Domestic Violence Content Topic Results

This study explores how the experience of intimate partner violence impacts a woman’s confidence in her ability to negotiate condom use with a sexual partner (i.e., condom use self-efficacy).

This pregnancy wheel for OB/GYN and reproductive health settings reminds providers to routinely ask their patients about birth control interference or coerced pregnancy and about their experiences with intimate partner violence.

Aging service providers should be aware that the effects of a lifetime of stigma, discrimination, rejection and ridicule puts LGBT older adults at greater risk for physical and mental illnesses. This publication highlights the importance of cultural sensitivity when working with LGBT older adults and describes the barriers faced by older persons in seeking help for abuse, working with law enforcement, and seeking court protections.

This guidebook provides an overview of the challenges faced in conducting outreach to under served teen victims of crime and highlights examples of the various projects and resources developed and implemented in local communities in the Under served Teen Victims Initiative.

This document provides information on domestic violence related deaths in Indiana for the year 2012. Available information includes county and date of death, as well as name, age and gender of the victim.

This handbook outlines the international and regional legal and policy framework which mandates States to adopt and implement National Action Plans to address VAW, including a model framework for adoption.

This handout offers helpful tips for assisting a domestic violence victim who has a traumatic brain injury within a support group setting.

This Online Guide is a reissue of the 2000 publication, The Domestic Violence Handbook for Journalists, and provides resources and information to reporters who cover domestic violence homicides.

When a victim of domestic violence (DV) has a traumatic brain injury (TBI), it is important to consider the effects of the TBI in safety planning. Screening for TBI may identify the need for an evaluation. This handout provides background information on brain injury, assistance with identifying existing injuries, and details to provide appropriate help for victims of domestic violence who have sustained brain injuries.

This chapter of the online toolbox provides an overview of strategic planning, developing vision and mission statements, creating objectives, developing successful strategies and an action plan, gathering feedback, and identifying action steps to bring about community and system change.

Emerging evidence shows that youth engagement is an effective strategy for the prevention of teen dating abuse. The Indiana Coalition Against Domestic Violence compiled this toolkit to provide organizations interested in convening youth councils with sample forms, agendas, materials and advice about lessons  learned from their experience working with youth.