University of California Our Mission Jamie Kalven San Francisco The Family Violence Prevention Fund works to prevent Secretary Author violence within the home, and in the community, to help As we enter our tenth year, the UCSF National Center of Excellence National Center of Excellence those whose lives are devastated by violence. Stopping Nathan Brostrom in Women’s Health celebrates the advances of the past decade and in Women’s Health About FVPF violence before it even starts is the FVPF mission because Vice Chancellor-Administration, University of California at Berkeley renews its commitment to transforming health and improving the lives everyone has the right to live a life free from violence. of women and girls. M.L. Carr What We Do Former Player and Coach, Boston Celtics, Founder, WARM2Kids The Family Violence Prevention Fund (FVPF) is one of the nation’s leading advocacy organizations working to Sunny Fischer The UCSF National Center of Excellence in Women’s Executive Director, The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation About UCSF end violence against women and children. For more than Health (CoE) A unique collaborative approach to improving twenty-five years, the FVPF has transformed the way health Ellen Friedman the way women’s health is understood, treated, taught care providers, police, judges, employers, coaches, and the Vice President, Tides Foundation public at large respond to abuse. Instrumental in develop- and advanced. ing the landmark Violence Against Women Act passed by William Hirsch Congress in 1994, the FVPF continues to break ground by Attorney, Lieff Cabraser Heimann and Bernstein, LLP The UCSF National Center of Excellence in Women’s Health, its faculty, staff and students, strive to transform women’s health by: reaching new audiences including men and youth, build- Judi Kanter ing community leadership, and fostering partnerships with Former Director, San Francisco Office EMILY’s List countless groups around the world. 1. Improving our understanding of women’s health and illness through leading edge research; Felicia Lynch 2. Designing innovative models of women centered preventive and therapeutic care Family Violence Prevention Fund Senior Associate, Bradford & Associates 3. Partnering with individual women and their communities to enhance their choices and health 383 Rhode Island St. Suite #304 4. Training the next generation of women’s health providers, researchers, educators, advocates San Francisco, CA 94103-5133 Laurie Patterson 5. Fostering diverse leaders who will take women’s health into the future Phone: (415) 252-8900 Community Activist Fax: (415) 252-8991 Arnold Perkins A powerful “connector” of different disciplines, the Center of Excellence (CoE) creates the settings TTY: (800) 595-4889 Director, Alameda County, HCSA, Public Health Department and programs that enable patients, clinicians, researchers, educators, and community advocates to www.endabuse.org advance women’s health together. We are dedicated to empowering women with the most up to National Health Resource Center on Domestic Violence Jerome Rossi date scientific information and the decision-making tools they need to take charge of their health Toll-free (888) 792-2873 (888) Rx-ABUSE COO Marmaxx - A Division of The TJX Companies, Inc. with the care and support of a network of women focused specialists. www.endabuse.org/health Patrice Tanaka Washington, DC Office CEO & Creative Director, PT&C, Family Violence Prevention Fund Staff The UCSF National Center of Excellence in Women’s Health champions its visionary multidisci- 1522 K Street, NW #550 plinary, collaboration in five complementary core areas. Recognizing that women are unique, the Washington DC 20005 FVPF Staff CoE places women’s health needs at the center of all its activities whether they be focused on re- (202) 682-1212 Esta Soler search, clinical care, training the next generation, leadership development or community engage- Boston Office President ment. We believe that progress in these five core areas is interdependent, synergistic and integral 67 Newbury Street, Mezzanine Level Juan Carlos Areán Lynne Lee to successfully transforming women’s health and improving women’s lives. Boston, MA 02116 Monica Arenas Rebecca Levenson (617) 262-5900 Tim Asher Leni Marin For the past ten years, the UCSF National Center of Excellence in Women’s Health has been a Collin Shea Casey Anna Marjavi leader in advancing women’s health locally, nationally and internationally. We are proud to be the FVPF Board of Directors Guadalupe R. Ceja Mindy K. Nakashima only nationally-designated Center of Excellence in Women’s Health in Northern California. The Honorable Ronald Adrine Janice Cheung Cynthia L. Ng Chair Marissa B. Dagdagan Brian O’Connor To learn more about the UCSF National Center of Excellence in Women’s Health and its innova- Judge, Cleveland Municipal Court Lonna Davis Michael W. Runner tive initiatives in women centered Clinical Care, Research, Training, Leadership Development, L. Roxanna Detweiler Gary Schmidt Jacquelyn (Jackie) Campbell Ph.D, RN, FAAN and Community Partnerships please visit our website: www.ucsf.edu/coe Rachael Smith Fals Kiersten Stewart Vice-Chair Anna D. Wolf Endowed Professor, Johns Hopkins U. School of Nursing Sara Fewer Keiko Takano Jeanine C. Hays Julie Varghese Linda Spears Lisa James Anita Nageswaran Treasurer Leiana J. Kinnicutt Jessica Woods Vice President, Corporate Communications and Debbie Lee Development Child Welfare League of America

1 2 Welcome FVPF Welcome UCSF

University of California San Francisco

National Center of Excellence in Women’s Health

Welcome Dear Friends and Colleagues, Dear Friends and Colleagues:

On behalf of the Family Violence Prevention Fund and the UCSF National Center As Vice Dean of the UCSF School of Medicine and Director of the UCSF National of Excellence in Women’s Health, welcome to the 2007 National Conference on Health and Centerof Excellence in Women’s Health, I am delighted to welcome you to the Domestic Violence. We are grateful to the many leading health and medical associations, 2007 National Conference on Health Care and Domestic Violence. international researchers and practitioners, advocacy and student groups, academic leaders and Welcome service providers who are making this Conference such a success. Thank you all for coming to We are truly honored to co-sponsor this event with the Family Violence Prevention Fund, a real this groundbreaking event. champion for women regarding the issue of domestic violence. The Family Violence Prevention Fund passionately advocates for women’s rights, works to change public perception of abuse, and Over the next few days, we will closely examine the latest research on intimate partner violence, collaborates with health care providers to improve appropriate response to domestic violence in its consequences throughout the lifespan, and what it costs families, communities and our nation. the clinic setting. We will explore promising new solutions, and the many ways health care providers can advance them. We will identify new strategies, new allies, and new initiatives that offer hope to keep Domestic violence is clearly a health care issue. adolescents and families safe. And we will do our very best to forge lasting relationships between health care providers and the experts who work every day at shelters and programs that serve w The U.S. Department of Justice reports that 37 percent of all women who sought care in – and sometimes save – victims of family violence. hospital emergency rooms for violence-related injuries were injured by a current or former spouse, boyfriend or girlfriend. We have come a long way since the Family Violence Prevention Fund – with support from many of you – began this work. Many more people see domestic violence as a public health problem w According to a study published by the Journal of the American Medical Association, fewer and recognize the role the health care community can play in preventing violence and helping than ten percent of primary care physicians routinely screen patients for domestic violence during victims. Many more health care providers across the country and around the world assess whether routine office visits. their patients are experiencing violence and help those who are. And there is demonstrably better awareness about the health consequences of violence across the lifespan. We join you- leading medical, public health and family violence experts- to share the latest research, innovative health care prevention, and appropriate clinical responses to domestic violence. But there is much more we can do. We have only begun to tap the collective power of the health care community to serve as a catalyst for change, and its power to influence philanthropic leaders, Through on-going dialogue, we begin to build an understanding among members of the health lawmakers, educators, businesses, media and the public itself. This conference will focus on many care community and those we serve about the link between exposure to violence and one’s overall important issues, including gender-based violence and HIV; war, trauma and family violence; health. As a result, we as health professionals become agents of change for our patients and the resiliency in reproductive and adolescent health settings; and men and boys as allies. But we must communities we represent around this issue. also find new ways to become influential advocates for the fundamental changes that offer the promise to keep the next generation safe. As we celebrate ten years as a nationally-designated Center of Excellence, we are committed to a multi-disciplinary and collaborative approach to women’s health. Thank you for joining us for this The work we do here is essential. Thank you for joining us, and for being part of this Conference. important conference and dedicating yourself as a proactive partner in the prevention of abuse. Together, we will improve the health care response to domestic violence, help women, men and It is through our combined efforts that we are truly advancing health and improving the lives of children who have been exposed to abuse around the world, and find ways to stop the violence women and their families. that plagues too many families and communities. Sincerely, Warm Regards,

Esta Soler Nancy Milliken, MD President, Family Violence Prevention Fund Vice Dean, UCSF School of Medicine Director, UCSF National Center of Excellence in Women’s Health 3 4 We dedicate this conference to Marcy L. Gross and Linda Saltzman, PhD Celebrating Heroes in Health Care: March 16th Conference Event

