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Traumatic Brain Injury and Domestic Violence: Understanding the Intersections

ckeene — Thu, 11 Aug 2016 22:46:03 +0000

Traumatic Brain Injury and Domestic Violence: Understanding the Intersections ckeene Thu, 08/11/2016 - 18:46

Published

June 01, 2014

A traumatic brain injury (TBI) is defined as a specific type of damage to the brain that is caused by external physical force and is not present at birth or degenerative. A blow (or blows) to the head, shaking of the brain, loss of oxygen (anoxia), colliding with a stationary object and exposure to blasts can cause a TBI. Based on this definition, the use of physical force by an intimate partner during incidents of domestic violence can cause traumatic brain injury as abusive partners often cause injury to a victim’s head, neck (including strangulation), and face. In one study, 30% of domestic violence survivors reported a loss of consciousness at least once and 67% reported residual problems that were potentially head-injury related (Corrigan, Wolfe, Mysiw, Jackson & Bogner, 2003).

However, TBI often goes undiagnosed amongst domestic violence survivors. One reason for this is that domestic violence survivors, who also have a TBI, may exhibit symptoms that could resemble those of a mental illness, such as depression, anxiety, tension and/or inability to adapt to changing situations. Additionally, DV/TBI survivors may appear to have behavioral issues, including problems with keeping appointments, following through, or completing tasks that require multiple steps.

Anecdotal information from survivors and advocates indicates that victims with TBI are often questioned in regards to their ability to parent. At a training for domestic violence advocates, a TBI survivor as a result of domestic violence shared how she would forget to pick up her daughter from school, which prompted a call to the Child Protective Services agency in her area. Others have talked about the difficulties they experienced while living in congregate settings where following rules was, at times, problematic. These kinds of behaviors are often not intentional and survivors may even appear to be uncooperative and oppositional. However, it is important to keep in mind that many of these perceived behaviors might be directly related to the TBI. Therefore, it is crucial for domestic violence service providers and health care professionals to understand the prevalence and effects of TBI within the context of domestic violence.

This Special Collection offers information about the intersection between domestic violence and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). It provides advocates and other professionals with tools to screen for TBI within the context of domestic violence as well as presentations, articles, and other relevant resources on the topic.

The purpose of this collection is to: 1) increase knowledge and understanding of TBI within the context of domestic violence, 2) provide tools to advocates and other professionals to screen domestic violence survivors for TBI, and 3) highlight best practices.

The NRCDV provides a wide range of free, comprehensive, and individualized technical assistance, training, and specialized resource materials and projects designed to enhance current intervention and prevention strategies. To suggest additional resources we should include in this collection or for ongoing technical assistance and other resources, please contact the NRCDV Technical Assistance Team.

Domestic Violence and Health Care

ckeene — Tue, 09 Aug 2016 19:11:19 +0000

Domestic Violence and Health Care ckeene Tue, 08/09/2016 - 15:11

Published

January 01, 2013

Health care settings provide an immense opportunity for health care providers to address the problem of domestic violence. Patients who are at risk of abuse, who are being abused, or have been abused are likely to seek services for regular health care, injuries, or chronic health problems related to abuse. In addition, patients who use violence against their partners are also likely to seek health services. This provides opportunities for health care providers to prevent or respond to domestic violence by identifying patients who are using violence or being abused, documenting abuse, guiding patients affected by domestic violence in safety planning, and making referrals to advocates. Health care providers are also in a unique position to engage in primary prevention. This can be done by disseminating information about domestic violence through on-going dialogue with patients about healthy relationships or by educating against domestic violence through posters, pamphlets, and brochures.

This special collection on health care and domestic violence draws heavily from the work of the Futures Without Violence National Health Resource Center on Domestic Violence. The resources included in this special collection are organized into the following five areas: 1) the impact of domestic violence on health; 2) public health approaches to domestic violence prevention; 3) guidelines and issues concerning identification and intervention by health care providers; 4) information about collaboration between health care providers and domestic violence advocates; and 5) training. This special collection also includes a bibliography of related journal articles. For information on federal regulations, state statutes and policies relevant to addressing domestic violence in health care settings, including information on mandatory reporting laws, please visit the website of the National Health Resource Center on Domestic Violence.

