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Enhancing Services for Children Exposed to Violence
Publisher(s):This page provides access to tools and resources to enhance the capacity of state domestic violence and sexual assault coalitions and local domestic violence programs to respond effectively to children who live with domestic violence.
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Moving from a Relationship Bystander to a Relationship Upstander Workshop Guide
Publisher(s):The goal of this workshop is to help parents and caregivers encourage youth to respond to dating violence and promote non-violent relationships among their peers.
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Power and Control Tactics used against Immigrant Women
Publisher(s):This document describes some of the tactics used to abuse immigrant women. These include emotional abuse, economic abuse, sexual abuse, using coercion and threat, intimidation, isolation, and blaming women for inciting violence.
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Lessons from Literature
Publisher(s):This website provides free resources to help teachers incorporate violence prevention lessons into existing curricula. It suggests ways to use books and material already used in the classroom to facilitate discussion and build awareness about physical, verbal and sexual abuse.
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Get the Facts: The Facts on Domestic, Dating and Sexual Violence
Publisher(s):This page provides statistics on the prevalence of domestic violence in the United States, including several factsheets about topics like health care costs, immigrant women, the military, and the workplace and domestic violence.
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What Men & Boys Can Do
Publisher(s):Expanding the number of men and boys who take on action-oriented roles is one of the keys to ending gender-based violence. This section outlines four roles than men can take:
Work on Ourselves
Taking Action as a Bystander
Serving as a Mentor or Role Model
Working as an Ally
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Cultural Competency Tips
Publisher(s):This brief tipsheet provides guidance on working with survivors from various cultures in a culturally relevant manner.
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RESPECT! Challenge Action Toolkit
Publisher(s):The RESPECT! Challenge celebrates the everyday heroes in our lives by sharing inspiring stories from individuals across the country in answer to the question, “Who would you like to thank for teaching you Respect?” The RESPECT! Challenge Action Toolkit offers a variety of resources and tools, including discussion guides, conversation starters, fact sheets, and more.
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Family Violence Quality Assessment Tool for Primary Care Offices
Publisher(s):The tool may be used to assess family violence efforts in primary care practices at the beginning and intermittently (every 6 months, every year, every few years) when focusing on family violence as a quality improvement goal. It is meant to be a tool for identifying deficiencies and so that they can be remedied and the care to patients living with violence and abuse can be improved.
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Coaching Boys into Men Brochure
Publisher(s):This brochure suggests strategies that men can use to teach the boys in their lives that there is no excuse for violence in any relationship.
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Recognizing Teen Dating Abuse
Publisher(s):This information sheet provides a set of questions to help young people identify teen dating abuse. It also provides contact information of national level services for dating violence intervention and safety planning.
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Health Professional Students: Get Involved
Publisher(s):This page provides information about action steps that health professional students and faculty can take to support organizing efforts and improve health care responses to women, men, and children who have been impacted by domestic violence.