The Family Violence Prevention Fund dedicates this conference to the memories of Linda Saltzman and Marcy Gross, who are deeply missed by all of us who work every Celebrating Heroes in Health Care day to stop violence and keep women and children safe. Join us for a Reception and Special Event celebrating the San Francisco Bay Area community and participants of the 2007 National Conference on Health A Senior Scientist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) Division of Violence and Domestic Violence Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Dr. Saltzman was the driving force behind pioneering research and unprecedented initiatives designed to prevent violence against women in all its forms, and help victims. She connected research to policy and science to advocacy in ways that broke new ground, challenging the research community to explore violence and helping advocates Friday March 16, 2007, 6:30 – 9:00 pm base their work on science. Come to the most intriguing new venue in the city with food, music and great company. Tribute Dr. Saltzman worked at CDC from 1984 until she died in 2005. While there, she initiated numerous studies that The 2007 National Conference will bring together leading medical, public health and family violence experts from built understanding about the causes and consequences of domestic and sexual violence. Much of her work focused on throughout the U.S. We will recognize their impact at this private engagement. public health surveillance of violence against women, and violence as it relates to pregnancy and other reproductive health issues. She helped develop and test uniform definitions for intimate partner and sexual violence, which have Location: ASIAN ART MUSEUM of San Francisco made data collection more effective. She become one of the CDC’s top experts on violence, and one of the violence 200 Larkin Street @ Fulton (in the Civic Center), San Francisco Conference Event prevention movement’s most trusted allies. Date: Friday March 16, 2007 A highly regarded expert, Dr. Saltzman authored and co-authored several groundbreaking studies including Intimate Time: 6:30 – 9:00 pm Partner Violence Surveillance: Uniform Definitions and Recommended Data Elements. Price*: $35/ticket (includes beverages, hors d’oeuvres access to all exhibits) She received her M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Criminology from Florida State University and her A.B. degree in psychol- *Tickets also available at the door. Dress is business casual. ogy from Brown University. As a faculty member at Mankato State University in Minnesota, Dr. Saltzman developed new coursework in victimization, domestic violence and sexual assault. She is survived by her partner, Charlie Weeks, Enjoy exclusive access to: mother Dorothy Saltzman, sister Nancy Saltzman and her partner Greg Roman, brother Rob Saltzman and partner Ed Treasures of seven major regions through 6,000 years of history. The Asian Art Museum is widely regarded as the best Pierce, and brother Andy Saltzman, wife Mary and their four children, Rachel, Michael, Anna and Caroline and her collection of Asian art in the Western Hemisphere. loving cats, Weasel and Skunk. Honoring and recognizing the leadership of: Congresswoman Lois Capps, Representing California’s 23rd district Throughout her career, Marcy Lynn Gross worked tirelessly to improve women’s health and end Bruce Bodaken, Chairman, President & CEO, Blue Shield of California violence against women and the elderly. An expert on health policy and medical training, she helped draft powerful initiatives that are part of the Violence Against Women Act of 2005. Special invited guest: San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom

Widely published on women’s health issues, Ms. Gross served on the editorial board of the Family Performances by: Violence Prevention Fund’s (FVPF’s) online journal, and worked with the FVPF and the Association of American Medi- San Francisco Conservatory of Music cal Colleges to learn how medical schools address family violence, with the goal of creating an online library to train the next generation of health care providers to help victims of violence. Enjoy an exclusive evening in the heart of San Francisco.

Ms. Gross helped coordinate research and meetings that convinced health leaders to recognize family violence as the public health issue it is. She was a creative and strategic expert who gave her time and talent to efforts to improve the health care response to abuse. Her deep understanding of the intricacies of health care policy and financing resulted in Sponsored by: countless women and children getting the intervention and support that allowed them to find new paths to safety. University of California San Francisco Ms. Gross worked for years to prevent heart disease, breast cancer and depression in women, as well as family violence and sexual assault. She established the women’s health program at the Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality, National Center of Excellence where she developed a visiting scholar program on family violence. She held numerous high-level and influential posi- in Women’s Health tions at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. She is survived by her partner John Drabek, daughter Alexandra Drees-Gross and her husband Franz Drees-Gross, son Julian Gross and wife Jill McInerney, three grand- children Natalie, Katharine, and Klara and beloved dogs Fiona and Sam.

5 6 Award Recipients

Directions from the Marriott to 3. To walk to the Asian Art Museum Celebrating Heroes in Healthcare the Asian Art Museum: from the Marriot Hotel Award Recipients Total time: 30 minutes 1. Public Underground Head towards Market Street, Take a left at Market street U.S. REPRESENTATIVE LOIS CAPPS Transportation (BART) In honor of your commitment to enacting the first federal domestic violence and healthcare legislation Total time: 15 minutes Head about Five blocks down (Violence Against Women Act Health) that vastly improves the wellbeing of women and their Turn Right on Hyde Street one block children. Your exceptional efforts will touch countless lives every day. Conference Event Head North East towards Market Street Turn Left on Market Street and look for Bart Sign Turn Left on Fulton Street U.S. Representative Lois Capps was sworn in as a Freshman Member of the 105th Congress on BART Powell, 899 Market St March 17, 1998, after her decisive victory in the special election to succeed her late husband. She Turn Right on Larkin and Arrive at the Asian Art Museum on 200 Larkin Street. was reelected to her first full term in office on November 3, 1998. She was the Representative of Board: BART Bay Pt/Daly Line/Daly City California’s 22nd District from 1998 to 2002. Since January, 2003, Representative Capps has served the Fare: Pay $1.40, Get BART Ticket ( Not recommended for walking later in the evening ) 23rd District. Her district includes portions of San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and Ventura Counties. Get Off: BART Civic Center Representative Capps is committed to helping people improve their daily lives through better schools, quality health Walk to the museum from care, and a cleaner environment. She is a respected leader in Congress on issues of public health, passing legislation to 4. Taking a Cab to the museum address the national nursing shortage, detect and prevent domestic violence against women, improve mental health Civic Center BART: Total time: is less than 8 minutes services, and provide immediate Medicare coverage to patients suffering from Lou Gehrig’s disease. The Congresswoman Go to the west end (Grove Street exit) of the Civic Center Fee is between $ 8- 10. (Recommended has also been at the forefront of efforts to protect the environment. She has led efforts to stop new oil and gas drilling Recipients Award BART/Muni Station and go upstairs to the street level. Walk one Mode of Travel) block north on Hyde Street to Fulton. Take a left on Fulton Street. off of our coasts, reduce the amount of new oil drilling in Los Padres National Park, and protect consumers from Walk one block west (toward City Hall) on Fulton Street to Larkin shouldering the financial burden of cleaning up MTBE contamination in their water supplies. Street. Take a right on Larkin. Walk north on Larkin and take a right into the doors of the museum at 200 Larkin Street. Representative Capps serves on the Energy and Commerce Committee and its Subcommittees on Telecommunications and the Internet; Health; and Environment and Hazardous Materials. She also serves on the Natural Resources

Committee and its Subcommittees on Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans and National Parks, Forests and Public Lands. 2. Taking the Bus to the museum Total time: 20 minutes BRUCE G. BODAKEN Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer; Blue Shield of California In honor of your longstanding dedication to prevent domestic violence in California. Your vision and leadership as Go to: N. Corner Of Market St & Stockton St Board: SF Muni Bus #9/San Bruno the state’s largest foundation grantmaker to programs working to end domestic violence is now the standard Fare: Pay $1.50 for numerous foundations and corporations across the country to follow. Get Off: Market St & Hyde St Bruce Bodaken is chairman, president and CEO of Blue Shield of California, a 3.2 million member Once you get off make your way to 700 Larkin Street not-for-profit health plan that serves the commercial, individual and government markets in California. During Mr. Bodaken’s six-year tenure as CEO, Blue Shield has been one of the fastest growing health plans in California. A native of Iowa, Mr. Bodaken doesn’t fit the typical profile of a health plan CEO. He earned a masters degree and taught philosophy at the college level before embarking on a career in health care. Mr. Bodaken joined Blue Shield in 1994 as president and chief operating officer. Previously, he served as senior vice president and associate chief operating officer of FHP International Corporation in Southern California. Passionate about his company’s not-for-profit mission, in 2002 Mr. Bodaken became the first health plan CEO to offer a specific proposal to cover all Californians. His innovative plan for universal coverage based on universal responsibility is a component of coverage expansion legislation being debated this year in Sacramento. During his tenure, Mr. Bodaken has transformed Blue Shield of California Foundation into one of the state’s largest healthcare grantmakers, with nearly $30 million in donations in 2005 and 2006. Most of the foundation’s grants support programs to help the uninsured, combat domestic violence, and expand the use of effective healthcare technology. A decade ago, Mr. Bodaken created the Blue Shield Against Violence program, which has become the state’s largest domestic violence philanthropy. He has also served on the board of nonprofit domestic violence organizations in northern California. 7 8 Supporters 9 10

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11 12 The National Conference Steering Committee Welcomes Participants

Elaine Alpert, MD, MPH Nancy Glass, RN, MPH, PhD Charles Robbins, DSW Associate Professor, Boston University School of Public Health Assistant Professor, Oregon Health & Science University Associate Dean, School of Social Welfare, Director of Social Work, Sutter Health is and Medicine Member, Continuing Medical Education Advisory Representing: Nursing Network on Violence University Hospital Committee Member at Large Against Women International Representing: Society of Social Work Leadership in Healthcare

Ileana Arias, PhD Karen Hench Patricia Salber, MD, MBA proud to support the Chief Etiology and Surveillance Bureau, National Center for Deputy Director, Division of Healthy Start and Perinatal Services Chief Medical Officer, Center for Practical Health Reform Injury Prevention and Control, Division of Violence Prevention, (DHSPS) for the Maternal and Child Health Bureau, HRSA President, PRS Strategic Healthcare Consulting Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Representing: Maternal and Child Health Bureau Member at Large dedication of all the Representing: National Center for Injury Prevention and Control Jeremy Lazarus President, American Medical Association Peter Sawires, MA Frances Ashe-Goins, RN, MPH Representing: American Medical Association Director of Medical Education, Physicians for Reproductive Deputy Director and Director, Division of Policy Choice and Health conference participants. and Program Development Dixie Horning Representing: Physicians for Reproductive Choice and Health Representing: US Department of Health and Human Services National Center of Excellence in Women’s Health Office of Women’s Health Representing: UCSF Center for Excellence in Women’s Health F. David Schneider, MD, MSPH Professor and Vice Chair Rachel Baum, LMSW Catherine Judd, MS, PA-C Department of Family and Community Medicine Deputy Director Parkland Health and Hospital System - Jail Mental Health University of Texas HSC at San Antonio Clinical & Community Health Programs Program and Department of Psychiatry Representing: American Academy of Family Physicians Medical and Health Research Association of NYC, Inc. UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas Representing: Medical and Health Research Association Representing: American Academy of Physician Assistants Jane Root of NYC, Inc. Director, Domestic Violence Programs Jeremy Lazarus, MD Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians Supporters Robert Block, MD Vice Speaker of the AMA’s House of Delegates, Member at Large Chair, University of Oklahoma Health Services, AMA’s Board of Trustees Dept. of Pediatrics Representing: American Medical Association Joyce Thomas, MPH, RN, PNP Representing: American Academy of Pediatrics President, Center for Child Protection and Family Support Annie Lewis-O’Connor, RNCS, MSN, MPH Representing: Institute on Domestic Violence in the African Diane K. Bohn, CNM, DNSc, RN Pediatric & Ob-Gyn Nurse Practitioner American Community Executive Director Member at Large Family Advocacy Center of Northern Minnesota Lisa Tonna, LCSW North Country Regional Hospital Jane Liebschutz, MD, MPH Board Secretary Representing: American College of Nurse Midwives FACP Assistant Professor of Medicine National Coalition of Anti-Violence Program

