Cultural Competence 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 2001
Seeking Safety: A Treatment Manual for PTSD and Substance Abuse
Seeking Safety is an empirically studied, integrative treatment approach developed to help people attain safety from trauma/PTSD and substance abuse. This website provides implementation tools, sample topics, research summaries, articles, and assessment tools related to the program.
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- General Material
January 2001
A Service Provider's Guide for Working with GBT Victims and Survivors of Domestic Abuse
Publisher(s):This guide offers tips for service providers in addressing one of the most serious health issues for gay, bisexual, and transgender (GBT) men. Includes guidelines for education, workplace environment, assessment, response, and safety planning.
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- General Material
January 2001
De Colores
De Colores is a bilingual 28-minutes documentary about how Latino families are replacing the deep roots of homophobia with the even deeper roots of love and tolerance. Through moving personal stories we learn about how families are breaking cultural barriers and how love always prevails.
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- General Material
January 2001
Improving Accessibility of Your Program's Services to Battered Immigrant Women
Publisher(s):This pamphlet provides tips for community programs to expand services to immigrant women who are in abusive relationships.
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- General Material
November 2000
Cultural Issues Affecting Domestic Violence Service Utilization in Ethnic and Hard to Reach Populations
This comprehensive report describes different cultural issues that may affect how different populations can and do use domestic violence services.
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- NRCDV Publications
- Training Tools
- General Material
February 2000
Outreach to Underserved Communities
Publisher(s):This curriculum is designed to help domestic violence programs reach out to underserved communities in order to address the issues of diversity and of the limited access to quality services for battered women from those communities.
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- General Material
- Training Tools
January 2000
Field Manual for Mental Health and Human Service Workers in Major Disasters
Publisher(s):U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
This field manual offers mental health and public health professionals information on disaster preparedness and recovery to assist disaster survivors. It describes survivor reactions, at-risk populations, counseling, referrals, and stress prevention and management.
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- General Material
January 2000
Safety Planning: A Guide for Individuals with Physical Disabilities
Publisher(s):This safety plan is designed to help adults with physical disabilities who have been or may be abused by an intimate partner, spouse, adult child, or other family member, personal assistant or caregiver.
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- General Material
April 1999
Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Domestic Violence in Communities of Color
Publisher(s):This article explores the complexities of domestic violence in communities of color, and discusses the impact of intersecting oppressions.
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- NRCDV Publications
- General Material
January 1999
The Multilingual Access Model: A Model for Outreach and Services in Non-English Speaking Communities
Publisher(s):This project recruited and trained bicultural-bilingual advocates from area ethnic communities to provide assistance to victims and initiate outreach and awareness activities in their communities. Assistance to 6 provide
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- NRCDV Publications
- General Material
January 1999
The Austin Community Domestic Violence Project: A Blueprint for Raising Community Awareness and Promoting Local Action
Publisher(s):Describes a community organizing project that worked within an African American community to mobilize and train citizen leaders and business gatekeepers to safely and effectively intervene in domestic violence cases and raise neighborhood awareness.
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- General Material
January 1999
Coordinated Community Response to Stop Violence Against Native Women
Publisher(s):This publication describes effective collaborations between battered women's shelters and several community entities.