A Practical Guide on Intimate Partner Violence, Human Trafficking, and Exploitation and Technology Tools
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Developed by National Training and Technical Assistance Partners, HITEQ and Health Partners on IPV + Exploitation, this practical guide features key tools and principles to help health centers (HCs) develop safe documentation for intimate partner violence, human trafficking, and exploitation (IPV/HT/E) in their electronic health records (EHRs) and other technology tools. In 2020, the Health […]
Enhancing Emergency Preparedness in Health Centers for Addressing IPV, HT, and Exploitation
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Historical data show that crises exacerbate rates of IPV and HT/E. For instance, reports of abuse and trafficking surged during Hurricane Katrina and the COVID-19 pandemic. This 4-page educational brief outlines strategies for enhancing emergency preparedness in health centers (HCs), focusing on intimate partner violence (IPV), human trafficking (HT), and exploitation (E). By implementing improved […]
Strengthening Emergency Preparedness: Supporting Survivors of IPV, Human Trafficking and Exploitation (Learning Collaborative – 4 virtual sessions)
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Jan- Feb 2025
4-session learning collaborative
Health Partners on IPV + Exploitation: Year Four Recap
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As we celebrate our fourth year of operating Health Partners on IPV +Exploitation, a HRSA-funded NTTAP, we are proud to share some of our recent successes. These accomplishments were made possible through the active engagement of our constituents and partners. In the last year – We hosted: 2 in-depth learning collaboratives: one on advancing health […]
Understanding Harm Reduction Approaches to Address Intimate Partner Violence, Human Trafficking, Exploitation and Homelessness in Health Centers
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Tuesday, May 7, 2024 @ 11am PST/ 12pm MT / 1pm CT / 2pm ET for 90 mins
Health Center Emergency Preparedness for Survivors of IPV + Exploitation: Multidisciplinary Collaborations to Address Legal Needs
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Tuesday, January 23, 2024
10am HST/12pm PST/1pm MST/2pm CST/3pm EST for 60 minutes
Advancing Health Equity: Increasing Access to Care for IPV and Exploitation Survivors
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January-February 2024
4-session learning collaborative
Health Partners on IPV + Exploitation: Year Three Recap
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As we enter our fourth year of operating Health Partners on IPV + Exploitation, an NTTAP funded by HRSA’s Bureau of Primary Health Care (BPHC), we are proud to share some of our recent successes. These would not have been possible without the engagement of our constituents and partners. In the last year – We […]
Health Justice in Practice: Supporting Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence and Exploitation Who are Living with HIV
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Recording now available.
Confidentiality and Documentation of IPV and Exploitation: Balancing Safety with Data Collection
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November 3, 2022 At a clinic embedded within a drop-in center in downtown Pittsburgh for adolescents and young adults who are unstably housed, clients can receive routine care and preventive services. A 19-year-old young person (who uses they/them pronouns) came in for a pregnancy test. The test was positive. They started to cry saying, “I […]
Advancing Health Equity: Promoting Quality of Care for IPV and Exploitation Survivors
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Addressing IPV and Exploitation in Health Centers (CUES Infographic)
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Health centers are key to violence prevention, and Health Partners works to build their capacity through learning collaboratives, national webinars, and training materials to implement our evidence-based “CUES” intervention, support systems change, increase staff capacity, and build partnerships with domestic violence and sexual assault (DV/SA) programs. Health centers and DV/SA advocacy programs are natural partners given […]
Increasing Capacity to Address Health, Justice, & Equity Through Partnerships: A Guide to Help Health Centers, Domestic Violence Programs, & Civil Legal Aid Organizations Address & Prevent Intimate Partner Violence, Human Trafficking, & Exploitation
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Supporting the millions of survivors of domestic/intimate partner violence (IPV), human trafficking (HT), and exploitation (E), requires an intentional and immediate shift away from professional silos and towards multidisclipinary, collaborative health, justice, and equity approaches. Through partnerships, health centers, domestic violence (DV) programs or agencies, and civil legal aid organizations can more effectively leverage their […]