001683CD-1/07 Director, Preventive Medicine Residency, Representing: National Coalition of Anti-Violence Program Cheryl A. Boyce, PhD Boston University Medical Center Developmental Psychopathology and Prevention Research Branch Representing: Society of General Internal Medicine Sujata Warrier, PhD National Institute of Mental Health Director, New York City Program Representing: National Institute of Mental Health Jenny Lyons State of New York: Office for the Prevention of Domestic Violence MS-II, Georgetown School of Medicine, 2005-2006 AMSA Steering Committee Member, Continuing Medical Education 7iÊLiiÛiÊÊ>Ê Steering Committee Jacquelyn Campbell, PhD, RN, FAAN Family Violence Prevention Coordinator on the Community and Advisory Committee Thank you to the following Anna D. Wolf Endowed Professor, Johns Hopkins School Public Health Action Committee Representing: Asian and Pacific Islander Institute on Domestic of Nursing Representing: American Medical Students Association Violence contributors for financially Representing: American Academy of Nursing supporting 20 health professional Brigid McCaw, MD, MS, MPH, FACP Carole Warshaw, MD i>Ì ÞÊvÕÌÕÀi° Linda Chamberlain, PhD, MPH Kaiser Permanente Northern California Executive Director, Domestic Violence & Mental Director, Alaska Family Violence Prevention Project Clinical Director, Family Violence Prevention Program Health Policy Initiative students attending this conference. Member at Large Representing: Kaiser Permanente Director, National Training and TA Center on Domestic 7iÊLiiÛiÊ i>Ì ÊÃ½ÌÊ>Ê`ÕÃÌÀÞpÌ½ÃÊ>ÊV>ÕÃi°ÊÊ Violence, Trauma & Mental Health Academy on Violence and Abuse Rosaly Correa-de-Araujo, MD, MSc, PhD Connie Mitchell, MD Representing: National Training and TA Center on Domestic `ÊÌ iÀi½ÃÊÊLiÌÌiÀÊvii}ÊÌ >ÊÜÀ}ÊÌ}iÌ iÀÊ Director, Office of the Americas Author, California’s Guidelines for the Health Care of Violence, Trauma & Mental Health and the American Connie Mitchell, MD (individual) Office of the Secretary Intimate Partner Violence Psychiatric Association vÀÊ>ÊÜÀÌ Ü iÊV>ÕÃi°Ê/ >Ì½ÃÊÜ ÞÊÜiÊÃÕ««ÀÌÊ Office of Global Health Affairs Representing: Academy on Violence and Abuse Representing: Office of Global Health Affairs Rita Webb, DCSW, LICFW Lynn Douglas Mouden, DDS, MPH Senior Policy Associate Ì iÊ>ÞÊ6iViÊ*ÀiÛiÌÊÕ`½ÃÊ >Ì>Ê Justine Desmarais, MPH Director, Office of Oral Health National Association of Social Workers Office on Women’s Health Program Director, Women’s Health Division of Health Representing: National Association of Social Workers viÀiViÊÊi>Ì ÊEÊ iÃÌVÊ6iVi°Ê is one of the proud sponsors of the Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs Arkansas Department of Health and Human Services, Representing: Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs Family Violence Consultant, Council on Access, Prevention Therese Zink, MD, MPH and Intraprofessional Relations Assistant Professor, Dept of Family and Community Medicine, iV>ÕÃiÊÌ iÞÊÃ >ÀiÊÕÀÊì`V>ÌÊÌÊ i«}ÊÊ Nancy Durborow, MS Representing: American Dental Association University of Minnesota National Conference Health Project Corrdinator, Pennsylvania Coalition Member at Large >iÊÕÀÊVÕÌÞÊ>Ê i>Ì iÀÊ«>ViÊÌÊLi°ÊÀÊ Against Domestic Violence Jeremy Nevilles-Sorell on Health and Representing: Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence Resource Coordinator ÀiÊvÀ>ÌÊ>LÕÌÊ ÜÊ>ÃiÀÊ*iÀ>iÌiÊÊ Mending the Sacred Hoop S.T.O.P. TA Project Domestic Violence Mary Ann Dutton, PhD Representing: Mending the Sacred Hoop S.T.O.P. TA Project Professor, Georgetown University School of Medicine ÃÊÌ>}Ê>VÌÊÌÊ«ÀiÛiÌÊìÃÌVÊÛiVi]ÊÊ Office on Representing: American Psychological Association Christina Nicolaidis, MD, MPH U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Women’s Health Assistant Professor of Medicine }ÊÌÊÜÜÜ°«°À}ÉìÃÌVÛiVi° Office on Women’s Health Bruce Ettinger, MD, MPH Oregon Health Sciences University 200 Independence Ave., SW Region IX Medical Consultant Representing: American Medical Women’s Association Washington, DC 20201 Los Angeles County Department of Health Services Representing: American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Nancy Neylon, LSW womenshealth.gov Executive Director Anne L. Ganley, PhD Ohio Domestic Violence Network 1-800-994-9662 TDD:1-888-220-5446 Clinical Associate Professor Representing: National Network to End Domestic Violence Department of Psychology Member at Large Jennifer Pierce-Weeks, RN, SANE-A, CFN Director-at-large IAFN Director, State of NH SANE Program NHCADSV ÀÊÀiÊvÀ>ÌÊ>LÕÌÊ>ÃiÀÊ*iÀ>iÌi]ÊÊ Representing: International Association of Forensic Nurses V>Ê£nää{È{{äääÊÀÊÛÃÌÊ«°À}°

13 14 Co-Chair and Participating U.S. DHHS Agency Websites General Conference Information

CO-CHAIR ORGANIZATIONS Asian and Pacific Islander Institute on Society of Social Work Leadership in MEETING DISCLAIMER Domestic Violence Healthcare Regarding materials and information received, written or otherwise, during the 2007 National Conference on Health Academy on Violence and Abuse www.apiahf.org/apidvinstitute/ www.sswlhc.org and Domestic Violence: The scientific views, statements, and recommendations expressed during this continuing http://avahealth.nonprofitoffice.com/ education activity represent those of the authors and speakers and do not necessarily represent the views of the Family Association of Maternal and Child PARTICIPATING FEDERAL AGENCIES Violence Prevention Fund, conference co-chair organizations, or participating US DHHS agencies. American Academy of Family Physicians Health Programs www.amchp.org/ www.aafp.org Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality NAME BADGES www.ahrq.gov Institute on Domestic Violence in the Please remember to wear your name badge during all conference functions, including meals and reception. For your American Academy of Nursing African American Community own protection you will not be allowed into any Conference function without it. Please note that Family Violence www.aannet.org CDC National Center for Injury Prevention www.dvinstitute.org and Control Prevention Fund staff will be wearing clearly marked “STAFF” badges. www.cdc.gov American Academy of Pediatrics Kaiser Permanente SEATING FOR MEALS www.aap.org www.kaiserpermanente.org Indian Health Service Tabled seating is on a first-come, first serve basis except where noted. We apologize for the inconvenience and ask for www.ihs.gov your support of our efforts to allow the maximum number of participants at this important event. American Academy of Physician Assistants Medical and Health Research www.aapa.org Association of NYC, Inc. Maternal and Child Health Bureau WORKSHOP SESSIONS www.mhra.org/ www.ask.hrsa.gov/MCH.cfm Space in workshop sessions is first-come first serve and when specific workshop session rooms are filled to capacity,- par American College of Nurse Midwives ticipants must choose alternate sessions to attend. Because of the incredible interest in the conference and efforts to al- www.midwife.org National Association of Social Workers National Institutes of Mental Health, low as many participants as possible, we expect that many rooms will be filled to capacity. We suggest that participants Co-Chairs www.naswdc.org National Institutes of Health interested in specific sessions arrive as early as possible to those rooms and be prepared for selecting alternative sessions. American College of Obstetricians and http://www.nimh.nih.gov/ To assist in workshop selection, the conference program has a workshop program description section. Each presenter Gynecologists National Coalition of Anti-Violence describes the content and process for their presentation. In addition, the presenters ranked whether their presentations US Department of Health and Human www.acog.org Programs were introductory, intermediate or advanced (note this was not done by the FVPF). Clinical and scientific reports were Services Office of Women’s Health www.ncavp.org grouped together and given an overall theme title. American Dental Association www.4woman.gov/owh www.ada.org National Network to End Domestic Violence General Information General www.nnedv.org American Medical Association DOMESTIC VIOLENCE RESOURCE NUMBERS www.ama-assn.org Nursing Network on Violence Against Women International National Domestic Violence and Dating Violence Hotline: 800-799-SAFE (7233) American Medical Student Association www.nnvawi.org W.O.M.A.N, Inc.: 415-864-4722 www.amsa.org California Partnership to End Domestic Violence: (CPEDV) 800-524-4765 Pennsylvania Coalition Against Asian Women’s Shelter: 415-751-0880 Domestic Violence American Medical Women’s Association Community United Against Violence: 415-333-HELP (4357) www.amwa-doc.org www.pcadv.org La Casa de Las Madres: 877-503-1850 Riley Center Crisis Line: 415-255-0165 Physicians for Reproductive Choice American Psychological Association and Health® www.apa.org ON SITE COUNSELOR: www.prch.org Sometimes attending such conferences invokes experiences and memories of abuse. Should anyone need to speak to a counselor during this conference, please contact a Family Violence Prevention Fund staff person who is wearing a Society of General Internal Medicine “STAFF” badge. We will have a counselor on-site with whom you can speak. www.sgim.org

