Health Partners on IPV + Exploitation: Year Three Recap

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 hosted:

• 7 Learning Collaboratives, each with 4-6 sessions that explored in-depth topics, peer exchange and presentations from experts in the field

• 8 Webinars on a range of topics such as adolescent health, HIV/AIDS, traumatic brain injury, maternal health and many more. Click here to watch archived webinars. 

We collaborated with our other NTTAP Partners:

• National Nurse-Led Care Consortium (NNCC)

• National Network for Oral Health Access (NNOHA)

• National Center for Medical-Legal Partnership (NCMLP)

• National Health Care for the Homeless Council (NHCHC)

• School-Based Health Alliance (SBHA)

• Health Outreach Partners (HOP)

• National Center for Farmworker Health (NCFH)

And collaborated with other organizational partners:

• National Center on Domestic Violence, Trauma, and Mental Health

• OCHIN

• Esperanza United

• La Asociación de Salud Primaria de Puerto Rico, Inc. 

• Ohio Domestic Violence Network

• Alianza Nacional de Campesinas 

And partner with an evaluation team at the University of Pittsburgh as well as a cadre of experts including survivors with lived experience on the topics. 

We Developed New Tools and Resources for health center staff:

• A safety card tool for farmworkers and for those who work with them

• A memo about a new EHR Smartform on IPV for OCHIN users

• A Spanish language adaptation of our protocol for health centers to address IPV, human trafficking and exploitation

• A Spanish language memorandum of understanding to facilitate collaboration between health centers and domestic violence programs

• A memo to help increase health care enrollment for survivors of domestic violence

We presented workshops and plenaries at the following conferences:

• NACHC’s 2023 Conference for Agricultural Worker Health

• OCHIN: Illuminate What’s Possible, Learning Forum 2023

• Louisiana Primary Care Association’s 39th Annual CE Conference

• 2022 National Network for Oral Health Access Annual Conference

View slides from the conferences here. 

We’re excited to embark on our 4th year as a BPHC-funded NTTAP that works with health centers on the topics of IPV/Human Trafficking and Exploitation. We’ll continue our partnerships with health centers, community-based organizations, and other NTTAPs and organizations working across the HRSA Health Center Program to promote health and safety outcomes for survivors! 

Visit our website to watch recordings of our webinars and to identify new learning collaboratives, upcoming webinars, new resources, and more!

About the Authors:

• Lisa James, MA is the Director of Health at Futures Without Violence

• Anna Marjavi is the Director of Health Partners on IPV + Exploitation

• Megha Rimal, MSW is theProgram Specialist at Futures Without Violence

• Camila Sanchez Tejada is the Program Assistant for Health Partners on IPV + Exploitation