Health Care

2009 National Conference on Health and Domestic Violence

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The Family Violence Prevention Fund’s Fifth National Conference on Health and Domestic Violence provides valuable professional education on the latest research and innovative health care prevention and clinical responses to domestic violence. The Conference will be held October 8-10, 2009 at the Sheraton New Orleans Hotel. [...]

Know More Say More

The reproductive health consequences of sexual coercion and violence are the focus of a new initiative launched by the Family Violence Prevention Fund – kNOwMORE. It is designed to create a dialogue about the birth control sabotage and reproductive coercion that many teens and young women face, which can result in unintended pregnancy, HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted infections, miscarriage, infertility, coerced abortion, and a range of other serious health issues. [...]

Health Resource Center on Domestic Violence

The National Health Resource Center on Domestic Violence is the nation’s clearinghouse for information on the health care response to domestic violence and provides free technical assistance and materials to thousands of people each year. The Center is one of five specialized domestic violence resource centers in the country funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. [...]

Reproductive Health Initiative

Pregnancy is an important experience in a woman’s life and violence should not be a part of it. With nearly one in three women at risk for abuse in her lifetime, domestic violence is more common than pre-eclamplsia and hypertension -- both commonly addressed during pregnancy. Yet women are rarely asked about abuse or given information about the links between violence and their health. [...]