15 16 Continuing Education Information Opening Session Friday March 16, 2007 8:00-9:00 a.m. (Yerba Buena Salon 7/8)

DENTISTS / DENTAL HYGENISTS Opening Address This conference is co-chaired by the Family Violence Prevention Fund and the American Dental Association. The American Dental Association is an ADA CERP recognized provider. This conference has been approved for 13.5 Welcome: Esta Soler contact hours of continuing education. President of the Family Violence Prevention Fund

NURSES One of the world’s foremost experts on violence against women and children, Esta Soler is a pioneer The Department of Nursing at UCSF Medical Center will provide a maximum of 13.5 contact hours of continuing who founded the Family Violence Prevention Fund (FVPF) 26 years ago and made it one of the world’s education for the National Conference on Health and Domestic Violence to professional nurses. leading violence prevention agencies. With offices in San Francisco, Boston and Washington, D.C. and partners around the world, the FVPF develops innovative strategies to prevent domestic, dating PHYSICIANS / PHYSICIAN - ASSISTANTS and sexual violence, stalking and child abuse. Under Soler’s direction, the FVPF was a driving force The Family Violence Prevention Fund National Health Resource Center on Domestic Violence is accredited by the behind the Violence Against Women Act – the nation’s first comprehensive federal response to the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. violence that plagues our families and communities. She has led the FVPF as it developed trailblaz- FVPF certifies that this continuing medical education activity meets the criteria for a maximum of 14 hours of credit ing public education campaigns, and innovative policies, advocacy, prevention, education and training programs that in Category 1 of the Physician’s Recognition Award of the American Medical Association. help lawmakers, health care providers, judges, employers and others stop violence and help victims. Soler is a trustee for the Blue Shield of California Foundation. Her numerous awards include a Kellogg Foundation National Leadership PSYCHOLOGISTS Fellowship, and she has an honorary doctorate from Simmons College. She co-authored Ending Domestic Violence: The Family Violence Prevention Fund is approved as American Psychologist Association Continuing Changing Public Perceptions/Halting the Epidemic. Education Sponsor. Welcome: A. Eugene Washington, M.D., M.Sc. Continuing Education SOCIAL WORKERS and MFTs Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost University of California, San Francisco The Family Violence Prevention Fund National Health Resource Center on Domestic Violence is accredited by the Na- tional Association of Social Workers and the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. FVPF certifies that this continu- Over the last two decades, Dr. Washington as been a national leader in assessing medical technolo- ing education activity meets the criteria for a maximum of 14 hours of credit. gies, developing clinical practice guidelines, and establishing disease prevention policies, particularly for women’s health. He is an internationally renowned clinical investigator and health policy analyst, who has been actively engaged in the training of medical students, residents, fellows and junior faculty at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). Dr. Washington is currently Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost at UCSF. He is also Professor of Gynecology, Epidemiology, and Health Policy in the School of Medicine. He co-founded UCSF’s Medical Effectiveness Research Center for Opening Session Diverse Populations in 1993 and served as the director from its establishment through July 2005. He was Chair of How to Receive Continuing Education Credit: the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences from 1996 to 2004. He also co-founded the UCSF-Stanford Evidence-based Practice Center and served as its first director from 1997 to 2002. Before joining the 1. Sign in each morning on the official attendance sheet in the registration area. faculty at UCSF seventeen years ago, Dr. Washington worked at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta. In his role as the UCSF Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost, Dr. Washington oversees UCSF’s $791 million research enterprise and serves as the chief academic officer for the University’s 2107 faculty. Dr. Washington 2. Sign out each afternoon on the official attendance sheet in the registration area. has published extensively in his major areas of research, which include prenatal genetic testing, cervical cancer screening and prevention, noncancerous uterine conditions management, quality of health care, and racial/ethnic disparities 3. Complete a Workshop Evaluation form for each session you attend and if you are a nursing in health outcomes. Dr. Washington was elected to the prestigious Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of professional, please include your license #. Sciences in 1997.

Opening Keynote: George Lundberg, MD 4. Return Workshop Evaluation form to the Room Monitor after each workshop session. Editor, Medscape General Medicine

5. Complete the General Session Evaluation form and return it to the registration desk on the A 1995 “pioneer” of the medical internet, Dr. Lundberg was born in Florida, grew up in rural south- afternoon of Day 2 (Saturday). ern Alabama and holds earned and honorary degrees from North Park College, Baylor University, the University of Alabama (Birmingham and Tuscaloosa), the State University of New York, Syracuse, 6. Your completed certificate will be mailed approximately 8 weeks after the conference. Thomas Jefferson University and the Medical College of Ohio. He completed a clinical internship in Hawaii and a pathology residency in San Antonio. He served in the US army during the Vietnam War We will mail certificates only to those who have completed steps 1-5. in San Francisco and El Paso, leaving as a lieutenant colonel after 11 years. Dr. Lundberg was then Professor of Pathology and Associate Director of Laboratories at the Los Angeles County/USC Medical 17 18 Opening Session (Continued) Plenary Session 1

Center for 10 years, and for five years was Professor and Chair of Pathology at the University of California-Davis. Dr. Plenary Session #1: Friday March 16: 9:00-10:20 (Yerba Buena Salon 7/8) Lundberg has worked in tropical medicine in Central America and Forensic Medicine in New York, Sweden and Gender Based Violence and HIV: Stories from Home and Abroad England. His major professional interests are toxicology, violence, communication, physician behavior, strategic Domestic and sexual violence has a devastating impact on the sexual and reproductive health of women and girls worldwide. management and health system reform. He is past President of the American Society of Clinical Pathologists. Nothing so tragically demonstrates this more clearly than the overlapping epidemics of violence and HIV. Recent UN reports From 1982 to 1999, Dr. Lundberg was at the American Medical Association as Editor in Chief, Scientific Information find that the number of women living with HIV has risen in most regions of the world. In North America, HIV/AIDS is the and Multimedia with editorial responsibility for its 39 medical journals, American Medical News, and various Internet leading cause of death among African American women age 35 to 44. Domestic and sexual violence that women and girls expe- products, and the Editor of JAMA. In 1999 Dr. Lundberg became Editor in Chief of Medscape, the leading source of rience is a major cause of the growing infection rate. This violence denies women control over their sexual relations. As a result, traditional prevention strategies that focus on education about safe sex will not stem the epidemic unless women and girls have online health information and education for physicians and healthcare professionals and the founding Editor in Chief the ability to negotiate safe and wanted sex. of both Medscape General Medicine and CBS HealthWatch.com. In 2002, Dr. Lundberg became Special Healthcare Advisor to the Chairman and CEO of WebMD. Today, he serves as the Editor in Chief of Medscape General Medicine In this session, panelists will discuss the how domestic and sexual violence impacts reproductive health and HIV transmission, (www.medgenmed.com), the original open access fully electronic, peer-reviewed primary source general medical journal will discuss new strategies for HIV protection in the context of violence and will share new research demonstrating that efforts published on the Medscape platform, and Editor in Chief of Medscape Core and eMedicine. A frequent lecturer, radio to integrate violence reduction can have a significant impact on HIV prevention and protection. This research has implications for clinical practice across the board as it provides a model for how violence prevention can reduce behavioral health risks and and television guest, and a member of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences, Dr. Lundberg increase self efficacy which can be applied to improve other health outcomes. holds academic appointments as a professor at Northwestern and Harvard. In 2000, the Industry Standard dubbed Dr. Lundberg “Online Health Care’s Medicine Man”. At the end of this session participants will: 1 Understand how domestic and sexual violence impact HIV transmission and infection. “There is No Excuse for Abuse” Denise Brown 2 Identify at least two programs that have decreased HIV infection and/or intimate partner violence 3 Identify three strategies within clinical or in advocacy settings to better serve the reproductive health care needs of For the past 12 years Denise Brown, sister of Nicole Brown Simpson has been speaking out about the patients exposed to sexual or domestic violence. issue of domestic violence. Over the years, Denise Brown, has traveled thousands of miles in her effort

Opening Session to raise awareness. Since domestic violence knows no boundaries, it has taken her around the world. Frances Ashe-Goins, RN, MPH (Facilitator) Lori Heise Frances E. Ashe-Goins, a registered nurse, health educator, policy analyst, and Lori Heise is a long-time women’s health advocate who has worked on the issues She is often called to speak at schools, universities, hospitals, shelters, training centers, prisons, radio, innovator, is the Director of the Division of Policy and Program Development at of gender, sexuality and power. She has been instrumental in getting two critical television, conferences, workshops and judges panels. the US Department of Health’s Office on Women’s Health. She is responsible for issues onto the world agenda: violence against women and the need to expand numerous women’s health issues including HIV/AIDS, domestic violence, rape/ woman’s options for HIV protection. She presently directs the Global Campaign sexual assault, lupus awareness, diabetes, organ/tissue donation, minority women’s for Microbicides, an international coalition of civil society groups working to health issues, international health issues, female genital cutting issues, and mental encourage accountability and ethics in microbicide research, and is a fellow at the

