Domestic Violence/Intimate Partner Violence:
Applying Best Practice Guidelines

Other Websites of Interest


Introduction

Defining the Problem

Statistics

Identifying Abuse

Consequence of Violence

Risk Factors for Victimization and Preparation

Barriers to Identifcation of Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

Best Practice Guidelines for Intimate Partner Violence/Domestic Violence

Safety Planning

Conclusion

Appendix A
Appendix B
Appendix C
Appendix D
Appendix E

Resources

Other Websites of Interest

References

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American Academy of Pediatrics: www.aap.org

American College of Emergency Physicians: www.acep.org

American College of Nurse Midwives: www.acnm.org

American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists: www.acog.org

American Medical Association: www.ama-assn.org

American Medical Women's Association: www.amwa-doc.org

American Psychological Association: www.apa.org

Association of Traumatic Stress Specialists: http://www.atss-hq.com

Battered Women and Their Children: http://hosting.uaa.alaska.edu/afrhm1/wacan

Child Witness to Violence Project at Boston Medical Center:
www.childwitnesstoviolence.org

Family Violence and Sexual Assault Institute: www.fvsai.org/

International Association of Forensic Nurses: www.forensicnurse.org

Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing: www.son.jhmi.edu

Massachusetts Medical Society: www.massmed.org

Men Stopping Violence: www.menstopping.violence.org

Nursing Network to End Violence Against Women International: www.nnvawi.org

National Sexual Violence Resource Center: http://www.nsvrc.org/

Physicians for a Violence-Free Society: www.nnvawi.org

Society of Academic Emergency Medicine: www.saem.org

Trafficking Information and Referral Hotline at 1.888.3737.888.
This hotline will help you determine if you have encountered victims of human trafficking, will identify local resources available in your community to help victims, and will help you coordinate with local social service organizations to help protect and serve victims so they can begin the process of restoring their lives. For more information on human trafficking visit www.acf.hhs.gov/trafficking.

National Guideline Clearinghouse
The National Guideline Clearinghouse (NGC) is a comprehensive database of evidence-based clinical practice guidelines and related documents. NGC is an initiative of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. NGC was originally created by AHRQ in partnership with the American Medical Association and the American Association of Health Plans (now America's Health Insurance Plans [AHIP]).

The NGC mission is to provide physicians, nurses, and other health professionals, health care providers, health plans, integrated delivery systems, purchasers and others an accessible mechanism for obtaining objective, detailed information on clinical practice guidelines and to further their dissemination, implementation and use. Website: www.guidelines.gov.

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