Domestic & Intimate Partner Violence

Educational Tools/Resources

• ACOG's Violence Against Women - Screening Tools
  A brief statement and set of questions to use to screen patients for domestic violence, or sexual assault.
• ACOG/CDC's Intimate Partner Violence During Pregnancy: A Guide for Clinicians
  This is an introductory training tool for clinicians on identifying and preventing intimate partner violence. It includes a PowerPoint slide show and lecture notes.
• AMA's Diagnostic and Treatment Guidelines on Domestic Violence (1992)
  This pamphlet provides an overview of domestic violence, and diagnostic and treatment guidelines.
• AMA's Diagnostic and Treatment Guidelines on Mental Health Effects of Family Violence (1995)
  This pamphlet reviews the psychological and behavioral impact of family violence, and its evaluation and management.
• CDC's Intimate Partner Violence and Sexual Assault: A Guide to Training Materials and Programs for Health Care Providers (1998)
  This guide describes 36 training materials/programs by target audience, medium, and contact for information.
• SAEM's Four Case-Based Teaching Modules on Interpersonal Violence (1998)
  Four one-hour modules for resident instruction on youth violence, child abuse, domestic abuse and elder abuse, each with instructor's manual and PowerPoint slides.
• USPSTF's Screening for Family and Intimate Partner Violence (2004)
  U.S. Preventive Services Task Force evidence-based recommendation on the efficacy of routine screening for family and intimate partner violence.

Reports/Publications

• Costs of Intimate Partner Violence Against Women in the United States (2003)
  This CDC report presents estimates on the incidence, prevalence, and costs of intimate partner violence.
• Danger Assessment
  J. Campbell's tool to assess the risk of homicide with battered women, including a permission of use letter.
• Documenting Domestic Violence: How Health Care Providers Can Help Victims (2001)
  This National Institute of Justice brief outlines how health care providers can improve the admissibility of medical records evidence in a domestic violence case.
• Domestic Violence and Children (1999)
  This Winter 1999 issue of The Future of Children journal focuses on children exposed to domestic violence. The articles describe current research, legislative and service system responses, and suggest strategies for improving intervention and prevention programs.
• Evaluating Domestic Violence Programs (2002)
  This is the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality’s assessment tool that hospitals can use to assess their domestic violence programs.
• Intimate Partner Violence: Fact Sheet
  This CDC fact sheet provides an overview of intimate partner violence.

Links to Other Resources

• American Bar Association (ABA): Commission on Domestic Violence
  Offers online information to assist victims of abuse, including safety planning and how to obtain legal help
• MEDLINEplus: Domestic Violence
  Provides information on domestic violence from the National Library of Medicine
• Minnesota Center Against Violence and Abuse (MINCAVA)
  Offers a database of organizations addressing violence, and an electronic clearinghouse of educational resources on all types of violence
• National Center for Children Exposed to Violence
  Provides a Resource Center for information on effects of violence exposure on children and programs to address it
• National Center on Domestic and Sexual Violence
  Offers training, consultation, and advocacy to end domestic and sexual violence, and a resource library
• National Electronic Network on Violence Against Women(VAWnet)
  Provides online resources on domestic violence and sexual assault, an electronic library, links to other sources, and information on finding help for victims
• Nursing Network on Violence Against Women, Int'l
  Provides domestic violence assessment tools and links to sites that address issues on violence against women
• Office on Violence Against Women, U.S. Dept. Justice
  Offers information on federal laws, state hotlines and advocacy groups; the VAW Online Resources link provides research and promising practices on issues such
  as domestic violence, stalking, and sexual assault
• Stalking Resource Center
  Offers a Peer-to-Peer Exchange Program, an Information Clearinghouse, training, and a Practitioners' Network.
• Stop Abuse for Everyone (SAFE)
  Provides trainings and resources to serve underserved domestic violence groups, e.g., men, gays, and lesbians