Sexual Violence Content Topic Results

This safety card for women can be distributed by perinatal health care providers to patients. The card outlines questions women may ask themselves about their relationships, birth control use and parenting, while offering supportive messages and referrals to national support services for help. Available in English and Spanish.

This information packet describes practices used in cases of human trafficking, how they relate to sexual violence, and how to assist and advocate for victims of human trafficking.

This report presents guidelines on incorporating effective gender-based violence prevention and response for colleges, universities, and other institutions of higher education.

The patient safety card provides information for patients on safety and safety planning and help patients recognize how their relationship may impact their health as well as the lives of their children. This tool is most effective when placed in private areas and may be given to patients routinely as part of regular visits, or upon disclosure of abuse. (Available in English, Spanish, and Chinese)

This guide provides an overview of issues and as well as information on engaging in sexual violence work with individuals who identify as LGBTQ. The guide contains information and promising practices around prevention efforts that address the needs of LGBTQ communities.

This publication provides an overview of the original VAWA legislation and its subsequent reauthorizations in 2000 and 2005, with a particular emphasis on how it relates to domestic violence and sexual assault experienced by Latina and immigrant women. Additionally, it provided an assessment of the VAWA reauthorization efforts in 2012 and made recommendations for moving forward.

This report describes a comprehensive, state-level survey of Adult Protective Service operations across the U.S. and its territories. The report includes data analysis and feedback in many APS operational areas.

This is a fact sheet that provides a scenario and discussion to promote a conversation between youth and caregivers around healthy sexual development.

This handout developed for survivors of domestic and sexual violence provides tips for the safer use of computers and cell phones. It reviews privacy settings, passwords, GPS tracking, and documentation.

This document provides a brief overview of vicarious trauma and how to take care of yourself when working to address sexual violence.

Part of a series of information sheets on violence against women, this document provides a summary of what human trafficking is, its prevalence, the health effects, the health rights and services for trafficked persons, government obligation to the health of trafficked persons, and best approaches to deal with human trafficking from policy-makers, health-care providers and researchers and funders.

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).