1. BASIC INTRODUCTION TO FAMILY AND INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
Section 1. Basic Introduction to Family and Intimate Partner Violence (FIPV)
Items A. Protective Order Project: Domestic Violence Overview
Notes This article from the Indiana School of Law provides an overview of FIPV. The article was downloaded from the internet in September 2003. This is a non-technical and engaging introduction to the issue of FIPV and to how health care providers can be helpful. The article, written by Nancy Chez, RN, MA was excerpted from the American Journal of Nursing, July 1994. This material was excerpted from the manual entitled Domestic Violence: A National Curriculum for Family Preservation Practitioners, written by Susan Schechter and Anne Ganley, PhD, 1995, produced by the Family Violence Prevention Fund: www.endabuse.org. This article, from Scientific Review and Clinical Applications, JAMA, February 5, 2003, provides a current review of the available evidence on interventions aimed at preventing abuse or reabuse of women.
B. Helping the Victim of Domestic Violence
C. Understanding Domestic Violence: Preparatory Reading for Participants
D. Interventions for Violence Against Women Scientific Review
2. TRAINING RESOURCES
Section 2. Training Resources
Items A. Training Assessment Tool
Notes The training assessment questionnaire provides the clinic manager with a tool to help determine staff’s comfort level with and understanding of family and intimate partner violence (FIPV). The questionnaire was developed in October 2003, specifically for this Resource Guide. The articles used as references for development of the tool are listed following the questionnaire. The training materials outlined address FIPV with varying degrees of depth. Some are comprehensive, stand-alone training packages while others are short videos that are best used in conjunction with more comprehensive training. Depending on how it is used, each training item described has something to offer providers at all levels of knowledge and experience.
B. Training Tools
3. EXAMPLES OF GENERAL POLICIES AND PROTOCOLS
Section 3. Examples of General Policies and Protocols
Items A. Model Domestic Violence Policy for Counties
Notes This is a policy overview produced in 1998 by the New York State Office for the Prevention of Domestic Violence. http://www.opdv.state.ny.us/coordina tion/model_policy/health.html#victim This is called a protocol, but it is really a policy document. It was developed in 1997 by the San Francisco Family Violence Council in conjunction with the Family Violence Prevention Fund. This protocol was developed in 2003 specifically for this Resource Guide. Articles used in the development of the protocol are listed in the document. The protocol is useful for clinics that focus on detecting signs of family and intimate partner violence and responding to voluntary disclosure.
B. San Francisco Domestic Violence Health Care Protocol
C. Sample Clinic Protocol for Identifying Family and Intimate Partner Violence
4. PATIENT/CLIENT IDENTIFICATION, SCREENING, ASSESSMENT, AND SAFETY PLANNING
Section A. Overview
Items Identification, Assessment and Intervention with Victims of Domestic Violence, Chapter 2, Improving the Health Care Response to Domestic Violence: A Resource Manual for Health Care Providers by Carole Warshaw MD and Anne L. Ganley PhD produced in 1998 by the Family Violence Prevention Fund: www.endabuse.org Interventions for Violence Against Women, Scientific Review and Clinical Applications, JAMA, February 5, 2003 Should Health Professionals Screen Women for Domestic Violence? Systematic Review by Jean Ramsay, Jo Richardson, Yvonne H. Carter, Leslie L. Davidson, Gene Feder, British Medical Journal, August 10, 2002 Balanced Approach is Needed by Mary M. Goodwin, Patricia Dietz, Alison Spitz, Ileane Arias, Linda E. Saltzman, British Medical Journal, December 14, 2002
Notes These articles provide an overview and discuss the efficacy of screening.
B. Screening a) Sample Screening Protocol
Preventing Domestic Violence: Clinical Guidelines on Routine Screening
This publication provides recommendations for screening in the health care setting. It was produced by the Family Violence Prevention Fund: www.endabuse.org in October 1999. The “Domestic Violence Screening/Documentation Form" is excerpted from Preventing Domestic Violence: Clinical Guidelines on Routine Screening produced in October 1999 by The Family Violence Prevention Fund: www.endabuse.org
b) Sample Screening Forms
Family Violence Prevention Fund (FVPF), “Domestic Violence Screening/Documentation Form” FVPF, “Screening Questions for Possible Victims of Domestic Violence" and "Sample Screening Questions for Patient History and Intake Forms" in Improving the Health Care Response to Domestic Violence: A Resource Manual for Health Care Providers by Carole Warshaw MD and Anne L. Ganley PhD produced in 1998 by the Family Violence Prevention Fund: www.endabuse.org
Section C. Assessment a) Sample Assessment Forms
Items Mercy Hospital, "Domestic Safety Assessment" from Mercy Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA Philadelphia Family Violence Work Group, "Domestic Violence Abuse Assessment"
Notes Both are slightly different. They are excerpted from “Improving the Health Care Response to Domestic Violence: A Resource Manual for Health Care Providers” produced by The Family Violence Prevention Fund (www.endabuse.com) in 1998.
