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Building Capacity in Child Welfare Systems: DV Specialized Positions
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This report seeks to assist policymakers and practitioners in developing specialist positions that are tailored to the circumstances of their communities and states. The report offers observations about initial expectations for these positions and the evolution of the positions over time.
This publication is available as a digital download only. This
Building Domestic Violence Health Care Responses in Indian Country: A Promising Practices Report (PDF only)
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Funded by the Indian Health Service and Administration for Children and Families, the IHS/ACF Domestic Violence Project (2002-2009), trained thousands of health care providers and community advocates, identified and empowered national experts, instituted sustainable DV response programs in hospitals and clinics, developed model policies and tools to better address abuse
Business Case for Domestic Violence Programs in Health Care Settings (PDF only)
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This tool allows health care providers and administrators to make the business case for instituting a healthcare-based domestic violence program, and the resulting cost-savings. Packaged as a folder within a share link, including a PowerPoint presentation targeting health care decision-makers, presentation references, and an Excel-based return on investment (ROI) tool
Challenges to Task Force Recommendations on Screening for Abuse (PDF)
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Leading medical and domestic violence experts challenged the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force’s conclusion that there is insufficient evidence to screen patients for domestic violence. Medical leaders from diverse fields asserted that the Task Force used the wrong criteria to assess screening, and warned that more victims and their children
Coding and Documentation of Domestic Violence (PDF)
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This paper focuses on the need for accurate documentation and coding of domestic violence in medical records and provides recommendations on how to do so. The accurate and expanded documentation and coding for domestic violence in medical records can give us data and reimbursement mechanisms that will undeniably shape our
Compendium of State and U.S. Territory Statutes and Policies on Domestic Violence and Health Care (PDF)
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The Compendium is an at-a-glance summary of state and U.S. territory laws, regulations, and other activities relevant to addressing domestic violence in health care settings. It includes analyses and themes that reflect policy and programmatic changes made in the last two decades by leaders in the fields of health care,
Domestic Violence and Health Care Protocols (PDF)
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This guide includes the minimal elements of a domestic violence protocol, guidelines for clinical assessment & intervention, a model employee domestic violence policy, and a guide to community public health services.
Download links the combined protocols in PDF only.
Greenbook: Effective Interventions in Domestic Violence and Child Maltreatment: Guidelines for Policy and Practice (PDF)
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These guidelines target three systems – battered women’s advocates, child protection services and family court judges – with the goal of keeping mothers and children safe and together and avoiding unnecessary out-of-home placement. The guidelines were developed in 1999 by leading family court judges and experts on child maltreatment and
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA): Summary of Federal Medical Privacy Protections for Victims of Domestic Violence (PDF)
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Developed for health care professionals, this resource guide discusses the implications of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA) for domestic violence reporting. Includes a summary of the federal guidelines for victims of domestic violence, frequently asked questions about HIPPA, requirements for meeting the Hybrid Entity designation, disclosure requirements
Health Privacy Principles for Protecting Victims of Domestic Violence (PDF)
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The following guiding principle and specific principles are designed to improve and build upon existing confidentiality safeguards to ensure that domestic violence victims are not placed at increased risk of retaliatory violence, discrimination, harassment, denial of insurance benefits, and other harm. Advocates, health care providers, administrators, oversight agencies, and policy
How Health Reform May Affect Victims of Domestic, Sexual, and Dating Violence (PDF)
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Victims of violence and abuse were specifically included in several new protections and programs outlined in federal health care reform enacted by President Barrack Obama. The new law opens the door to further integrate violence and abuse prevention into public health programs, research priorities, and adolescent health initiatives. Opportunities for
Identifying and Responding to Domestic Violence (Bluebook): Consensus Recommendations for Child and Adolescent Health (PDF)
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These Consensus Recommendations were developed by Futures Without Violence's National Health Resource Center on Domestic Violence in partnership with the American Academy of Family Physicians, American Academy of Pediatrics, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners. The guidelines were designed to assist health
Insurance Discrimination Against Victims of Domestic Violence (PDF)
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Updated: 2019
This report outlines the broad scope of the problem as well as the state and national advocacy and legislative efforts taken to halt this practice during the last 20 years. It addresses the problematic and wide variance in state legislative prohibitions/protections as well as the continuing need for a
Intimate Partner Violence in Immigrant and Refugee Communities: Challenges, Promising Practices, and Recommendations (PDF)
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The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation solicited the assistance of the Futures Without Violence (FWV) to collect information on the challenges, prevention and treatment of intimate partner violence (IPV) in immigrant and refugee communities. After reviewing the literature, collecting data from interviews and examining existing prevention and treatment programs, FWV issued this
National Consensus Guidelines on Identifying and Responding to Domestic Victimization in Health Care Settings (PDF)
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The National Consensus Guidelines on Identifying and Responding to Domestic Violence Victimization in Health Care Settings was developed to assist health care providers in addressing domestic violence victimization, assessment, intervention, referral and documentation. These consensus-developed guidelines were developed with over 35 experts in the field. They also cover assessment for lifetime
National Health Care Standards Campaign: Model Practices (PDF)
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The National Health Care Standards Campaign on Family Violence: Model Practices from 15 States summarizes the experiences and outcomes of 15 U.S. states that enacted state-wide public health responses to domestic violence. Funded by the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, the goals of the campaign were to craft new policies and continuous