Building Health Center Responses on Intimate Partner Violence (4-virtual sessions)

Date: Wednesdays: October 22; October 29; November 5; and November 12, 2025 

@ 7am HST/10am PST/11am MST/12pm CST/1pm EST (4 – 60 minute sessions)

Language: All four sessions will be offered in English with simultaneous Spanish interpretation 

Description: Health Partners on IPV+ Exploitation will host four virtual educational sessions to discuss intimate partner violence (IPV), including: prevalence and definitions; clinical change strategies including the CUES intervention; HRSA’s UDS measures on IPV/exploitation, and referrals and collaboration strategies to develop comprehensive HC responses. Health Outreach Partners and Migrant Clinicians Network will lead one session with a focus on IPV experienced by migratory seasonal agricultural workers (MSAWs) and will describe outreach strategies, essential partnerships and healing-centered strategies to support staff and patient well-being. 

Community of Practice:

A Community of Practice (CoP) is a small cohort learning environment which entails faculty-driven presentation and discussion as well as bi-directional learning between and among attendees with time to ask questions. CoPs provide an in-depth review of a specific topic across four sessions; feature curriculum delivered by faculty; and include interactivity and discussion to advance skills. 

Participation in all four sessions is strongly recommended as each session builds upon the other to deepen understanding. 

Learning Objectives:

As a result of this Community of Practice, participants will be able to:

1. Define intimate partner violence (IPV) and the health impacts for adults and adolescents. 
2. Describe CUES, an evidence-based intervention on IPV for patient/client interactions.
3. Develop or expand meaningful partnerships between HCs and community-based programs for referrals and care coordination. 
4. Summarize how to promote healing-centered environments for staff and patients and promote well-being. 

Host Faculty:

• Anna Marjavi, Director, Health Partners on IPV + Exploitation
• Kenede Pratt-McCloud, Program Assistant, Health Partners on IPV + Exploitation 

Guest Presenters:

• Elsy Hernandez, MPH, Senior Program Manager, Training & Technical Assistance, Health Outreach Partners 
• Surabhi Kukke, MPH, Consultant, Health Partners on IPV + Exploitation 
• Pamela Secada-Sayles, MPH, Senior Program Manager, Mental Health and Well-Being, Migrant Clinicians Network 
• Smruti Shah, MPH, Deputy Director, Health Outreach Partners

Session Dates/Titles: 

Four live sessions will be held Wednesdays October 22, 2025 to November 12, 2025 at 7am HST/10am PST/11am MST/12pm CST/1pm EST and hosted via Zoom for 60 minute sessions. 

• Session 1: October 22, 2025 
  • Title: Welcome and Community of Practice Introduction, IPV/HT/E Definitions, Health Services, and Community Partnerships
  • Facilitated by: Health Partners on IPV + Exploitation 
• Session 2: October 29, 2025
  • Title: Defining the Health Impact of IPV and the CUES Intervention
  • Facilitated by: Health Partners on IPV + Exploitation 
  • Speaker: Surabhi Kukke, MPH, Consultant, Health Partners on IPV+ Exploitation
• Session 3: November 5, 2025
  • Title: Healing-Centered Strategies for Health Center Staff and Patients
  • Facilitated by: Health Outreach Partners and Migrant Clinicians Network 
• Session 4: November 12, 2025 
  • Title: How to Operationalize Clinical Change on IPV/HT/E and Key Resources
  • Facilitated by: Health Partners on IPV + Exploitation 

Deadline to Apply: Wednesday, October 8, 2025 – midnight at your local time zone

REGISTER NOW

Notes: All four sessions will be offered on Zoom in English, with closed captioning capabilities and simultaneous Spanish interpretation available.  

If you need other accommodations to support your participation, let us know on the registration page by Friday, September 26, 2025 by midnight at your local time zone. We will try, but cannot guarantee accommodation requests made after that date. 

We invite staff from health centers (HCs) including CHWs and frontline staff, primary care associations (PCAs), and collaborative partners within local/state/territory community programs, including anti-domestic violence and human trafficking programs, to apply.

We encourage all applicants to identify one staff member as the main applicant and submit one application per site. You may add multiple colleagues to the registration. 

Please note that we will schedule one, 15–20-minute conversation with some accepted applicants before the CoP begins. This is an opportunity to provide input on the CoP and share any related efforts to date. 

If you have any questions, please send an email to Kenede Pratt-McCloud at kprattmccloud@futureswithoutviolence.org