Tribute to Marcy Gross and Linda Saltzman, PhD (see page 5 for more information on Tribute) health. She has created many innovative programs to address HIV/AIDS includ- Centre for Research on Gender Violence and Health, London School of Hygiene Friday ing the National Collaborative Workgroup on Women and HIV/AIDS, DHHS and Tropical Medicine. In the early 1990s, she worked with Dr. Charlotte Bunch Presented by: Debbie Lee Secretary’s Workgroup on Women and HIV/AIDS, Incarcerated and Newly at the Center for Women’s Global Leadership, to get violence recognized as a Managing Director, Family Violence Prevention Fund Released Women with HIV/AIDS/STD’s and Women in Rural Communities human rights issue. In 1993 she co-founded the Center for Health and Gender and HIV/AIDS programs. With regard to Violence Against Women, she has cre- Equity (CHANGE), an NGO focused on the effects of U.S. international policies

ated and implemented the following programs: National Nurses Task Force and on the health and rights of women and girls in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Plenary Debbie Lee has been with the Family Violence Prevention Fund (FVPF) for 25 years working National Nurses’ Summit on Violence Against Women, National Social Worker’s She is a core research team member of the WHO Multi-country Study on to strengthen the health care response to domestic violence through leadership development, health Task Force and National Social Workers’ Summit on Violence Against Women, Women’s Health and Domestic Violence, and is presently exploring the determi- DHHS National Domestic Violence Workplace Education Day (annually), DHHS nants of violence among the 24,000 women interviewed in 10 countries. She has education and prevention efforts, and policy reform. This Initiative includes: the US DHHS funded Employee Guidelines on Domestic Violence, and the DHHS National Sexual As- published widely in Lancet, Science, American Psychologist, and Studies in Fam- National Health Resource Center on Domestic Violence, the 15 state National Standards Campaign sault Awareness Month Event. ily Planning, and is co-author with Dr. Mary Ellsberg of: Researching Violence and a 15 Tribe health center initiative. She was a founding board member of the Asian Women’s Mrs. Ashe-Goins received a MPH in Health Education from the University of Against Women: A Resource for Researchers and Activists. In 2001, she received South Carolina. the President’s award for excellence in advocacy from the American Social Health Shelter, The Women’s Foundation and Asian and Pacific Islander Institute on Domestic Violence Association and in 2003 she was recognized by Ms. Magazine as one of the “50 and the recipient of the first annual Helen Rodriguez-Trias 2002 Award for Excellence in Women’s Health Leadership. Jacquelyn C. Campbell, PhD, RN, FAAN women who made a difference.” Jacquelyn C. Campbell is the Anna D. Wolf Endowed Chair and a Professor at the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing with a joint appointment in the Gina Wingood, ScD, MPH Bloomberg School of Public Health. Her BSN, MSN and PhD are from Duke Gina M. Wingood is an Associate Professor in the Department of Behavioral University, Wright State University and the University of Rochester Schools of Sciences and Health Education; the Agnes Moore Endowed Faculty in HIV/AIDS Nursing. She has been conducting advocacy policy work and research in the area Research and; Director, Social and Behavioral Science Core, Emory Center for of domestic violence since 1980. Dr. Campbell has been the PI of 10 major NIH, AIDS Research. Dr. Wingood received her MPH in Maternal and Child Health NIJ or CDC research grants and published more than 150 articles and seven from the University of California, Berkeley and her ScD from the Harvard Uni- books on this subject, including the textbook Family Violence and Nursing Prac- versity School of Public Health in Health and Social Behavior. Dr. Wingood cur- tice co-authored by Janice Humphreys. She is also known for the development of rently serves as the Principal Investigator on four NIH-funded studies. Professor the Danger Assessment, an intimate partner homicide risk assessment instrument. Wingood research interests include designing, implementing and evaluating HIV Dr. Campbell is an elected member of the Institute of Medicine and the American prevention programs for many subpopulations of women. The effectiveness of her Academy of Nursing, was a member of the House of Ruth Battered Women’s HIV prevention programs, has led the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Shelter Board, and the congressionally appointed US Department of Defense Task to disseminate her HIV prevention programs for women nationally. She is also Force on Domestic Violence, and is currently on the Board of Directors of the involved in designing HIV prevention programs for women internationally in the Family Violence Prevention Fund. Caribbean as well as in South Africa. Additionally, her work is known for applying the Theory of Gender and Power, a social structural theory to examine gender and structural factors, including abuse, stigma, discrimination media influences, and body image, that increase women’s vulnerability to HIV.

19 20 Luncheon Friday Luncheon 21 prevention andoverweightobesity. health; sexualhealthandresponsible sexualbehavior;youthviolence ture, raceandethnicity;suicidementalretardationprevention; oral which wasfollowedbysupplementsonchildren’s mentalhealth:cul leased Surgeon General’s reportsontobaccoandhealth;mentalhealth, 2010, thenation’s healthagendaforthenexttenyears.Healsore that wasincorporatedasoneofthetwomajorgoalsHealthyPeople effort toeliminateracialandethnicdisparitiesinhealth,aninitiative and AssistantSecretaryforHealth,Dr. SatcherledtheDepartment’s and AssistantSecretaryofHealthsimultaneously. AsSurgeon General second person in history to have held both positions of Surgeon General Health fromFebruary1998toJanuary2001,makinghimonlythe States inFebruary1998.HealsoservedasAssistantSecretaryfor Dr. Satcherwassworninasthe16thSurgeon GeneraloftheUnited Johnson, andtheHenryJ.KaiserFamilyFoundation. GENERAL 16th U.S.SURGEON PHD MD, SATCHER, DAVID Luncheon Keynote fellowship inmedicalethicsatUCSF at PennsylvaniaHospitalandwasawardedatwo-yearresearch Duke MedicalSchoolin1981.SheservedherresidencyOB/GYN pre-medicine atStanfordUniversityandthenreceivedanMDfrom Milliken earnedaBAfromHarvardUniversity, studiedtwoyearsof health andfoundedtheannualYoung Women’s HealthConference. at UCSFtoencourageyoungwomenenterthefieldofwomen’s and comprehensiveclinicalcare.Millikeninitiatedamentorprogram for women,researchandacademicprograms,communityeducation She hasinitiatedwidespreadimprovementsinleadershipdevelopment of Women in2002. efforts, MillikenreceivedtheChancellor’s Award fortheAdvancement ing programstoadvancewomen’s healthacrossthelifespan.Forher National CenterofExcellenceinWomen’s Health,Millikenisdevelop with multiplelocationsintheBayArea.AsdirectorofUCSF co-founder ofUCSFWomen’s Health,anintegratedclinicalprogram Nancy Milliken, MD SessionFridayLuncheon March 16th12:10

member oftheBoardDirectorsJohnson& ences ingovernmentandspeaking.Heisalsoa spent timereflectingandwritingabouthisexperi low withtheKaiserFamilyFoundation,wherehe 2002, Dr. SatcherservedasaSeniorVisiting Fel in September2002.FromMarchto Morehouse SchoolofMedicineinAtlanta,GA new NationalCenterforPrimaryCareatthe Dr. DavidSatcherwasnamedDirectorofthe ogy andreproductivesciencesthedirector programs inthedepartmentofobstetrics,gynecol administrator. Sheistheassociatechairforclinical is awomen’s healthadvocate,aclinician,andan of ExcellenceinWomen’s Health,NancyMilliken ductive Sciences;Director, UCSFNationalCenter Professor ofObstetrics,GynecologyandRepro Vice Dean,UCSFSchoolofMedicine; ------please visitwww.apbspeakers.com. public healthworkforallgroupsinthisnation.Formoreinformation primary care,theeliminationofdisparitiesinhealthandmaking College ofPhysicians.Dr. Satcheriscommittedtopromotingquality cians, theAmericanCollegeofPreventiveMedicineand King-Drew. HeisaFellowoftheAmericanAcademy ofFamilyPhysi ing atStrongMemorialHospital,UniversityofRochester, UCLAand Omega AlphaHonorSociety. Hedidhisresidency/fellowshiptrain Case Western ReserveUniversityin1970withelectionintoAlpha is amemberofPhiBetaKappa.HereceivedhisM.D.andPh.D.from Dr. SatchergraduatedfromMorehouseCollegeinAtlanta1963and Ebony magazine. and theAmericanAcademyforAdvancementofScienceaswell College ofPhysicians,theAmericanAcademyFamily Medical Association,theAmerican ous distinguishedhonors,includingtopawardsfromtheNational He istherecipientofnearlythreedozenhonorarydegreesandnumer (Yerba BuenaSalon7/8) - - - Plenary Session 2A ( CONCURRENT ) Plenary Session2A(CONCURRENT to family violence. Medicine’s committee examining training needs of health professionals to respond and medical care costs. Dr. Thompson served (2000-2001) on the Institutes of children with a focus on prevalence, severity, chronicity, impacts on health status, assesses the long-term healthcare effects of domestic violence in women and their lization and costs of DV (2003). In 2002, he was awarded a four year grant that well-child healthcare. He recently completed an examination of patterns of uti new delivery models for integrating developmental and behavioral content into Kreuter. One of his current projects is Healthy Steps, which at GHC introduces was through the planned application of a systems model developed by Green and violence (DV) identification and management in primary care. The intervention cluded a three-year AHRQ funded study of an intervention to improve domestic systems approaches for planning program implementation. He recently con Dr. Thompson has a particular interest in translational research and the use of Robert S. Thompson, Scientific Investigator, Group Health Cooperative (GHC). Robert S. Thompson, MD board. California Healthcare Foundation’s Emergency Department Utilization advisory National Advisory Committee for its Health eTechnologies Initiative, and the Business, UC, Irvine. She is a member of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s the University of California San Francisco and earned an MBA from the School of Director of the Kaiser Permanente-General Motors Team. Dr. Salber trained at and the Center for Health Improvement at Blue Shield of California and Medical of Acelacare, a chronic illness care company, Sr. Medical Director for CalPERS the Center for Practical Health Reform. Prior positions include founder and CEO cardiovascular disease, and stroke. She is also currently Chief Medical Officer for nized expert on obesity and its relationship to insulin resistance, Type 2 diabetes, Weighs In,” on www.thedoctorweighsin.com. Dr. Salber is a nationally recog illness. In addition consulting, Dr. Salber hosts a health care blog, “The Doctor Plans for health plans –targeted at populations with a high burden of chronic Currently, she provides clinical expertise for the development of Special Needs co-founded Physicians for a Violence-free Society – both with Dr. Ellen Taliaferro. to Intimate Partner Violence and Abuse, published in 2006 by Volcano Press and domestic violence for more than a decade. She co-authored the Physicians Guide gency physician who has been addressing clinical and policy issues in the field of principal in PRS Strategic Healthcare Consulting. She is an internist and emer Patricia R. Salber, MD, MBA is an independent health care consultant and Patricia R. Salber, (Facilitator) MBA MD, 3 2 1 At the end of this session participants will be able to: improvement strategies can inform our efforts to improve the health care response. onstrates improved health outcomes for victims of violence. Panelists will then discuss how the latest in systems-based,new findings quality just released on the financial, health and social costs of domestic violence. It will also showcase researchfinancial that costs dem of violence as well as offer evidence based models to improve health and safety of victims. This sessionEfforts willto improve share the standard of care for victims of violence will continue to be derailed until we demonstrate theThe healthTipping and Point: New Findings on Intimate Partner Violence, Costs and Quality of Care Plenary # 2A: Friday, March 16th 3:40-5:00 (Yerba Buena Salon 7)

