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
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
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