken K. Abuse during pregnancy: association with maternal health and infant birth weight. Nurs Res. 1996;45:32-37.
  • Saltzman LE, Johnson CH, Gilbert BC, Goodwin MM. Physical abuse around the time of pregnancy: an examination of prevalence and risk factors in 16 states. Matern Child Health J. 2003;7:31-43.
  • Horon I, Cheng D. Enhanced surveillance for pregnancy-associated mortality -- Maryland, 1993-1998. JAMA. 2001;285:1455-1459.


(Intimate Partner) Sexual Violence and its Health Effects

  • Braitstein P, Li K, Tyndall M, et al. Sexual Violence Among a Cohort of Injection Drug Users. Soc Sci Med. 2003; 57:561-9.
  • Eby K, Campbell J, Sullivan C, Davidson W. Health effects of experiences of sexual violence for women with abusive partners. Health Care of Women International. 1995; 16:563-567.
  • Feletti V. Long-term medical consequences of incest, rape, and molestation. South Med J. 1993; 84:328-331.
  • Koss M. Medical consequences of rape. Violence Update. 1992;3:1-11.
  • Peters RJ Jr, Tortolero SR, Addy RC, et al. The Relationship Between Sexual Abuse and Drug Use: Findings From Houston's Safer Choices 2 Program. J Drug Educ. 2003; 33(1):49-59.
  • Policy Statement. Care of the Adolescent Sexual Assault Victim (RE0067). Pediatrics. 2001;107:1476-1479.


Mandatory Reporting Debate

  • Hyman A, Schillinger D, Lo B. Laws mandating reporting of domestic violence. Do they promote patient well-being? JAMA. 1995;273:1781-7.
  • Rodriguez MA, Craig AM, Mooney DR, Bauer HM. Patient attitudes about mandatory reporting of domestic violence: implications for health care professionals. West J Med. 1998;169:337-41.
  • Salber P. Mandatory reporting of domestic violence: understanding the risks versus the benefits. Action Notes: Physicians for a Violence-free Society. 1997; 23:2-5.

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 Vermont Victim and Provider Resources


VT Network Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault (State Coalition office) 1-802-223-1302. or vtnetwor@vtnetwork.org. The VT Network has a health care project coordinator who can help health care providers and administrators with consultation, training, resources and information.


Local Domestic and Sexual Violence Programs: contact your local program. Statewide hotlines connect victims and survivors to their nearest program: 1-800-ABUSE-95 (domestic violence) ; 1-800-489-7273 (sexual assault).


Safe Space is a social change and social service organization working to end physical, sexual, and emotional violence in the lives of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning (LGBTQQ) people. www.safespacevt.org


Deaf Advocacy Services www.dvas.org
Vermont non-profit organization run by deaf advocates to ensure equal access for deaf victims to appropriate services


Safe At Home Program Vermont Address Confidentiality Program for victims/survivors of domestic and sexual violence or stalking who are relocating for safety reasons and need to keep the address confidential from their abuser. Located at the Secretary of State Office.
http://www.sec.state.vt.us/otherprg/safeathome/safeathome.html
Phone: 802-828-0586 (voice and TTY)  or 1-800-439-8683 Vermont only Fax: 802-828-2496. Email: safeathome@sec.state.vt.us
Mail:Safe at Home, P.O. Box 1568, Montpelier, VT 05601


Disability Project for Victim Assistance: 527-8202; 1-877-213-2661; 651-9360 TTY


VT Protection and Advocacy (for people with mental illness who are abused, exploited): 1-800-564-1612


Senior Helpline: 1-800-642-5119


Victims Compensation: 1-800-750-1213 ; 1-800-845-4874 TTY (for deaf and hard of hearing) ; www.ccvs.state.vt.us


Center for Crime Victim Services: 241-1250; 1-800-845-4874 TTY; 1-800-7501213


VT Legal Aid: 1-800-889-2047


VT Attorney General’s Office www.atg.state.vt.us Domestic Violence and Workplace Initiative, VT Fatality Review Commission. Contact Amy Fitzgerald, Assistant Attorney General, at 828-5512. You can access the reports of the Fatality Review online.


Social and Rehabilitation Services (à child abuse )
Department of Children and Families (former SRS) Central Office – 241-2101, ask for your district office number.

Consulting on cases with both child abuse and adult intimate partner violence:


Dept of Children and Families Domestic Violence Unit: 241-1206 www.path.state.vt.us/cwyj/dvu


VT State Police: (report gunshot injury or report crime)
Central Office, Criminal Division : 244-8781

Or call 911; or your local police department.


Vermont Refugee Resettlement Program www.vrrp.org


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