Collaborating to Address the Health and Legal Needs of Patients Experiencing Intimate Partner Violence and Exploitation
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Description: Health Partners on IPV + Exploitation and the National Center for Medical-Legal Partnerships are collaborating to host a four-part learning collaborative on partnering to address the health and legal needs of patients and clients experiencing intimate partner violence (IPV) and exploitation. The learning collaborative will feature several partnership models and promising practices to develop, sustain, and grow partnerships […]
Intimate Partner Violence + Exploitation During COVID-19 in Farmworker Communities
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Description: Migrant Clinicians Network, Farmworker Justice, and Health Partners on IPV + Exploitation (FUTURES) are cohosting a learning collaborative (LC) focused on healthcare responses to address intimate partner violence (IPV) and exploitation. The LC will review strategies to promote healing-centered engagement. Attention will be given to “CUES,” an evidence-based intervention developed by FUTURES to address IPV in health settings. […]
Collaborating to Address the Health and Legal Needs of Patients Experiencing Intimate Partner Violence and Exploitation
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Date: Thursday April 21, 2022Duration: 90 minutesDescription: Health Partners on IPV + Exploitation and National Center for Medical-Legal Partnership are partnering to host a webinar on collaborations between health care providers and legal services providers to address intimate partner violence and exploitation and promote prevention. This webinar will help both Medical-Legal Partnerships and other health and […]
Privacy Principles for Protecting Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence, Exploitation and Human Trafficking in Healthcare Settings
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Description: Health information technology (HIT) is a crucial tool for healthcare systems to coordinate care for patients, yet there are privacy concerns unique to people who have experienced intimate partner violence (IPV) and exploitation. With potential impact to a patient’s care utilization and engagement, this is not just an issue of privacy but also one of […]
Introducing a New Model Protocol for Health Centers to Address Intimate Partner Violence and Exploitation
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October 6, 2021 By: Anna Marjavi, Health Partners on IPV + Exploitation, and Kimberly S.G. Chang, MD, MPH, Asian Health Services 15,929. This is the 2020 UDS number of patients served at health centers reported to receive services for intimate partner violence (IPV). This is a miniscule fraction (.05%) out of a total of 28,590,897 […]
Announcing our New Name and Website: Health Partners on IPV + Exploitation!
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September 22, 2021 By: Anisa Ali, MA; Anna Marjavi; Lisa James, MA; and Graciela Olguín Connection. Collaboration. Community. Partnerships. These are values that we hold closely to advance care and support for those at risk of or surviving intimate partner violence (IPV), human trafficking (HT), and exploitation, and to bolster prevention efforts. Because we want […]
Consultant, Health Partners on IPV + Exploitation, Futures Without Violence
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Erica Monasterio, MN, FNP-BC is a Clinical Professor, Emerita, formerly on faculty in the Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine, Department of Pediatrics and the former Director of the Family Nurse Practitioner Program, Department of Family Health Care in the School of Nursing at the University of California, San Francisco. Ms. Monasterio has 35 years of […]
Consultant, Health Partners on IPV + Exploitation, Futures Without Violence
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Family Physician, Asian Health Services, Health Partners on IPV + Exploitation, Futures Without Violence
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Family Physician, Asian Health Services; Co-Founder, HEAL Trafficking; Vice Speaker of the House, Executive Board of Directors, National Association of Community Health Centers Kimberly S.G. Chang, MD, MPH, is a Family Physician at Asian Health Services (AHS) in Oakland, California. In 2015, Dr. Chang completed the Commonwealth Fund Minority Health Policy Fellowship at Harvard, examining […]
Director, Health Partners on IPV + Exploitation
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As a Director at Futures Without Violence, Anna leads the HRSA-funded NTTAP, Health Partners on IPV + Exploitation with a focus on community health centers. Working across public health and health care delivery systems for over twenty-five years, Anna has developed national campaigns, academic conferences, and multi-state initiatives. She has provided technical assistance and program […]
