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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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October 2004

Addressing the Health Consequences of Domestic Violence

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In this keynote, Ellen Tallaferro suggests that women who experience violence are likely to visit health care providers more frequently for physical and mental health problems and highlights the important role of health care providers in responding to intimate partner violence by identifying, documenting, making provision for safety, referral, and assurance to women who have been abused.
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August 2004

Identifying and Responding to Domestic Violence: Consensus Recommendations for Child and Adolescent Health

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This document highlights the need for child health care providers to become actively involved in domestic violence prevention and provides recommendations for regular and universal screening for domestic violence in child health care settings.
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  • General Material
February 2004

National Consensus Guidelines on Identifying and Responding to Domestic Violence Victimization in Health Care Settings, Second Edition

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The guidelines are designed to assist health care providers from multiple settings and in various professional disciplines in addressing domestic violence victimization, including assessment, documentation, intervention and referral information.
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  • General Material
January 2004

Danger Assessment

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The Danger Assessment (DA) was originally developed by Co-Investigator Campbell (1986) with consultation and content validity support from battered women, shelter workers, law enforcement officials, and other clinical experts on battering.
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January 2004

Staff Screening Tool Kit, 3rd Edition

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The tool kit discusses specific actions you should take, as well as issues you need to consider, before selecting an individual to serve in your organization. The screening process presented is based upon four overarching principles: legal compliance, systematic application of procedures, matching level of screening with position-specific risk factors, and applying uniform selection criteria to all applicants for a specific position.
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  • Training Tools
January 2004

Responding to Domestic Violence: Tools for Mental Health Providers

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This document is intended as a guide for mental health providers on screening and assessment for domestic violence among clients seen in their practice settings. Questions can be easily incorporated into existing intake forms and assessment procedures. See also Responding to Domestic Violence: Sample Forms for Mental Health Providers.
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  • Training Tools
  • General Material
January 2004

Women and Domestic Violence: Programs and Tools that Improve Care for Victims

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This paper provides an overview of training programs and tools for improving services for victims of domestic violence. The tools described in this paper include: 1) the Domestic Violence and Survivor Assessment tool, which helps health care providers and abused women identify issues and feelings and thereby guide counseling; 2) the critical pathways to intimate partner violence, which includes the assessment of physical health, mental health, social assessment and treatment for domestic violence victims; and 3) the Delphi Instrument for hospital-based domestic violence programs, which assess the quality and performance of hospitals' response to domestic violence.
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November 2003

How Can Practitioners Help an Abused Woman Lower Her Risk of Death?

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This article presents key findings from the Chicago Women’s Health Study about domestic violence, its effects, and women’s responses to violence.
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November 2003

Assessing Risk Factors for Intimate Partner Homicide

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The findings reported here indicate that the Danger Assessment tool can assist in assessing battered women who may be at risk of being killed as well as those who are not.
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July 2003

An assessment of Minnesota's Health Care and Public Health Response to Violence Against Women

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This assessment study found that although there are guidelines for health care practitioners to address violence against women, compliance to the guidelines varies. The assessment also found that collaboration between health care agencies and advocacy agencies affect the services provided to patients who experience domestic violence, and that health care institutions need more resources and sustained organizational commitment to address the problem of domestic violence.
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  • General Material
January 2003

Collaborative Leadership Assessment Scale

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This is a self-assessment scale that can help individuals rate the quality of their leadership. It is designed to assess leadership skills in terms of growth and progress and helps individuals prioritize areas that they would work on to strengthen their leadership.
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January 2002

Nursing Education and Violence Prevention, Detection, and Intervention

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This document reviews the literature on education of nurses in domestic violence and informs educators, researchers, and policy makers about the gaps in nursing education in the area of violence against women.