Screening & Assessment Content Topic Results
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Results displayed are grouped first by VAWnet Special Collections then by individual related materials. For assistance in locating a resource, use our online contact form.
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- Training Tools
- General Material
January 2011
Real Tools: Responding to Multi-Abuse Trauma: A Tool Kit to Help Advocates and Community Partners Better Serve People with Multiple Issues
Publisher(s):This toolkit focuses on survivors of multi-abuse trauma - those who are affected by multiple issues that negatively affect safety, health, or well-being. It offers practical tools for advocates and community partners, such as health and mental heath care providers, to address the complex needs of survivors of multi-abuse trauma, no matter where survivors enter the social service system.
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- General Material
October 2010
SEEING Beyond Abuse
This article offers an overview of the consequenses of trauma to the eye that may be suffered by victims of abuse, highlighting the connection between domestic violence and glaucoma. It urges appropriate screening and intervention for eye care providers.
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- General Material
August 2010
Early Childhood Trauma
Publisher(s): This resource provides information about symptoms and protective factors for young children who have been exposed to trauma.
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- General Material
July 2010
VHA Directive: Military Sexual Trauma (MST) Programming
Publisher(s):This directive advices VA facilities on the appropriate programming and requirements for addressing MST. Of note is the directive for universal screening practices and free care for MST-related services for all veterans.
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- General Material
June 2010
Incorporating Primary Prevention at the Various Levels of Victim Services
Publisher(s):In this presentation, Jenny Dills, the Prevention Coordinator at the Missouri Coalition Against Domestic & Sexual Violence, guided participants through an activity in which they were asked — from a coalition viewpoint — to think about primary prevention as it relates to victim services, secondary services and tertiary services.
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- NRCDV Publications
- General Material
April 2010
Making Distinctions Between Different Types of Intimate Partner Violence: A Preliminary Guide
Publisher(s):National Healthy Marriage Resource Center (NHMRC), National Resource Center on Domestic Violence (NRCDV)
This paper summarizes discussions held at an invitational conference designed to bring together key scholars and practitioners from the healthy marriage and domestic violence fields to address a complex issue-different types of intimate partner violence and their implications for practice.
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- General Material
February 2010
Understanding Life with a Brain Injury: The crossroads of Traumatic Brain Injury and Domestic Violence
Publisher(s):This PowerPoint presentation offers information related to the prevalence of TBI and discuses the intersections between TBI and DV. Additionally, it provides specific tips including a screening tool, for DV advocates working with survivors with TBI.
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- General Material
January 2010
Screening for Domestic Violence in Mental Health Settings
Publisher(s):This page is designed for mental health professionals who don’t work in specialized domestic violence services, but need to know about their clients’ experiences of victimization in order to provide them with the best possible services.
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- General Material
January 2010
Building Domestic Violence Health Care Responses in Indian Country: A Promising Practices Report
Publisher(s):This report provides information and tools to help Indian health and community advocacy programs strengthen their clinical and community responses to victims of domestic violence.
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- General Material
- Training Tools
January 2010
What If She Says Yes? A Webinar of Strategies for Health Professionals When Someone Discloses DV
Publisher(s):This webinar provides an opportunity to learn how to respond to and advocate for clients experiencing domestic violence. Covering some of the emotional, legal, and financial implications of DV, participants will learn strategies to better help survivors of abuse.
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- General Material
January 2010
Reproductive Health and Partner Violence Guidelines: An Integrated Response to Intimate Partner Violence and Reproductive Coercion
Publisher(s):This guide focuses on the transformative role of the reproductive health care provider in identifying and addressing intimate partner violence (IPV) and reproductive coercion.
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- General Material
January 2010
Detecting, Addressing and Preventing Elder Abuse in Residential Care Facilities
Publisher(s):Program on Aging and LongTerm Care Policy , School of Rural Public Health, Texas A&M Health Science Center (TAMHSC), College Station
This study focused on detection, investigation, and resolution of elder abuse and neglect complaints in what are known as residential care facilities (RCFs).