Intervention & Prevention Content Topic Results
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- NRCDV Publications
- General Material
August 2009
Domestic Violence Awareness: Action for Social Change - Part II: Organizing and Communications
Publisher(s):This second installment of the Action for Social Change manual intends to generate critical thinking and enhance dialogue regarding community organizing and partnerships, communications and engaging the media.
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- General Material
July 2009
Why Are People Homeless?
Publisher(s):This fact sheet provides an overview of current poverty and housing statistics, as well as additional factors contributing to homelessness. A list of resources for further study is also provided.
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- General Material
July 2009
Asset Building and Financial Literacy Fact Sheet
Publisher(s):This brief fact sheet outlines the importance of asset building for low income families and provides a few key statistics.
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- General Material
July 2009
Teen Pregnancy, Parenting, And Dating Violence
Publisher(s): This issue brief discusses the link between dating violence and pregnancy among teens and provides guidance for screening and responding to pregnant teens in violent relationships.
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- NRCDV Publications
- General Material
July 2009
Battered Women's Protective Strategies
Publisher(s):VAWnet: The National Online Resource Center on Violence Against Women, National Resource Center on Domestic Violence (NRCDV)
This Applied Research paper adopts a holistic approach to understand battered women’s protective strategies, reviewing a wide range of strategies used by women to cope with numerous threats posed by battering, not just the threat of bodily harm.
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- General Material
July 2009
Creating Cultures of Trauma-Informed Care (CCTIC): A Self-Assessment and Planning Protocol
Publisher(s):This Self-Assessment and Planning Protocol and its accompanying CCTIC Program Self-Assessment Scale provide consistent guidelines for agencies or programs interested in facilitating trauma-informed modifications in their service systems.
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- General Material
July 2009
PTSD, TBI and DV: True or False?
Publisher(s):This article offers tips to determine when domestic violence is occurring in cases in which the perpetrator is a war veteran suffering from PTSD and/or TBI. Specific guidelines are provided to make such determination while avoiding justifications based on the perpetrator's acquired disability.
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- General Material
July 2009
Safety Planning With Teens, Issue Brief No. 5
Publisher(s): This issue brief provides advocates with information on how to safety plan with a teen, including discussing teen safety plan specifics.
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- General Material
June 2009
Bringing Security Home: Combating Violence Against Women in the OSCE Region - A Compilation of Good Practices
Publisher(s):This publication documents more than 95 good practices to help eliminate gender-based violence and highlights their impact in preventing violence against women, protecting victims and prosecuting offenders. Strategies for involving men and young people in anti-violence activities are also described.
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- General Material
June 2009
How to Start and Facilitate a Support Group for Victims of Stalking
Publisher(s):A guide for victim service providers, volunteers, and other concerned community members on how to initiate and run a stalking support group in their agency or community.
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- General Material
June 2009
Keeping Women Alive - Assessing the Danger
Publisher(s):This report shares results of an action based research project on Danger Assessment useage in nine Alberta shelters over a two year period. Fourteen (14) practice-focused recommendations are provided in this report.
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- General Material
June 2009
Domestic violence legislation and its implementation: An analysis for ASEAN countries based on international standards and good practices
Publisher(s):This document analyzes domestic violence legislation in ASEAN countries with reference to international standards, specifically the CEDAW and UDHR.