Intimate Partner Violence and Maternal Health: Evidence-Based and Promising Interventions

Description: In this 4-session, community of practice (CoP) participants will learn how to apply the evidence-based CUES intervention to prevent and respond to intimate partner violence (IPV) within settings that serve mothers with a spotlight on community health centers. It will include frameworks and tools to better promote health as well as strategies to help health center staff feel more present during patient encounters. Adaptable protocols, PDSAs, MOUs, and other resources to build and strengthen connections between health centers and domestic violence programs that provide supportive services to mothers will be shared. 

Learning Collaborative Dates and Times: 

• Wednesday, Feb 22nd at 8am HT/10am PT/ 11 am MST/ 12 pm CST/1 pm ET (60 mins) 

• Wednesday, March 1st at 8am HT/10am PT/ 11 am MST/ 12 pm CST/1 pm ET (60 mins) 

• Thursday, March 9 at 8am HT/10am PT/ 11 am MST/ 12 pm CST/1 pm ET (60 mins) 

• Wednesday, March 15 at 8am HT/10am PT/ 11 am MST/ 12 pm CST/1 pm ET (60 mins)

The learning collaborative curriculum includes the following topics: 

Session 1: Introduction to addressing IPV and ACES in maternal health settings. 

Session 2:  Best practices and policies to support healthy relationships and healthy babies 

Session 3: Creating meaningful partnerships between maternal health providers and community based domestic violence programs to improve outcomes. 

Session 4: Healing Centered Engagement to Support Staff and Patients. 

Learning Collaborative Faculty and Presenters: 

• Virginia Duplessis, MSW, Associate Director, Health, Futures Without Violence

• Leigh Hofheimer, Senior Program Director, Washington State Coalition Against Domestic Violenc

• Rebecca Levenson, MA, Senior Health Policy Consultant, Health Partners on IPV + Exploitation, Futures Without Violence  

• Carina Sanchez, Case Manager- Parent as Teachers Program, Yakima Valley Farm Worker’s Clinic 

• Megha Rimal, MSW, Program Specialist, Health, Futures Without Violence  

Deadline: Wednesday, February 8th– Midnight at your local time zone 

Note: If you need any accommodations to best support your participation, let us know on the registration page by Feb 3rd. We will do our best to accommodate requests made after Feb 3rd. 

For any questions, contact Megha Rimal, mrimal@futureswithoutviolence.org