Confidentiality in the Age of Open Notes
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This educational brief explores confidentiality policies and practices, safety considerations for survivors, methods for disclosing limits of confidentiality to patients, electronic health record (EHR) adaptations, tracking intimate partner violence, human trafficking, and exploitation (IPV/HT/E) measures in the Uniform Data System (UDS), and client-centered approaches to care. Protecting survivor confidentiality is a cornerstone of clinical care. […]
Association of Clinicians for the Underserved (ACU) STAR² Center Webinar Series-Supporting a Diverse Workforce: Working with Health Center Staff that Exist at the Intersection of Different Identities
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Wednesday, November 6, 13, 20
9 am HT/ 12 pm PT/ 1 pm MT/ 3 pm ET for 60 minutes
Oral Health and Intimate Partner Violence: Strategies for Providing Safe and Comfortable Patient Experiences
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Thursday, November 14
8 am HT/ 11 am PT/ 12 pm MT/ 1 pm CT/ 2 pm ET for 60 minutes
Hidden No More: What Every Health Center Should Know for Domestic Violence Awareness Month
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Authors: Dana Trampas, Kimberly Chang, MD, MPH, Anna Marjavi October 1, 2024 In a bustling health center (HC), Nurse Maria meets a patient named Ana during a routine visit. At first glance, Ana appears unremarkable—no bruises or visible signs of distress, just quiet with tired eyes. However, as they talk, Maria notices subtle cues: a […]
National Association of Community Health Centers (NACHC)- Primary Care Association (PCA) Office Hour: Your Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) Training and Technical Assistance (T/TA)
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Wednesday, October 22
7 am HT/ 10 am PT/ 11 pm MT/ 1 pm ET for 60 minutes
Supporting IPV Survivors Through Harm Reduction (Health Cares About Domestic Violence Day)
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Wednesday, October 9
8 am HT/ 11 am PT/ 12 pm MT/ 1 pm ET for 60 minutes
2024 Community Care Network of Kansas Annual Conference
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The 2024 Community Care Network of Kansas Annual Conference is set for October 9-11 in Wichita, KS at the Drury Plaza Hotel Broadview! This year’s theme is “Ad Astra Per Aspera: Boldly Charting the Course.” This year, Health Partners on IPV + Exploitation will present the following session: Intimate Partner Violence: Clinical Skills, EHRs tools, […]
2024 CHAMPS/NWRPCA Fall Primary Care Conference
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For over 25 years, CHAMPS and NWRPCA have collaborated to provide the health centers in Regions VIII and X with a comprehensive conference featuring top speakers, educational sessions, networking opportunities, and industry exhibits. The conference includes over 50 sessions covering Board Governance, Clinical, Finance, Healthy Communities, Hot Topics, Human Resources, Leadership, Operations, and Policy. Health […]
2024 National Conference on Domestic Violence
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This year The National Conference on Domestic Violence will bring together 700+ individuals from across the world for three days of discussion, presentations, learning, community, and fun. This conference is designed for: – Survivors who openly share lived experiences to help de-stigmatize intimate partner violence and relationship abuse; – Advocates and allies working to shift […]
2024 National School-Based Health Care Conference
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Join the School-Based Health Alliance for its annual conference, “Engaging Communities, Fostering Partnerships,” June 30-July 2, 2024, at the Westin Washington, DC Downtown Hotel (formerly the Renaissance Downtown Hotel) in Washington, D.C. In addition to the keynote speakers, this conference will feature workshops with experts on a wide range of topics. This year, Health Partners […]
Leveraging Electronic Health Records to Promote Improved Care, Patient Safety and Privacy
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July 25, 2024 at 11am PT / 112pm MT / 1pm CT / 2pm ET (60 minutes)
Supporting Survivors of Violence and Abuse in Oral Health Care Settings: A Patient Brochure and Guide for Staff
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Oral health care staff and providers have an opportunity to work on both systems and practice change to help community members access care and have comfortable visits, including for survivors of violence and abuse. Staff can routinely share information with their patients on violence and abuse, and connect patients to supportive community programs, national hotlines, […]
Preparing Health Centers to Protect Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders (AANHPI)
