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Vermont Leadership Team
Who We Are
History
The team grew out of two
initiatives, a health care provider education initiative led by Blue Cross Blue
Shield VT and a CDC funded community assessment project coordinated by the VT
Department of Health, Injury Prevention Program. The two groups merged in 2003
to form a statewide leadership team based on the model successfully used by 15
U.S. states in a national project led by the Family Violence Prevention Fund.
Many health care practitioners and organizations in Vermont have done important
things to raise awareness of intimate partner violence as a health issue and
improve health care to victims and survivors. We have created a statewide plan
that builds on these efforts and takes them a step further in order to create
lasting institutional change.
Mission
It is our mission to
improve the health care response to domestic violence in Vermont.
Goals
We will work together to
§ Develop
and maintain a statewide collaborative effort that engages a broad range of
statewide experts from the health care and domestic violence field.
§ Create
and promote a comprehensive statewide plan to bring about
improvements. Focus areas will include policy, education, program development,
funding development and research.
Planning Group:
Advisory Group
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Caroline Dawson |
VT DOH Surveillance |
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Marty Dewees |
UVM Dept of Social Work (Mental Health Expert) |
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Dr. Vivian Esparza |
M.D. private practice & UVM College of Medicine |
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Nancy Goss |
North Country Hospital |
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Susan Hackler |
Have Justice Will Travel |
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Catherine Hamilton |
Blue Cross Blue Shield VT |
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Susan Hardin |
Survivor; Fatality Review Commission; VT Commission on
Women |
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Margaret Joyal
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Washington County Mental Health |
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Suzanne Kelley, |
DOH Office for Women’s Health |
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Sarah Kenney
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VT Network Against DV and SA
Project Coordinator - Public Policy |
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Dr. David Little |
UVM College of Medicine and AHEC |
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Wendy Love |
VT Commission on Women |
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Madeleine Mongan |
VT Medical Society |
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Jill Olson |
VT Association of Hospitals and Health Systems |
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Jill Richard
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VT Network Against DV and SA
Project Coordinator – Economic Justice |
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Marilyn Rinker |
Norwich University, Nursing Dept |
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Diane Smith |
VT DOH - ADAP (Alc&Drugs) |
Planning Group Meetings:
first Tuesday of each month, 10-12, at the VT Medical Society in Montpelier
unless otherwise announced.
Advisory Group
members stay in touch via e-mail and provide consultation and support on issues
of their expertise. The full membership meets occasionally for major discussions
or decisions.
Membership is open to
anyone with health care or domestic/sexual violence expertise who is interested
in improving the health care response to intimate partner violence in Vermont.
Contact
Jessa Block at
jblock@vtmd.org or 1-802-223-7898; Antje Ricken, VT Network Against
Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault, at
aricken@vtnetwork.org or 802-223-1302 with any questions.
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