Identify how quality improvement strategies health issues can be applied to family violence Identify new interventions that improve health and safety of victims Identify long-term health care costs of family violence - - - - scientific journals. women’s health, violence, and aging. She has published over 100 papers in large-scale epidemiological and community-based projects, in urban health issues, An accomplished researcher, Grisso has extensive experience in conducting epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Scholar Award during which she completed a post-doctoral fellowship in clinical Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia followed by a Milbank Carolina at Chapel Hill and completed her residency in internal medicine at the of Physicians. Grisso earned her medical degree from the University of North is a fellow of the Society for Epidemiological Research and the American College ing and director of the FOCUS on Health & Leadership for Women program. She senior fellow of the Leonard Davis Institute, senior fellow of the Institute on Ag well as a senior scholar at the Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Grisso was a tenured professor of medicine at the University of Pennsylvania as tions, and leadership development. Prior to joining RWJF in November 2001, She is currently working in the areas of violence prevention, vulnerable popula tion, where she serves on the Human Capital and Vulnerable Population Teams. Jeane Ann Grisso is a senior program officer at the Robert Wood Johnson Founda Jeane Ann Grisso, M.D., M.Sc., FACP the University of Arizona. and has held faculty appointments at the University of Pennsylvania,Dr. McCloskey Harvard, holds and a doctorate in psychology from the UniversityHer research of Michigan,has been federally funded through the AHRQ, NIMH,also and studies ACYF. the effectiveness of interventions for abused womenmestic and violence their children.on women and their children in the United StatesPsychology and globally. at Wayne State She University. Her research Laurainvestigates McCloskey the is impactDirector of ofdo the Merrill Palmer Skillman Center Laura McCloskey, and ProfessorPhD of Adolescent Medicine. and effectiveness of trauma systems. He is the editor of Archives of Pediatrics and of intimate partner violence, interventions for alcohol abuse in trauma patients, of bicycle helmets, the epidemiology of firearm injuries, impact and prevention butions have spanned more than 25 years and include the efficacy and promotion the International Society for Child and Adolescent Injury Prevention. His contri director of the Harborview Injury and Research Center and founding president of and Head of General Pediatrics University of Washington. He is the former Adjunct Professor of Epidemiology, Vice-Chair of the Department of Pediatrics Frederick P. Rivara, MD, MPH is the George Adkins Professor of Pediatrics at, Frederick P. Rivara, MPH MD,

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Plenary Friday Plenary Friday Plenary 23 perpetrator treatment, and factors related to the completion or dropout of DV military veterans and active duty military, relationship mutuality and outcomes of health impact of DV on perpetrators of DV, the intersection of PTSD and DV for management, and domestic violence (DV). Her publications on DV include the and has conducted research and published articles pertaining to PTSD, anger has provided posttraumatic stress disorder treatment (PTSD) for over 26 years, Health Nursing at the University of Washington, School of Nursing. Dr. Gerlock In addition, she is a clinical associate professor with Psychosocial and Community three additional “Think Tanks” focusing on domestic violence suicide/homicide. ington State Domestic Violence Fatality Review Project, and has participated on member of the Pierce Co. Commission Against Domestic Violence and the Wash domestic violence perpetrators (both active duty military and veterans). She is a tic Violence Rehabilitation Program, and as such worked with over a thousand Puget Sound Health Care System and Madigan Army Medical Center Domes specialist and nurse practitioner. She was formerly supervisor of the combined VA Dr. Gerlock is a board certified adult mental health/psychiatric clinical nurse April A. Gerlock Ph.D., BC ARNP, APRN, radio stations throughout California. is KQED 88.5FM’s statewide news program, which is carried by over 24 public logues” series on important health issues facing our state. The California Report State University, Sacramento. He also hosts The California Report’s “Health Dia with four awards for excellence from the Center for California Studies at California Report, Shafer has reported on a wide range of issues, and recently been honored to join KQED 88.5FM in 1998. As host and correspondent of The California as principal in the San Francisco public relations firm Staton, Hughes & Shafer he served then-State Controller Gray Davis as Chief of Staff. He left a position Agnos as Deputy Press Secretary and then Press Secretary, and from 1992 to 1994 the world. From 1988 to 1992, Shafer served former San Francisco Mayor Art Francisco, where he conducted on-air interviews with newsmakers from all over in the nation on the AIDS epidemic. Shafer then went on to KOIT-AM in San in Berkeley and KFBK in Sacramento, where he filed some of the first stories Scott Shafer started his radio news career in the early 1980s as a reporter for KPFA Scott Shafer (Facilitator) 3 intimate partner violence. 2 1 At the end of this session, participants in attendance will be able to: women world wide. our government to curb violence against women that occur during war and foster the leadership to end the violence thatour roletrap in decreasing the impact of war on women and children worldwide. New policies will be shared that will encourageexplore strategies to improve the health and safety of service men and women and their families in the U.S. and willIn discussthis panel, speakers will discuss the connections between global conflict and domestic and sexual violence. Panelists will we know about the gender-based violence that ensues in conflict and post conflict countries? with their families? How can we best help the current generation of veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan? PTSDWhat itsdo interaction with intimate partner violence? How did the challenges Vietnam veterans face affect theirreturn relationship with long term health problems that have implications for the entire family. What have we learned aboutpost conflictcombat related due to the breakdown in social structures and poor living conditions. In the U.S., active duty soldiersmarriage and veteransand pregnancy, and the forced exchange of sex for survival. Levels of domestic violence are extremelywomen andhigh girls during are and particularly vulnerable to gender-based violence, including systematic rape as a weapon of Warwar, forcedhas a lasting impact on soldiers and their families, as well as the residents of war torn countries. DuringOn The armed Frontlines: conflict, War, Trauma and Family Violence Plenary Session #2B: Friday March 16, 2007 (Yerba Buena Salon 8) ) Plenary Session2B(CONCURRENT Identify new policies that can help curb violence against women internationally Understand the scope and impact of combat related PTSD and what is known about its relationship to Identify how war and gender-based violence impacts women and girls in war torn countries.

- - - (Continued on next page) Thailand and Uganda. DRC, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tanzania, Technical Advisor responsible for supporting GBV programs in Burundi, Chad, complex emergencies. Currently based in New York Heidi is the IRC Senior University, one of the first graduate level classes to focus specifically on GBV in co-taught GBV in Complex Emergencies: Issues and Interventions at Columbia issue of Violence against Women and Girls. In 2006 she helped to develop and Rape in War and is frequently invited to talk at UN and other forums on the and girls. Heidi is on the Steering Committee of the Global Campaign to Stop Building Project to positively engage men in preventing violence against women GBV program. In Thailand she started the innovative Men Involved in Peace DRC and Sudan. During her 9 months in Darfur she firmly established IRC’s a nation-wide GBV Program before going on to work in Liberia, Thailand, the conflict and post conflict settings. She spent two years in Sierra Leone developing and implementing multi-sectoral Gender Based Violence (GBV) programs in five years she has worked for the International Relief Committee (IRC) designing service providers and law enforcement on working with survivors. For the past psycho-educational programs for perpetrators of domestic violence and trained violence. She has provided direct services as a Victim’s Advocate; facilitated Heidi Lehmann has over 10 years experience working in the field of gender-based Heidi Lehmann victimization and perpetration in the health care setting. University of Washington, School of Nursing, on responding to domestic violence to domestic violence. She developed a web-based training program with the violence and batterer’s rehabilitation, and health care provider’s response ally, and provided training in the areas of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, domestic perpetrator treatment. She has presented regionally, nationally, and internation

- ing Domestic Violence: Changing Public Perceptions/Halting the Epidemic. American Government initiative, and the Aspen Institute. She co-authored End Fellowship Program, the Ford Foundation/Harvard University Innovations in to numerous public and private agencies, including the CDC, the Soros Justice honorary doctorate from Simmons College. She has been a consultant and advisor include a Kellogg Foundation National Leadership Fellowship, and she has an is a trustee for the Blue Shield of California Foundation. Her numerous awards FVPF programs have been replicated in all 50 states and around the world. Soler ing men to teach boys that violence against women and children is always wrong. Into Men” and “Founding Fathers” campaigns, are breaking new ground by invit ers stop violence and help victims. Its most recent initiatives, the “Coaching Boys programs that help lawmakers, health care providers, judges, employers and oth campaigns, and innovative policies, advocacy, prevention, education and training communities. She has led the FVPF as it developed trailblazing public education comprehensive federal response to the violence that plagues our families and was a driving force behind the Violence Against Women Act – the nation’s first and sexual violence, stalking and child abuse. Under Soler’s direction, the FVPF the world, the FVPF develops innovative strategies to prevent domestic, dating With offices in San Francisco, Boston and Washington, D.C. and partners around years ago and made it one of the world’s leading violence prevention agencies. Soler is a pioneer who founded the Family Violence Prevention Fund (FVPF) 26 One of the world’s foremost experts on violence against women and children, Esta Esta Soler Afghanistan and Iraq. therapy will accelerate recovery from combat PTSD in veterans returning from study to determine if an approved, safe medication in combination with behavior and master their combat memories in psychotherapy. Dr. Marmar is beginning a emotion regulation as a promising strategy for helping veterans safely confront tices. Currently, he is conducting a study exploring the value of building skills in determine the value of specific training in compassionate death notification prac and is conducting research on 850 law enforcement officials in United States to tification units and the New York and London Metropolitan Police Departments, training protocols for the United States Army casualty assistance and casually no related to greater reactivity to stress in adulthood. Dr. Marmar has consulted on Francisco Bay Area and New York, he found that childhood trauma exposure is accident and disaster victims. In a study of 500 police academy recruits in the San police officers and other emergency services personnel, terrorism survivors, and in understanding and treating posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in veterans, at the University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Marmar’s research focuses on University of Toronto, and a research fellowship in psychiatry and traumatic stress San Francisco VA Medical Center. He completed his psychiatry residency at the of California, San Francisco. He is also Associate Chief of Staff for Mental Health, Charles Marmar, M.D., is Vice Chair and Professor of Psychiatry at the University Charles Marmar, MD

