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January 2008

Invisible Wounds of War: Psychological and cognitive injuries, their consequences and services to assist recovery

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This report highlights the psychological toll of deployments involving prolonged exposure to combat-related stress over multiple rotations and how these types of deployments may be disproportionately high compared with the physical injuries of combat.
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January 2008

A Brief Description of CRA

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This webpage defines the Community Reinvestment Act and describes the history of the regulations.
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January 2008

Combating trafficking in children for labour exploitation: A resource kit for policy-makers and practitioners

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This resource kit captures over 10 years of work by IPEC and its partners and makes the Programme's experiences and knowledge available to those who design, implement and improve policy and programming to fight child trafficking.
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January 2008

Pregnancy Wheel

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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. The card reminds providers how to offer patients support, raise alternative birth control options and provide referral for safety planning. The back of the wheel lists phone numbers for the National Domestic Violence Hotline, the National Dating Abuse Helpline, and the Sexual Assault Hotline for further support.
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January 2008

Disaster Preparation and Recovery: Lessons from Research on Resilience in Human Development

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While this paper focuses on resilience in the face of disaster, it also provides a helpful overview of the resilience research literature. The authors build on four decades of theory and research on resilience in human development to offer lessons for planning disaster response and recovery, lessons that are also relevant for domestic violence survivors and their children.
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January 2008

Promoting Healthy Families in Your Community: 2008 Resource Packet

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The packet contains resources to promote community awareness of five important protective factors that can help families protect children from the risk of child abuse and neglect.
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January 2008

Elder Abuse in Communities of Color

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This "Facts & Stats Collection" paper describes specific issues and distinguishing dynamics that confront older women of color, highlighting types of abuse and warning signs. Resources for additional information are provided.
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January 2008

Transgender Youth and Dating Violence

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This fact sheet explains what being transgender means, how transgender youth may experience TDV differently. The factsheet also discusses barriers transgender youth face in seeking help.
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January 2008

A Global Response to Elder Abuse and Neglect: Building Primary Health Care Capacity to Deal with the Problem Worldwide

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The elder population and primary health care professionals in 8 countries perceived that a screening instrument is critical in preventing and identifying elder abuse, suggesting that the tool should vary according to cultural and geographical contexts.
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January 2008

Engaging Boys and Men in Gender Transformation: The Group Education Manual

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This is an educational manual for working with men to question non-equitable views about masculinity and develop more positive attitudes to prevent unhealthy behaviors that put them and their partners and families at risk. It can also be used to train facilitators who will implement workshop activities with groups of men. The activities are intended for use with men of all ages, although some adaptations might have to be made depending on the ages of the men and the country and community context. These activities can also be adapted for use with groups of men and women.
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January 2008

A Comparison of Domestic Violence Advocacy Models

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This chart compares domestic violence advocacy models and serves as a reference for effective advocacy for Latina families.
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January 2008

Models for Developing Trauma-Informed Behavioral Health Systems and Trauma-Specific Services

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This extensive report includes descriptions of trauma service models and evidence-based and promising practice models. All models are designed for persons receiving or at risk for receiving public mental health and/or substance abuse services who have been traumatized by interpersonal violence and abuse.