Policy & Systems Advocacy Content Topic Results

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.

This Applied Research paper provides a review of the current literature on screening women for sexual violence in health care facilities, and discusses the reasoning and rationale behind screening women for sexual violence.

This fact sheet reveals the effect on decreasing children's poverty rates as parents, even those working full time, increase their own education level. Implications for policy are discussed.

This document discusses the challenges faced by both domestic violence service providers in serving youth and challenges faced by teens seeking help. The document suggests re-evaluating program policies and structures to enhance services to youth.

This comprehensive toolkit includes information, personal stories, and guides for specific situations for service providers. It works within an Anti-Oppression Perspective and uses a Harm Reduction Framework to promote safety for women who have experienced trauma, mental health problems, and substance abuse, issues which are highly pertinent to any domestic violence shelter.

This sheet shows that most children in low-income families have parents employed full-time and year round, and that many low-income parents are unable to find full-time, year-round work. It also addresses the concentration of low-income workers in the service industry.

Describes major legal and social trends surrounding custody and visitation decisions and the social science evidence supporting the need to consider domestic violence. Recommendations for custody and visitation decisions are explored.

This guide provides administrators and classroom practitioners with a glimpse at how fellow educators are addressing issues, overcoming obstacles, and attaining success in key areas of school safety.

This document offers tips to parents on how they can talk to their children about social networking sites and using these sites safely.

Confidentiality and privilege are key to keeping battered women safe and represent the cornerstones of all successful advocacy and shelter programs. This guide is intended to familiarize advocates with a variety of laws, policies, requirements, and best practices on the topic of confidentiality.

This paper highlights results of a study examining 300 strangulation cases, 89% of which involved domestic violence.

The report emphasizes cultural relevancy in batterer intervention programs.