This collection was developed by staff of the Minnesota Center Against Violence and Abuse in consultation with the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence.

ACEs Aware Progress Report: 2019-2023

berdman — Mon, 20 May 2024 16:31:18 +0000

ACEs Aware Progress Report: 2019-2023 berdman Mon, 05/20/2024 - 12:31

General Material

Published Date

May, 2024

Publisher(s)

ACEs Aware

The ACEs Aware Progress Report: 2019-2023 provides an overview of the progress and impact of the initiative’s first four years. In addition to highlighting the progress made in training health care teams and scaling initiatives to screen for Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), the report includes forewords from California Surgeon General Dr. Diana Ramos and former Surgeon General Dr. Nadine Burke Harris.

Highlights from the report:

Since the initiative began in 2019, more than 2.3 million ACE screens have been conducted of more than 1.5 million Medi-Cal members.
More than 35,000 individuals have completed the Becoming ACEs Aware in California core training, and nearly half of them are providers who are now certified to receive a $29 reimbursement from Medi-Cal for each eligible ACE screen they conduct.
$65 million has been invested in clinics and communities across the state to support local and regional approaches to preventing, identifying, and responding to ACEs and toxic stress.
Evaluations by RAND indicate that ACE screening has a positive impact on providers, their clinics, and their patients.
Early findings in Los Angeles County suggest that ACE screening and response initiatives are advancing DHCS’ statewide goals to improve quality of care and reduce health disparities for the most vulnerable Californians.

Associated Links

ACEs Aware Progress Report: 2019-2023

Material Categories

Screening & Assessment

Trauma Informed Approach

Healthcare

Health / Public Health

How are child protection agencies implementing trauma-informed, healing-centered policies and practices?

kcook@nrcdv — Tue, 24 Sep 2024 19:48:55 +0000

How are child protection agencies implementing trauma-informed, healing-centered policies and practices? kcook@nrcdv Tue, 09/24/2024 - 15:48

General Material

Published Date

November, 2023

New Resources Added

September 24, 2024

Publisher(s)

Casey Family Programs

This resource explores how child protection agencies are implementing trauma-informed and healing-centered policies into their work and the impacts it has had on their agency.

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Material Categories

Screening & Assessment

Trauma Informed Approach

Child Welfare

Resilience / Healing

Young People

What do domestic violence programs need to know about coercive control to ensure survivor-specific and gender-inclusive supports for male-identified and people of all genders? (Part 2)

berdman — Wed, 14 Jul 2021 19:29:41 +0000

What do domestic violence programs need to know about coercive control to ensure survivor-specific and gender-inclusive supports for male-identified and people of all genders? (Part 2) berdman Wed, 07/14/2021 - 15:29

General Material

NRCDV Publications

Published Date

June, 2021

Publisher(s)

National Resource Center on Domestic Violence (NRCDV)

Author(s)

Edric Figueroa

Amarinthia Torres

Intimate partner violence programs must understand oppression and have processes in place that assess for power imbalances in individual relationships in order to competently serve male-identified individuals, survivors of diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds, and people of all genders. The June 2021 TA Question of the Month outlines what programs need to know about coercive control to ensure inclusive supports for survivors of all genders.

See more TAQs on the VAWnet News Blog.

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What do domestic violence programs need to know about coercive control to ensur…

Material Categories

Accessibility

Screening & Assessment

Domestic Violence

Gender

Sexual Orientation / Gender Identity

NRCDV Radio Episode 35: Policy & Advocacy in Action: VI-SPDAT for Survivors of Domestic & Sexual Violence

berdman — Tue, 22 Sep 2020 12:51:47 +0000

NRCDV Radio Episode 35: Policy & Advocacy in Action: VI-SPDAT for Survivors of Domestic & Sexual Violence berdman Tue, 09/22/2020 - 08:51

General Material

NRCDV Publications

Published Date

September, 2020

Publisher(s)

National Resource Center on Domestic Violence (NRCDV)

Author(s)

Heather L. McCauley

This episode of the Policy & Advocacy in Action podcast focuses on assessing vulnerability & prioritizing risk with survivors accessing housing resources. We talk to Heather L. McCauley, Sc.D. of Michigan State University and one of the author on of the coordinated entry paper Assessing Vulnerability, Prioritizing Risk: The Limitations of the VI-SPDAT for Survivors of Domestic Violence.

