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This 26-page guide contains a general overview of sexual violence information, with special information pertaining to victims with disabilities.

This publication is written for men and women who have survived sexual assault in prisons, jails, or other forms of detention. It offers general information about sexual abuse as well as information about the healing process.

This safety plan is a self-help plan for immigrant victims of domestic violence.

This resource focuses on the impact that homelessness has on children, especially for those who have experienced sexual, physical and/or emotional abuse or are in environments where this abuse is occurring. The issue addresses the need for early intervention and provides clinicians with tips on identifying signs of trauma in homeless children as well as when and how to intervene.

This article presents clinical guidelines on routine screening for domestic violence by primary health care providers. Appendices include a glossary of terms, suggested screening questions, and a sample domestic violence screening documentation form.

The guidelines are designed to assist health care providers from multiple settings and in various professional disciplines in addressing domestic violence victimization, including assessment, documentation, intervention and referral information.

This document highlights the need for child health care providers to become actively involved in domestic violence prevention and provides recommendations for regular and universal screening for domestic violence in child health care settings.

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This document is one in a series of 3 guides designed to help battered women and their children in rural communities. The booklet contains information for faith leaders on how to talk and offer support to someone who is being abused by providing: 1) an explanation about domestic violence in general, 2) information about services available to battered women and their children through local programs, 3) tips to help keep victims safe and 4) a promise that battered women and their children don't have to struggle alone with violence in their lives.

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The guideline was "designed to assist clinicians by providing an analytical framework for the evaluation and treatment of patients, and is not intended either to replace a clinician's judgment or to establish a protocol for all patients with a particular condition."

The document provides recommendations for individual clinicians in addition to priority aims and suggested measures for health care systems. For highlights from this set of guidelines, please see the ICSI Summary.