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from Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) and Human Trafficking/Exploitation (HT/E) During Public Health Emergencies and Natural Disasters May 2, 2024 AANHPI Heritage Month is a time to celebrate the remarkable role of the AANHPI community in our nation’s history! We want to safeguard the potential of our AANHPI communities to continue to participate and make long-lasting […]
2024 Conference on Adolescent Health: Translating Research into Practice
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The Annual Conference on Adolescent Health brings together an interdisciplinary community of health care professionals to share research and best practices aimed at improving adolescent-centered care. Each year, the event hosts over 450 attendees from nearly all 50 states and a growing international community. This year, Health Partners on IPV + Exploitation and The School Based […]
Coordinating Care and Safety for Patients: Navigating the Intersection of Behavioral Health and Intimate Partner Violence
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May-June 2024
4-session learning collaborative
Emergency Preparedness
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As the frequency of wildfires, hurricanes, floods, heatwaves, droughts, and various other natural disasters continues to rise across the United States and its territories, health centers can expect their operations, workforce, and patients to be increasingly impacted. Amidst these challenges, it is crucial for healthcare providers to recognize the heightened risk of intimate partner violence […]
CUES Intervention
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CUES is an evidence-based universal education strategy to educate all patients about healthy and unhealthy relationships, the health impact of IPV, and available national resources for support. CUES stands for Confidentiality, Universal Education, Empowerment, and Support. This approach differs from screening in that all patients are given information on the health impact of IPV and […]
Partnerships Between Health Centers and Domestic and Sexual Violence Advocacy Programs (Bi-directional Infographic)
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As health center staff are more likely to initiate conversations on IPV/HT/E with their patients after learning about domestic violence advocates and the range of services offered by their DV programs, these HC/DVP partnerships are critical to promote safety and health outcomes for patients, as well as staff, through bi-directional warm referrals. This infographic illustrates […]
Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence and Human Trafficking: Health Center Preparedness Before, During, and After Emergencies
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Developed in collaboration with Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations (AAPCHO) and Health Partners on IPV and Exploitation, this educational brief focuses on equipping health centers (HCs) with the necessary tools and knowledge to support Asian Americans (AA) and Native Hawaiians/Pacific Islander (NH/PI) survivors of Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) and Human Trafficking (HT) during […]
2023 NWRPCA/CHAMPS Fall Primary Care Conference
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What is the Fall Primary Care Conference? For over two and a half decades, CHAMPS and NWRPCA have partnered to offer the health centers of Region VIII (CO, MT, ND, SD, UT, and WY) and Region X (AK, ID, OR, and WA) great speakers, excellent educational sessions, numerous networking opportunities, exhibits by industry experts, and […]
Health Centers Care About Domestic Violence
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AUTHORS: Yuriko de la Cruz (NACHC) and Anna Marjavi (Director, Health Partners on IPV + Exploitation, Futures Without Violence) October 2, 2023 “Never assume that domestic violence is not affecting someone in your workplace. Victims of domestic violence often suffer in secret, in part because they have been conditioned to believe they deserve the abuse, and […]
Promoting Resilient Workforces: Workplace Strategies to Address Impacts of Trauma and Domestic Violence
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Wednesday, October 18th, 2023 @ 8am HST/11am PST/12pm MST/1pm CST/2pm EST (60 mins)
Futures Without Violence CUES videos
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CUES is an evidence-based universal education strategy to educate all patients about healthy and unhealthy relationships, the health impact of IPV, and available national resources for support. This approach differs from screening in that all patients are given information on the health impact of IPV and safety support, regardless of their disclosure of current or […]
Healing-centered and Youth Driven Care for Adolescents Exposed to Violence
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Recording now available.