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Report: Assessing Vulnerability, Prioritizing Risk: The Limitations of the VI-S…

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Material Categories

Screening & Assessment

Domestic Violence

Housing & Homelessness

How can domestic violence (DV) programs partner with home visiting programs to better support survivors and their children?

berdman — Thu, 20 Jun 2019 15:40:41 +0000

How can domestic violence (DV) programs partner with home visiting programs to better support survivors and their children? berdman Thu, 06/20/2019 - 11:40

General Material

NRCDV Publications

Published Date

May, 2019

Publisher(s)

National Resource Center on Domestic Violence (NRCDV)

Author(s)

Katie Hood

Ghia Kelly

For families experiencing domestic violence, home visitors can play a key role in screening for abuse, assisting with safety planning and providing referrals to advocacy services. NRCDV's May 2019 TA Question of the Month highlights the experiences of a collaborative initiative implemented in the state of Florida to better equip home visitors to offer support to families experiencing or at-risk for intimate partner violence.

See more TAQs on the VAWnet News Blog.

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How can domestic violence (DV) programs partner with home visiting programs to …

VAWnet News Blog

Material Categories

Collaboration / Bridge Building

Screening & Assessment

Healthcare

Domestic Violence

Health / Public Health

Parenting

Young People

Protection Orders and Working with People with Disabilities

berdman — Mon, 18 Mar 2019 15:19:46 +0000

Protection Orders and Working with People with Disabilities berdman Mon, 03/18/2019 - 11:19

General Material

Training Tools

Published Date

February, 2019

Publisher(s)

Battered Women's Justice Project (BWJP)

Vera Institute of Justice

The Protection Orders and Working with People with Disabilities tip sheet is a tool that attorneys, advocates, and others can familiarize themselves with common types of disabilities, the unique barriers people with those disabilities may experience in the protection order office, and strategies for overcoming those barriers that attorneys and advocates can implement in their work. The tip sheet is designed to assist practitioners in foreseeing, recognizing, and eliminating barriers to justice in the protection order process for people with disabilities.

Associated Links

Protection Orders and Working with People with Disabilities

Material Categories

Accessibility

Core Competencies

Screening & Assessment

Civil Legal Rights & Protections

Disability Rights

Disability

Domestic Violence

What do I need to know about human trafficking and why?

berdman — Thu, 20 Jun 2019 17:27:51 +0000

What do I need to know about human trafficking and why? berdman Thu, 06/20/2019 - 13:27

General Material

NRCDV Publications

Published Date

January, 2019

Publisher(s)

National Resource Center on Domestic Violence (NRCDV)

Author(s)

Karen Romero

The crime of human trafficking is at its core a human rights violation, exploiting an individual for economic gain. In NRCDV's January 2019 TA Question of the Month, Karen Romero from Freedom Network offers information on what domestic violence advocates should know about serving survivors of human trafficking.

See more TAQs on the VAWnet News Blog.

Associated Links

What do I need to know about human trafficking and why?

VAWnet News Blog

Material Categories

Screening & Assessment

Uncovering Sexual Assault in Domestic Violence Calls: An Improved Law Enforcement Response to Assess for Sexual Violence, Build an Evidence Based Case and Reduce Gender Bias Webinar

berdman — Fri, 05 Apr 2019 18:17:18 +0000

Uncovering Sexual Assault in Domestic Violence Calls: An Improved Law Enforcement Response to Assess for Sexual Violence, Build an Evidence Based Case and Reduce Gender Bias Webinar berdman Fri, 04/05/2019 - 14:17

General Material

Training Tools

Published Date

November, 2018

Publisher(s)

End Violence Against Women International

Author(s)

Mike Davis

This webinar explains how law enforcement can evolve from not properly addressing intimate partner sexual violence (IPSV) in domestic violence situations to a practical, well trained response. Supplementary materials offer additional information on how to sensitively assess for sexual violence and build an evidence-based case through investigation and prosecution. There are also materials to help develop policies, protocols, and training, as well as reducing gender bias in policing.

Associated Links

Uncovering Sexual Assault in Domestic Violence Calls: An Improved Law Enforceme…

Material Categories

Screening & Assessment

Criminal Justice

Domestic Violence

Sexual Violence