Intervention & Prevention Content Topic Results
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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
- 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
December 1999
Population Reports: Ending Violence Against Women
Publisher(s):This publication discusses gender-based violence from a feminist-based, ecological perspective. It examines the dynamics of abuse, cultural context, impact on women's health & how health care providers can contribute to social change efforts.
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- General Material
December 1999
Beyond Victim Blaming: Feminist Therapy and Battered Women
Publisher(s):This article describes feminist therapy as "a supportive process that emphasizes self-determination, equality and respect, and encompasses socio-cultural explanations for intimate violence."
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- General Material
October 1999
Preventing Domestic Violence: Clinical Guidelines on Routine Screening
Publisher(s):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.
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- General Material
September 1999
OJJDP Juvenile Justice Bulletin: Family Disruption and Delinquency
Publisher(s):This bulletin is part of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Youth Development Series, which presents findings from the Program of Research on the Causes and Correlates of Delinquency. This bulletin discusses findings that indicate the composition of families is one aspect of family life that is consistently associated with delinquency.
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- General Material
May 1999
Somewhere to Turn: Making Domestic Violence Services Accessible to Battered Immigrant Women, Chapter 1: Overview of Domestic Violence and Battered Immigrant Issues
Publisher(s):This chapter provides information about domestic violence in immigrant communities, including the power and control dynamics and the barriers faced by immigrant women in accessing services for domestic violence.
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- NRCDV Publications
- General Material
April 1999
Problems Associated with Children's Witnessing of Domestic Violence
Publisher(s):VAWnet: The National Online Resource Center on Violence Against Women, National Resource Center on Domestic Violence (NRCDV)
Discusses children's problems associated with exposure and factors that influence the degree of those problems. The author offers a critique of the research methods used to study child witnessing and explores policy implications of the data on this issue.
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- NRCDV Publications
- General Material
April 1999
Evaluating Coordinated Community Responses to Domestic Violence
Publisher(s):VAWnet: The National Online Resource Center on Violence Against Women, National Resource Center on Domestic Violence (NRCDV)
This document explores mechanisms for coordination of community responses to domestic violence, examines research regarding various components of community responses, and highlights studies that evaluate the effectiveness coordinated community responses.
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- NRCDV Publications
- General Material
April 1999
The Overlap Between Child Maltreatment and Woman Abuse
Publisher(s):VAWnet: The National Online Resource Center on Violence Against Women, National Resource Center on Domestic Violence (NRCDV)
An examination of the research on the overlap between child abuse and woman battering. The author explores the dynamics of overlapping violence and discusses the limitations of the research on this topic.
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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
April 1999
Evaluations of Advocacy Efforts to End Intimate Male Violence Against Women
Publisher(s):VAWnet: The National Online Resource Center on Violence Against Women, National Resource Center on Domestic Violence (NRCDV)
This document discusses four evaluations of community advocacy efforts and identifies the need for both individual and systems-focused advocacy in order to create an effective and comprehensive community response to battered women.