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Health Centers Are Key to Violence Prevention We work with health centers to support those at risk of experiencing or surviving intimate partner violence (IPV), human trafficking (HT), and exploitation, and to bolster prevention efforts. Learn More Our Impact Health Partners on IPV + Exploitation serves the nation’s network of 15,000 federally-funded health centers through training […]
Innovations in Mobile Health to Increase Health Access for Domestic Violence and Human Trafficking Survivors
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Coordinating Care and Safety for Patients Experiencing IPV at the Intersection of Mental and Behavioral Health
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Structural Competency Learning Group for Health Center Staff
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Lessons Learned in School-Based Health Center Adolescent Relationship Abuse Prevention
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Recording now available.
Health, Healing, and Healthy Relationships: A New Safety Card Resource for farmworkers
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From Alianza Nacional de Campesinas and Health Partners on IPV + Exploitation March 27, 2023 On any given morning, Irma Durand drives the roads and fields in Homestead, Florida. They are roads she knows well, having lived in Homestead since 2014. She shares information and resources about COVID-19 with farmworkers and their families. She brings […]
Intimate Partner Violence and Maternal Health: Evidence-Based and Promising Interventions
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Reproductive and Maternal Health
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The intersection of intimate partner violence (IPV), racism, and maternal mortality among birthing people remains one of the least explored and under-resourced topics. Yet addressing these topics is central to ensuring expectant and parenting people do not continue to die from preventable causes. According to the national partnership for women & families, each year, an […]
Educación Universal y Apoyo a Pacientes Que Han Experimentado Violencia de la Pareja Íntima o Explotación
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Addressing Partner Inflicted Brain Injuries With a Health Equity Lens
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Recording now available.
Health Centers and Patient Violence Prevention / Centros de Salud y Prevención de la Violencia del Paciente
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Recording now available.
Evidence-Based and Promising Interventions to Address the Intersections of IPV and Maternal Health
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Recording now available.
2022 National Network for Oral Health Access Annual Conference
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Forward Together: Pursuing Equity, Access, and Quality!
Healing Centered Approaches to Screen and Intervene for Social Determinants of Health Including Intimate Partner Violence (A Paper)
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Intimate Partner Violence (IPV), Human Trafficking (HT) and Exploitation are key social determinants of health and significantly exacerbate other social determinants – contributing to homelessness, job and food insecurity, social connectedness and poor mental and behavioral health. As health centers consider SDOH and health equity strategies – there’s opportunity to integrate support for their patients/clients […]
Quality Assessment / Quality Improvement Tool
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This Quality Assessment/Quality Improvement (QA/QI) tool is intended to provide community health centers with guiding questions to assess quality of care related to promotion of healthy relationships and intervention related to intimate partner violence (IPV), human trafficking (HT), and exploitation (E) within their health care delivery. The information is to be used as a benchmark […]
Increasing Health Care Enrollment for Survivors of Domestic Violence
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People who have experienced intimate partner violence (IPV) have unique health care needs, making insurance that covers comprehensive medical and behavioral health benefits all the more critical. Community health centers play an important role in helping survivors enroll in coverage and receive quality primary health and oral health care services. A special enrollment period for […]
(Webinar) Intimate Partner Violence, Homelessness and Behavioral Health: A Toolkit for Health Center and Community Partners
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Recording now available.
Centering Staff Wellness While Supporting Patients Experience Intimate Partner Violence
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NTTAP Year 2- Recap
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As we enter our third year of running Health Partners on IPV + Exploitation, an NTTAP funded by HRSA’s Bureau of Primary Health Care (BPHC), that works with health centers on the topics of IPV/Human Trafficking and Exploitation, we are proud to share some of the successes of our second year. In the last year […]
Tools for Health Centers
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General Resources Addressing IPV and Exploitation in Health Centers (CUES Infographic) Futures Without Violence CUES videos Healing Centered Approaches to Screen and Intervene for Social Determinants of Health Including Intimate Partner Violence (A Paper) Increasing Health Care Enrollment for Survivors of Domestic Violence Quality Assessment / Quality Improvement Tool Partnerships Between Health Centers and Domestic […]
Help! My Patient Says They Were Hurt by A Partner – What Do I and the Clinic Need to Do Now?