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Plenary Friday Plenary Saturday Plenary 25 Plenary Session 3A ( CONCURRENT ) Plenary Session3A(CONCURRENT issues, Latino families, and trauma, about which she has conducted research, Georgia State University. Her work is in the areas of domestic violence, diversity is a clinical community psychologist and Associate Professor of Psychology at Julia L. Perilla, Ph.D. has experience with both school and clinic based dating violence interventions. Center, Adolescent Clinic, and youth after-school program in Revere, MA, and youth. In addition, she was also the Medical Director of a School Based Health including pregnant/parenting teens, commercial sex workers, and gang-involved disparities in mental health and access to services among underserved populations, based participatory research aimed at reducing health disparities, in particular on cent victims of and male adolescent perpetrators of IPV. She conducts community funded study assessing sexual and reproductive health risk among female adoles additionally, she served as the qualitative researcher on Dr. Jay Silverman’s CDC- conduct a mixed methods study of adolescent dating violence in the clinic setting; cents in the United States. She is funded by the William T. Grant Foundation to dating violence, health risks and health care service acquisition among adoles norms and peer coercion to engage in purchasing of sex among men in Japan, and tims of sex trafficking and other forms of gender-based violence) in Japan, social has included examination of gendered risk for HIV among women in Japan (vic medical anthropology as well as Internal Medicine/Pediatrics, Dr. Miller’s research Research Consultant at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. Trained in for Reducing Health Disparities, U.C. Davis School of Medicine, in addition to Dr. Miller is Assistant Professor in Pediatrics, and Assistant Director of the Center Elizabeth Miller, PhD MD, Harvard School of Public Health. is currently Assistant Professor of Society, Human Development and Health at the ally, and co-authored the book The Batterer as Parent (Sage, 2002). Dr. Silverman against adolescent and adult women and their children in the US and internation and published research on a broad range of issues regarding gender-based violence Jay Silverman, PhD, is a public health researcher and advocate. He has conducted Jay G. Silverman, PhD programmatic launch of the National Teen Dating Abuse HelpLine. the Sunshine Lady Foundation, Peace Award. Most recently Rose orchestrated the Rodham Clinton at a White House Press Conference and is a recent recipient of losophy. She was privileged to be a featured speaker with then First Lady Hillary and analysis on the national level while maintaining her grassroots advocacy phi both from the University of Alabama. Rose participates in policy development tor. Rose holds a Bachelor of Science in Psychology and a Masters in Social Work, advocacy work with adolescents and a seven year stint as a health care administra program implementation. Roses’ programmatic background includes clinical and ing child abuse, sexual assault domestic violence and perpetrator intervention Alabama. Her experience includes advocacy and policy work on issues includ Executive Director for 2nd Chance, Inc., a local domestic violence program in Violence, Executive Director of the Family Service Center of Talladega and the has served as the Associate Director of the Alabama Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Assault, the domestic and sexual assault coalition for Vermont. Rose former Executive Director for the Vermont Network Against Domestic Violence Rose Pulliam is the President of the National Domestic Violence Hotline and Rose Pulliam MSW BS, 3 2 1 At the end of this session participants will be able to: researcher on violence prevention. a young woman who shares her story of the transforming power of participatory research – from a child exposed relationshipsto violence to with young adolescents. New resources such as the new National Teen Hotline on Dating Violencewill discuss will alsothe latestbe shared. research Finally, on the impact of violence on teens and will discuss the opportunities to promotemany resiliencyas 1 and 3 andteenage healthy girls have experienced violence – in many cases extreme violence at the hands of theirand/or partners. sexual Panelists violence from their dating partners. On this panel, new research from clinical settings will be Accordingreleased showingto a 2001 that Harvard as School of Public Health study, one in five female public high school studentsImpacting experienced the Next physical Generation: Thoughts on Resiliency and Adolescent Health Plenary Session #3A: Saturday, March 17th 8:00-9:20 (Yerba Buena Salon 7) Identify a new resources available for teens on violence prevention Identify three strategies that they can adopt to promote resiliency and prevention with teens. Identify at least three ways intimate partner violence impacts teens

