“Be a Partner in Domestic
Violence Prevention and Help Your Community,
Your Healthcare Delivery and Your Business.”
Partners
in Prevention is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit
charitable organization committed to helping bridge
healthcare delivery and domestic abuse victim advocacy.
We are devoted to insuring that healthcare intervention and treatment
for domestic violence survivors
supports these patients in regaining their safety, health and well-being.
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Our
Mission
We
are dedicated to preventing domestic violence
and intervening when abuse is recognized. Through
consulting, training and speaking, we inspire
and teach nurses, physicians and therapists nationwide
to recognize domestic violence, facilitate change
and restore healing for the abused patients they
serve. |
Your
Prevention Opportunity
We
invite you to participate with us in breaking the cycle
of relationship violence. Read on to learn about our
premise, promise and partnership. And see how you
can be a part of domestic abuse intervention and prevention
in your own community.
The
Problem, the Need and the Opportunity:
Why Domestic Abuse Education for Healthcare Providers
Intimate
partner violence and child abuse are public health problems
of enormous proportions.
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One
out of every three women will be assaulted by
an intimate partner during her lifetime, and 60
to 70% of men who abuse their female partners
also batter their children. |
Domestic
violence doesn't only compromise the abused; far too
often it results in their murder. Domestic
abuse results in medical expenses of $3 to 5 billion
per year and costs employers another $100 million
in lost wages, sick leave, absenteeism and lessened
productivity.
The most effective method of reducing these losses,
and preventing domestic abuse from escalating to the
point of severe injury or death, is for healthcare professionals
to recognize it and intercede. By applying models
developed to identify other chronic health problems,
the healthcare system can play a significant role in
interrupting the cycle of abuse. However, effective
training for healthcare providers to this end is virtually
non-existent. The net result is systematic failure to
prevent domestic violence.
Studies
suggest most healthcare providers do not assess for
domestic abuse even though they are required by hospital
regulations to do so.
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According
to the American Medical Association, more than
1.5 million women nationwide seek medical treatment
for injuries related to abuse each year.
It
is estimated that 25% of all patients seen in
ambulatory clinics may be victims of spousal abuse. |
Yet, research reveals that only a small percentage of
these abused patients are being recognized in the healthcare
system.
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one study, almost 80% of physicians identified fewer
than five victims in the past year. |
Antidotal
and survey findings show that healthcare providers believe
they are ill-quipped to identify and intervene in domestic
abuse cases.
Solution
and Intended Results:
The Domestic Abuse Assessment and Clinical Management
Training
Partners
in Prevention steps into this huge knowledge and service
gap, providing highly polished programs on clinical
skills necessary to interrupt abuse. These programs,
called “Domestic
Abuse Assessment and Clinical Management Training”,
fulfill the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare
Organizations’ (JCAHO) competency standards with
respect to domestic abuse.
The
training is designed to augment—not replicate,
nor replace—the resources of domestic abuse advocacy.
The essential
distinction of this training is its focus on helping
healthcare providers develop the clinical skills necessary
for intimate partner violence intervention. Without
these clinical skills, healthcare providers frequently
fail to implement the important lessons of domestic
violence programs given by local abuse agencies.
The
Domestic Abuse Assessment
and Clinical Management Training strengthens
the healthcare provider's ability to act as a catalyst
for domestic abuse intervention. Essentially,
the training:
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shows
how to overcome the barriers most healthcare providers
face in addressing domestic violence, and |
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offers
clinical psychotherapeutic strategies that restore
healing for the abused patients they serve. |
Healthcare
providers who attend this domestic abuse training consistently
report being deeply inspired to conscientiously screen
for domestic abuse following these programs.
They note
that they are:
- better
equipped to interface with this patient population and
- show greater success in facilitating
therapeutic change.
The
Opportunity and the Vision
The
delivery of these programs gives healthcare providers
skills and knowledge that they are required to have
by law, yet in which they are deficient. This program
is essentially workforce development and quality improvement
in healthcare delivery.
However,
the ultimate beneficiary of Domestic
Abuse Assessment and Clinical Management Training
is our communities. The health promotion
and violence prevention implications of these programs
extend beyond the healthcare provider and patient to
the hospital, the patient's family and to society at
large.
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