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Description: Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) and Human Trafficking/Exploitation (HT/E) commonly occur in communities, and affect patients, served by community health centers. When the providers, nurses, community health workers, receptionists, medical assistants, security, managers, and other staff are concerned about a patient, or a disclosure of personal violence against a patient has occurred, the staff or clinical […]
Gender, Homelessness, and Interpersonal Violence: Building Equitable Systems to Support Survivors and Providers
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Description Homelessness and systems of gender oppression (e.g. interpersonal violence, human trafficking, transphobia, sexism, etc.) profoundly impact the behavioral health of individuals in a manner that requires community-based holistic care from health care providers and domestic violence advocates. Operating from a collective model of care is essential to providing equitable, high-quality support for both patients […]
Addressing Intimate Partner Violence in HIV Programs: Transforming Care with Survivor Centered Approaches
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Description With the movement towards trauma-informed care, many community health center-based HIV, infectious disease, and sexual health programs and other Ryan White Funded HIV programs are looking for ways to better support their patients who are experiencing intimate partner and sexual violence (IPV/SV) and/or other intersecting forms of exploitation and abuse. HIV care practitioners see […]
Healing-Centered Approaches to Addressing Adolescent Relationship Abuse and Trafficking for School-Based Health Centers Learning Collaborative
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Description: Health Partners on IPV + Exploitation is excited to announce that we are partnering with School-Based Health Alliance to offer a six-session learning collaborative for adolescent-serving school-based health centers (SBHCs) on Healing-Centered Approaches to Addressing Relationship Abuse and Trafficking! This learning collaborative is open to SBHCs sponsored by FQHCs and lookalikes who are interested in […]
Gender, Homelessness, and Interpersonal Violence: Building Equitable Systems to Support Survivors and Providers
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Date: January 26, 2022Description: Health Partners on IPV + Exploitation and The National Health Care for the Homeless Council are excited to offer a national webinar addressing gender, homelessness, and a constellation of intersecting issues including behavioral health, human trafficking (HT), and interpersonal violence (IPV). Participants will learn foundations of gender justice in homelessness, strategies to strengthen […]
Lessons Learned from Project Catalyst: State/Territory-Wide Transformation on Health, Intimate Partner Violence, and Human Trafficking
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Para leer la información en español, por favor descargue el panfleto al final de esta pagina. Date: Tuesday, February 22, 2022 Description: Please join us for a webinar to learn more about Project Catalyst: State/Territory-Wide Transformation on Health, Intimate Partner Violence, and Human Trafficking, a four year national initiative supported by several U.S. Department of Health and […]
Strategies to Support Farmworkers Experiencing IPV or Human Trafficking
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Para leer la información en español, por favor descargue el panfleto al final de esta pagina. Date: May 24, 2022Description: Health Partners on IPV + Exploitation, Migrant Clinicians Network, and Farmworker Justice are cohosting a webinar on healthcare responses to address intimate partner violence (IPV) and exploitation. Partners will share new tools and strategies developed with farmworker […]
Adolescent Health and Confidentiality in the Age of Open Notes and Telemedicine
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Para leer la información en español, por favor descargue el panfleto al final de esta pagina. Date: Wednesday, June 1, 2022Description: Ensuring that adolescents can seek health care confidentially is critical for promoting adolescent health. With the rapid increase in telemedicine as well as expanded access to medical records and electronic health information (EHI) by patients […]
Ryan White Funding Opportunities for Community Health Centers (A Podcast Episode)
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This special episode is co-sponsored by Health Partners on IPV + Exploitation and is a part of the Expanding the Continuum podcast series that explores the intersections of HIV and intimate partner violence (by Futures Without Violence and the National Network to End Domestic Violence). In this episode that targets a health center and Ryan […]
Sexual Violence in the Fields and at Home
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View original blog post on MCN’s website here. Claire Hutkins Seda, Senior Writer & Editor, Migrant Clinicians Network Warning: the following article includes descriptions of situations of sexual violence. A woman who worked in the tomato fields had been frequently harassed by her supervisor, and so she turned to Alianza Nacional de Campesinas (Alianza), a national […]
