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Intimate Partner Violence Overview
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), intimate partner violence (IPV) is a serious, preventable public health problem affecting more than 32 million Americans.The term "intimate partner violence" describes physical, sexual, or psychological harm by a current or former partner or spouse. This type of violence can occur among heterosexual or same-sex couples and does not require sexual intimacy. The four main types of intimate partner violence include physical violence, sexual violence, threats of physical or sexual violence, and psychological/emotional violence.
In the United States every year, about 1.5 million women are raped or physically assaulted by an intimate partner. IPV results in nearly 2 million injuries and 1,300 deaths nationwide every year. |
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 Local Health Department in Action
Second Step: A Violence Prevention Initiative
The Livingston County Department of Health in New York won a NACCHO Model Practice Award for their innovative county-wide comprehensive violence prevention program. Second Step is a community-wide intervention focusing on violence prevention and positive social skills training for a target population including students in grades pre-K-8 and their families. The program's curriculum focuses on empathy, anger management, impulse control, and pro-social skills. As a result of this program, specific negative behaviors have decreased and specific targeted positive behaviors have increased.
To learn more about this program, visit the Genessee Valley Health Partnership website at http://gvhp.org/
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| Emerging Issues in MCH Series:
Promising Approaches to the Prevention of Intimate Partner Violence Thursday, September 20, 2007 3:00 PM- 4:30 PM (ET)
 NACCHO and CityMatCH present the fifth year of the Emerging Issues in Maternal and Child Health Series. These presentations highlight research, information, and collaborative efforts on a variety of MCH topics. Guest speakers from national, state, and local health departments discuss their experiences and share information on programs related to the featured topic.
September's presentation will feature an overview of family violence and highlight the role of local health departments in addressing and preventing violence among MCH populations.
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Making the Connection: Domestic Violence and Public Health
How can we engage public health leaders to respond to family violence? The Family Violence Prevention Fund has developed a tool that makes the connection between family violence and leading public health concerns and presents effective strategies for responding. This evidence-based tool offers the most relevant research on family violence, implications for select public health programs, recommended clinical and policy strategies, promising practices and resources from around the country. To access the tool visit http://www.endabuse.org/programs/display.php3?DocID=344 |
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 Measuring Intimate Partner Violence Victimization and Perpetration: A Compendium of Assessment Tools
This compendium provides researchers and prevention specialists with a set of assessment tools with demonstrated reliability and validity for measuring the self-reported incidence and prevalence of intimate partner violence victimization and perpetration.
For more information click here |
| Toolkit to End Violence Against Women
To provide concrete guidance to communities, policy leaders, and individuals engaged in activities to end violence against women, the National Advisory Council on Violence Against Women developed the Toolkit To End Violence Against Women. Each Toolkit chapter focuses on a particular audience or environment and includes recommendations for strengthening prevention efforts and improving services and advocacy for victims. For more information and to access the toolkit visit http://toolkit.ncjrs.org/ |
Excerpts from NACCHO Public Health Dispatch
MCH- Related Tools and Resources
 This monthly newsletter sent to all active NACCHO members contains brief updates, events, resources, job postings, funding opportunities, member highlights, and other information of relevance to LHDs. Regular sections include family health, reproductive health, environmental health, emergency preparedness, mental health, and immunizations among others.
For a free download of past issues, visit http://www.naccho.org/pubs/category.cfm?Category_ID=8 | |
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NACCHO is the national organization representing local health departments. NACCHO works to support efforts that protect and improve the health of all people and all communities by promoting national policy, developing resources and programs, seeking health equity and supporting effective local public health practice and systems.
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