b) Sample Assessment Protocol D. Safety Planning a) Sample Safety Planning Forms
Excerpt from The American College of Nurse Midwives’ No Woman Deserves to Hurt: Section II: Assessment, by Patricia A. Paluzzi, CNM, MPH and Lara Slattery, 1996. The “Personalized Safety Plan” is an adaptation of the Personalized Safety Plan developed by the Office of the City Attorney, City of San Diego, CA 1990. “Safety Planning” is excerpted from "It Shouldn't Hurt to Go Home: The Domestic Violence Victim's Handbook”, Community and Senior Services of Los Angeles County, Domestic Violence Unit, 1990. Safety Plan for Immigrant Women who are Victims of Domestic Violence is excerpted from the Perinatal Partnership Against Domestic Violence (PPADV) Manual, 2001.
Personalized Safety Plan Safety Planning Safety Plan for Immigrant Women who are Victims of Domestic Violence
5. REFERRALS
Section 5. Referrals
Items A. How to Establish a Referral Network
Notes This is a guide on how to establish, evaluate and maintain referrals for Family and Intimate Partner Violence. This document was developed in 2003 specifically for this Resource Guide. The material included was adapted from “Mental Health Counselors Training Course: Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Prevention” produced in 1992 by the American Mental Health Counselors Association. The list of all state domestic violence coalitions that is provided was downloaded from the internet in September 2003. This is a referral resource sheet that can be filled out with local numbers. It should be posted in a readily accessible place. It was developed in 2003, specifically for this Resource Guide.
B. Domestic Violence Coalitions of States and Territories
C. Family and Intimate Partner Violence Referrals
6. REPORTING OF FAMILY AND INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE
Section 6. Reporting of Family and Intimate Partner Violence
Items A. Mandatory Reporting Laws
Notes This is a chart that describes who must report, what must be reported and to whom, for states that have mandatory reporting laws. The chart was developed specifically for this Resource Guide. The information included in the chart is based on a legal review of the reporting laws which was conducted in September 2003. These articles discuss the merits and drawbacks of mandatory reporting. The first article was prepared by Ariella Hyman JD for the Family Violence Prevention Fund (www.endabuse.org) in 1997. The second article was published by Rodriguez, McLoughlin, Nah and Campbell in JAMA in 2001.
B. Benefits and Risks of Mandatory Reporting: Mandatory Reporting of Domestic Violence by Health Care Providers: A Policy Paper Mandatory Reporting of Domestic Violence Injuries to the Police: What Do Emergency Department Patients Think?
7. EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS
Section 7. Educational Materials
Items A. Sources for educational and promotional materials.
Notes Two website resources are provided.
B. Samples of educational and promotional materials.
Samples of cards and job aids are included.
8. APPENDIX
Section 8. Appendix Items A. Family and Intimate Partner Violence Resources on the World Wide Web B. American Bar Association Commission on Domestic Violence Notes Lists websites that have additional materials on family and intimate partner violence (FIPV). This document which was compiled by the American Bar Association in 2003 provides FIPV prevalence data that indicates that FIPV occurs among diverse communities and across race, socioeconomic status, etc. This article written by Larry Bennett, Ph.D. in 1997 is part of the Applied Research Paper Series of VAWnet. VAWnet is a project of the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence. The article points to the evidence of a strong link between family and intimate partner violence and substance abuse. Excerpted from Chapter 4, Improving the Health Care Response to Domestic Violence: A Resource Manual for Health Care Providers, written by Carole Warshaw in 1998 for the Family Violence Prevention Fund: www.endabuse.org, this is a good short piece, for staff who are inspired to help their clinics develop a programmatic response to family and intimate partner violence. This information is excerpted from Best Practices: Innovative Domestic Violence Programs in Health Care Settings published in 1997 by the Family Violence Prevention Fund: www.endabuse.org
C. Substance Abuse and Woman Abuse by Male Partners
D. How to Create your Own Domestic Violence Program in a Health Care Setting
E. Best Practices: Innovative Domestic Violence Programs in Health Care Settings