Farmworker Safety Card Tool
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Health Partners on IPV + Exploitation, a project of Futures Without Violence, and Alianza Nacional de Campesinas developed a new safety card tool for farmworkers and for the professionals who work with them, on intimate partner violence, health care access, and relationship support. The tool, No Estás Sola: SALUD, SANACIÓN Y RELACIONES SALUDABLES (English translation — […]
Program Specialist
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Megha Rimal, MSW is the Program Specialist for Health Partners on IPV + Exploitation at Futures Without Violence. Megha has worked in the anti-violence movement for more than five years and brings her passion for transformative justice and abolition to the work. Megha is committed to intersectional gender justice advocacy and movement building. Prior to […]
Farmworker Safety Card Order
Farmworker Safety Card Order Health Partners on IPV + Exploitation and Alianza Nacional de Campesinas developed this new resource on intimate partner violence, health care access, and prevention. The safety card, You’re Not Alone: HEALTH, HEALING, AND HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS provides information on healthy and unhealthy relationships, their impact on health, and resources for support. Learn […]
2022 National Health Care for the Homeless Conference & Policy Symposium
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In partnership with Health Partners on IPV + Exploitation, the Council offered a half-day training intended to equip participants with skills to support survivors of interpersonal violence (IPV experiencing homelessness through community partnerships and healing-centered engagement strategies. Participants learned how to build MOUs and similar agreements with their local IPV agencies and how to have […]
Medical-Legal Partnerships
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Partnerships between community health centers, civil legal services, and community-based domestic violence programs are essential to address the health, legal, and safety needs of survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV), human trafficking (HT) and exploitation. Formalizing medical legal partnerships (MLPs) is a crucial step to help connect people at risk of or affected by IPV, […]
Healthy Relationships and Youth: How School-Based Health Providers Can Start the Conversation
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March 1, 2022 “One day, I was with a patient that I knew very well. She was an outgoing girl, doing really well. She was in a new relationship that she was excited about. I asked my normal safety screening questions, like, ‘Do you feel safe at home and in your relationships?’ She said, […]
Oral Health
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According to an article published in the The Journal of the American Dental Association, more than half of dentists could not identify a referral for patients experiencing IPV. In several studies survivors of IPV saw a dentist when signs of abuse were present and many were not asked about their injuries (as many as 88.6% […]
HIV/AIDS
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According to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)’s, Intersection of Intimate Partner Violence and HIV in Women and other research, people living with HIV experience IPV at higher rates compared to the general population. HIV care practitioners and health center staff are working to address the ways that IPV leads to poor health outcomes […]
Supporting Patients Experiencing Intimate Partner Violence: Opportunities for Oral Health Providers
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Date: October 27, 2021 Description: In partnership with National Network for Oral Health Access (NNOHA), this webinar identifies strategies that can promote health and safety outcomes for patients and their children. Oral health providers play an important role in supporting survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV). In several studies, many survivors of IPV saw a […]
Aging with Respect (Elder Health) Safety Card
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Aging with Respect is an intervention addressing elder abuse, neglect and intimate partner violence with those later in life. It is developed for those patients/clients with agency and capacity in non-crisis, non-emergency situations that provides information about healthy and safe relationships, and the impact of unhealthy relationships on health and wellbeing. Topics include financial, emotional, and […]
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Sample Health Center Protocol
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Protocol for HRSA-supported Community Health Centers to Engage Patients through Universal Education Approaches on Exploitation (E), Human Trafficking (HT), Domestic Violence (DV) and Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) Description: The protocol purpose is to prevent exploitation, human trafficking, domestic violence, and intimate partner violence by helping patients have healthy relationships and promote their health. This will […]
Intimate Partner Violence and Human Trafficking: How Health Centers Can Respond During COVID-19
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View original blog post on NACHC’s website here. AUTHORS: Kimberly S.G. Chang, MD, MPH, Asian Health Services, and Anna Marjavi, Futures Without Violence “Thank you!” Often, we hear these words from patients when we prescribe medicines that help with their illnesses. Or when we assist with appointments to specialists, for a procedure patients require, or when we help to […]
New Learning Collaboratives for Health Centers: Domestic Violence and Human Trafficking
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View original blog post on NACHC’s website here. Authors: Anisa Ali, MA, Futures Without Violence; Kimberly S.G. Chang, MD, MPH, Asian Health Services Did you know that October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month? We are 100% certain that every single health center cares for people who have been affected by domestic violence. Domestic violence is common: […]
LGBTQIA+ Youth and Experiences of Human Trafficking: A Healing-Centered Approach
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This toolkit was developed in partnership with the National LGBTQIA+ Health Education Center and is intended to increase health centers’ awareness of and responsiveness to LGBTQIA+ youth experiencing human trafficking. The primary focus on LGBTQIA+ youth engaged in the sex trade, including forced, coerced, and voluntary sex work and survival sex; however, LGBTQIA+ youth may […]
Integrating Behavioral Health Approaches to Address Gender, Violence and Homelessness
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Date: May 14, 2021 Description: Futures Without Violence and The National Health Care for the Homeless Council are excited to offer a national webinar addressing gender, homelessness and a constellation of intersecting issues including substance use disorder, mental health, homelessness, human trafficking (HT) and interpersonal violence (IPV). We will highlight strategies to strengthen the connections […]
Intimate Partner Violence and Human Trafficking: Collaboration between Medical Legal Partnerships, FQHCs, and Domestic Violence Programs
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Date: March 24, 2021 Description: Through this national webinar, the National Center for Medical-Legal Partnership (NCMLP) and Futures Without Violence (FUTURES) are joining forces to share strategies on how MLPs can successfully partner with FQHCs and community-based domestic violence programs to improve health outcomes, decrease isolation, and support health care for survivors. MLPs have unique opportunities […]
CMEs/CEUs
CMEs/CEUs Futures Without Violence (home to Health Partners on IPV + Exploitation) is accredited through the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide Category 1 Continuing Medical Education credits (CMEs) to MDs, DOs and medical residents for participating in select activities designated for CMEs. Please check back soon to see for which activities CMEs […]
Conference Presentations
Conference Presentations Health Partners on IPV + Exploitation past and upcoming presentations of state, regional, and national conferences. Past Conferences Upcoming Presentations
Webinars
Webinars Health Partners on IPV + Exploitation hosts several national webinars on various topics relating to supporting those at risk of experiencing or surviving IPV, HT, and exploitation throughout the year. Many of these webinars are open to the public and participants are not required to be associated with a health center or health program. […]
Telehealth, COVID-19, Intimate Partner Violence, and Human Trafficking
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Increasing Safety for People Surviving Abuse A Guide for Community Health Centers and Partnering Domestic Violence Advocacy Programs The COVID-19 public health crisis and subsequent social distancing measures are increasing risk for survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV) and human trafficking (HT) and their children, reducing families’ financial security, making it harder to stay connected […]
Health Information Technology
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Utilizing health information technology safely and effectively is an important piece of supporting the health center efforts to address and prevent IPV, HT, and exploitation. It is also critical to maintain confidentiality and ensure privacy of data to promote the safety of survivors, while also informing patients how health information will be handled, and respecting […]
LGBTQIA+ Health
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Because queer and trans people experience violence at similar, and in some instances higher, rates as heterosexual people, it is critical that health care and other providers ensure that their practice is culturally inclusive for queer and trans people and that they are talking to all of their patients about the effects that intimate partner […]