------Psychology, 3rd edition (with E. Mash). for child development and psychopathology, 2nd Edition; and Abnormal Child strategies to keep them safe (with P. Jaffe & C. Crook); Child abuse: Implications His recent books include Adolescent Risk Behaviors: Why teens experiment and Career Award from the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children. a Science from the Canadian Psychological Association, and the Outstanding the Donald O. Hebb Award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology as through the promotion of positive, non-violent relationships. He recently received school-based initiative for reducing adolescent violence and related risk behaviors Hughes) are currently evaluating the “Fourth R,” which is a comprehensive and early adulthood. He and his colleagues (Peter Jaffe, Claire Crooks, and Ray impact of early childhood trauma on later development in childhood, adolescence, He has authored numerous articles on these topics, especially in relation to the focus on child abuse, domestic violence, and developmental psychopathology. and clinical interests in abnormal child and adolescent psychology, with a special Canada focusing on child abuse and domestic violence. David has broad research the University of South Florida, David A. Wolfe pursued an academic career in The International Journal. After completing his PhD in Clinical Psychology at ogy at the University of Toronto, and Editor-in-Chief of Child Abuse & Neglect: the Centre for Prevention Science. He is a Professor of Psychiatry and Psychol at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), where he is Head of Dr. Wolfe currently holds the inaugural RBC Chair in Children’s Mental Health David. A. Wolfe, Ph.D. children and domestic violence in Albuquerque, NM, in 2006. the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges national conference on part of a team of adolescents who were invited to give a keynote presentation at regarding Latino youth witnesses and resilience since its beginning. Ana was about one year. She has been involved in the participatory action research project an architect. Ana has been participating with her family in Caminar Latino for the viola, enjoys football, baseball, and dodge ball, and is interested in becoming rolled in the gifted program. She likes reading and photography as hobbies, plays the 7th grade at Henderson Middle School in Atlanta, Georgia, where she is en Mexico and came to the U.S. eight years ago. She is bilingual and is currently in is the oldest of five children in her family (2 brothers, 2 sisters). She was born in Ana Karen Pérez Award for her work with immigrant populations affected by domestic violence. in 2000, and the Georgia Commission on Family Violence 2001 Gender Justice munity Service Award; the Georgia State University Exceptional Service Award Woman of the Year Award; the Georgia Psychological Association 2003 Com the Georgia Psychological Association Division of Women Psychologists 2005 appointee to the Georgia Commission on Family Violence. Dr. Perilla received Refugee and Immigrant Coalition Challenging Gender-Based Oppression and an the Elimination of Domestic Violence. She is past President of TAPESTRI: The lence at Georgia State University, a component of the National Latino Alliance for as Director of El Centro: The National Latino Research Center on Domestic Vio intervention for Latino families affected by domestic violence. Dr. Perilla serves tional conferences. Dr. Perilla is the founder of Caminar Latino, a comprehensive published numerous articles and made presentations at national and interna - - - - - Plenary Session 3B ( CONCURRENT ) PlenarySession3B(CONCURRENT Change in various capacities, including director of the Men Overcoming Violenceachieve gender equity. For over a decade, he worked at the Men’s Resourceto become Center better for fathers, intimate partners and allies to end domestic violence Fund.and He has devoted the last 16 years to engaging men across different cultures Juan Carlos Areán works as a program manager for the Family Violence PreventionJuan Carlos Areán Special Education and a Ph.D. in Education from the University of Texas atof Austin. Episcopal Health Charities. Dr. Smith received a B.A. in Psychology,National a M.A. Advisoryin Council for the Hogg Foundation and the Board of Directors contributions in promoting mental health and family development. She is on the National Kezia DePelchin Award awarded to individuals who have made significant is the recipient of numerous awards for women’s leadership and in 2003 receivedwas alsothe appointed to serve on the Select Committee on Adolescent Pregnancy.care Shedelivery for the State. She has been an American Leadership Forum fellow andShe also served on Governor Richards’ State-wide Health Task Force to reformWhite, health Clements, Richards, and Bush to serve as Chair of the Children’s Trustin the preventionFund. of adolescent pregnancy. Dr. Smith was appointed byyears Governors she has been the lead evaluator of a statewide initiative involving young andmen 3 books on adolescent pregnancy and reproductive health. Over the last four teens. Dr. Smith has published over 100 articles on teenage sexuality and pregnancycountywide system of 6 comprehensive reproductive health programs for indigent issues. As the Director of the Teen Health Clinic, Dr. Smith is responsibleand actively for this conducts research and evaluation concerning a variety of adolescent provision of quality mental and physical health care programs to inner city teensogy, Psychology, and Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, is committedPeggy B.to Smith,the Ph.D., full Professor in the Departments of Obstetrics and GynecolPeggy B. Smith, Ph.D. Cleveland-Marshall College of Law. ing Company’s Ohio Handbook Series. He is a graduate of Fisk University and Hethe is co-author of Ohio Domestic Violence Law part of Baldwin Legal Publish the Family Violence Prevention Fund, financed by the U.S. Department of Justice.joint initiative of the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges and He chairs the faculty of the National Judicial Institute on Domestic Violence,Governor’s a Offices, Judicial Colleges/ Institutes and State Supreme Courts. Department of Justice, the National College of District Attorneys and numerous Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, the National League of Cities, the ViolenceU.S. Network, the Women’s Coalition of the U.S. Virgin Islands,the Attorney the National General’s Offices of Ohio and Pennsylvania, the Ohio Domestic tions, and governmental agencies, including the National Center for Disease Control,lectured extensively on domestic violence issues for a host of organizations, associathe first chair of Cleveland’s Domestic Violence Coordinating Council. Thetional Judge Battered has Women’s Justice Project Advisory Board. He was elected andto servethe Ohio as Supreme Court’s Domestic Violence Task Force. He servesViolence on the Na Task Force of the Ohio Victim’s Assistance Advisory Board,Attorney General Victim’s Assistance Advisory Board, the Domestic Governor’s Task Force on Family Violence in Ohio, the Ohio opposition, most recently in 1999. Judge Adrine has served as a member of the Municipal Court in 1981. He has been re-elected three times without Ronald B. Adrine was first elected to the bench of the Cleveland (Ohio) Hon. Ronald Adrine, (Facilitator) JD 3 2 1 At the end of this session participants will be able to: also share successful strategies to galvanize men who work in the heath professions to take a stand against violence.health care providers as well as other clinical approaches to improving men’s health through violence prevention.and as Panelistsallies in willviolence prevention. New initiatives will be featured that focus on fatherhood as an educational session,opportunity panelists for will explore the impact violence has on men’s health and discuss approaches to engaging menapplied both asin patientsthe health care setting and very little is done to work with male patients who have been exposed to violence.There is In an this emerging movement to engage men and boys in violence prevention worldwide, yet these strategies have Engagingnot been Men and Boys: Advancing Health and Family Violence Prevention Plenary Session #3B: Saturday March 17th 8:00 a.m.-9:20 (Yerba Buena Salon 8) Identify three strategies for addressing violence prevention with male patients Understand the potential for organizing men in the health care setting as leaders in violence prevention Identify new resources to promote healthy relationships in home visitation and other health settings - - - - last FVPF conference in 2004. Violence Council. She was inspired to organize a men’s initiative at MGHintimate after partnerthe abuse) and the Conference of Boston Teaching Hospitals’ Domesticcollaborative organized to improve Boston’s community response to older survivorsin the Andeanof village of Ayacucho. Bonnie is a proud member of SAGE-Boston (a people of Peru, she hopes to establish a HAVEN sister program at a health centerthe invitation of the Harvard Program on Refugee Trauma. Inspired by the resilientIn 1992, Bonnie had the honor of working in Sweden and in 2006 traveled to Peru IPV,at impact of IPV on women’s reproductive choices, and IPV and cancerauthored treatment. (with Jeanne Hathaway) articles about IPV screening, the health impactstextbook of chapters on domestic violence and sexual abuse, Bonnie has recently co- advocate, clinician, supervisor, educator and program director. The authorand ofhealthcare two settings, Bonnie has worked to end violence against women as an with 20+ years experience in mental health settings, community-based programs, and Violence End Now at Massachusetts General Hospital). A clinical social Bonnieworker Zimmer is the Director of HAVEN at MGH. (Hospitals Helping Abuse Bonnie Zimmer, LCSW Association and has written a number of articles on healthcare management. the Massachusetts/Rhode Island Chapter of the Healthcare Financial Management Massachusetts General Hospital Men Against Abuse group. Jim is the President of initiative two years ago which Jim has been an active member since its inception:the the Domestic Violence Working Group at MGH that put out a call to startviolence a men’s advocacy services for victims in the MGH community. HAVEN sponsoredAfter relocating to Boston, he served on the advisory board of HAVEN, a domesticefforts began with helping set up a business office and eventually joined the Board.to the Domestic Violence prevention movement in the mid-eighties. Jim’s volunteerHouse, a shelter for battered women and their children in Cleveland introduced Jimalso started three physician management corporations. A volunteer at Templumpositions in finance, operations and strategic planning for two hospital systems.cians. Jim Previously, Jim worked in Cleveland where he held the senior managementthe largest physician group in Massachusetts with nearly 1800 participating physiand his Masters in Business Administration from Cornell University. The MGPOOrganization is (MGPO). He received his Bachelors degree from Boston University Jim Heffernan is the CFO & Treasurer of the Massachusetts General PhysiciansJim Heffernan, MBA Russia, Sweden, the US Congress and the United Nations. shops and presentations throughout the United States, as well as in Mexico, Chile,(Voice Male). Juan Carlos Areán is an active trainer, who has led hundredstion of Program work (Boston Public Health Commission) and Beyond Cultural Competence Curriculum for Latino Fathers for the Men of Color Fatherhood and Violence Prevenchildren post separation (FVPF). Other publications include a 24-week EducationalUniversity Press) and Fathering After Violence: Enhancing safety for women andrecently published Working With Fathers in Batterer Intervention Programsco-author (Oxford of various articles, curricula and educational tools for men, includingto thethe Fund’s Online Toolkit for Working with Boys and Men. Juandocumentary Carlos is Something my Father Would Do. He is also a contributing author FVPF’s Fathering After Violence Initiative and co-producer of the groundbreakingprevention specialist at Harvard University. Juan Carlos is the lead developerand the of Refugeesthe and Immigrants Programs. He also worked as a sexual assault

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Plenary saturday Plenary saturday Plenary 28 - - - Betsy McAlister Groves, MSW, LICSW Groves, McAlister Betsy Child the of Director founding the is LICSW MSW, Groves, McAlister Betsy of Professor Associate and Center, Medical Boston at Project Violence to Witness a of recipient past the is She Medicine. of School University Boston at Pediatrics Malcolm the at fellow a been has and Institute Society Open the from fellowship lec and written has She University. Harvard at Policy Social of Center Weiner domestic of impact the trauma, childhood early to related topics on widely tured by affected children for interventions family-focused on and children, on violence Lessons Much: Too See Who Children book, a include publications Her trauma. articles and 2002, in published Project, Violence to Witness Child the from Contemporary Pediatrics, Association, Medical American the of Journal the in consultant a as served has She . Letter, Health Mental Harvard the and Pediatrics, Justice US the and Violence to Exposed Children for Center National the with Governor’s Mass. the on serves She Initiative. Start Safe funded Department- of Department Mass. to consultant as and Violence, Domestic on Commission and Judges, Court Family and Juvenile of Council National the Services, Social Fund. Prevention Violence Family the Connie Mitchell, MD Mitchell, Connie her for violence domestic and health on expert recognized a is Mitchell Connie Dur change. system and policy health in leader and writer educator, an as work the as served she Davis, California of University the at faculty as tenure her ing health educate to program state a for Education Violence Domestic of Director standardized a developed She violence. of victims for caring on professionals domestic of collaborative a by used and annually updated was that curriculum intimate on chapters book written has She state. the around educators violence Intimate of Care Health the for Guidelines California’s authored violence, partner She violence. and policy health to regards in published and Violence Partner of evaluation forensic the for form and protocol California’s design to helped Award Telly a received She nation. the in first the violence, domestic of victims Mitchell Dr. Abuse.” End to “Screen video training the to contribution her for Domestic and Health on Team Leadership State California year three the chaired Cal the and Fund Prevention Violence Family the with grant a of part as Violence national and state other on served also and Services Health of Department ifornia Advisory National AMA the chairs she Currently, boards. planning or advisory with UCLA at MPH an complete to about is and Abuse and Violence on Council and sons two raising are years 24 of husband her and She policy. health on focus a lots take and scenery and food good with anywhere about just travel to loves she photographs. of - - - - Identify key studies on harms and benefits of family violence assessment and intervention and assessment violence family of benefits and harms on studies key Identify reporting diagnosis, recognition, screening, on findings differentiate to able Be setting. care health the in safety victim promote to strategies three Identify tion Project, is an epidemiologist specializing in domestic violence and childhood childhood and violence domestic in specializing epidemiologist an is Project, tion on consultant and speaker recognized nationally a is She violence. to exposure development. brain and children on violence of impact the and violence domestic “Safe California’s of State the for speaker keynote frequent a is Chamberlain Dr. resources and publications numerous of author the and Initiative Start” the from Reproduc on Bibliography Annotated an Toolkit, Health Public the including for assessing on tool reference released be to soon a and Violence, and Health tive the with appointments faculty affiliate holds She violence. to exposure lifetime on research doctoral her did she where Hopkins Johns and Alaska of University Violence Family ejournal, the of editor is Chamberlain Dr. violence. domestic of outside homestead small a on Residing Practice. Health and Prevention her and violence end to commitment her interwoven has Linda Alaska, Homer, talk to trail the from lessons and science combines She mushing. dog for passion collaboration. community strengthening and teamwork, leadership, about Plenary #4: Saturday March 17th 3:45-5:00 (Yerba Buena Salon 7/8) Salon Buena (Yerba 3:45-5:00 17th March Saturday #4: Plenary Assessment About Misperceptions and Harms Benefits, Setting: Health the in Safety Victim Promoting Intervention and violence family of harms and benefits potential the about field the in debate some and research of body growing a is There settings? health in assessments violence family of impact the about know really we do What intervention. and screening medical every of foundation the is that analysis benefit vs. risk with compare knowledge this of application our does protecting How still while violence of victims identify best we do how outcomes on research more of absence the In strategies share intervention? will intervention, of benefits and harms on research the explore will panelists session, this In privacy? and and safety services protective child to women abused reporting as such – field the in problems prominent the of some addressing for providers. facing challenges ethical discuss will will: participants session this of end the At 1 2 3 (Facilitator) Lee Debbie 25 for (FVPF) Fund Prevention Violence Family the with been has Lee Debbie Violence Domestic on Initiative Health National FVPF’s the directs She years. violence domestic to response care health the strengthen to seeks which (NHI) programs, response and training model of promotion and development through: and efforts, prevention and education health partnerships, program health public Department the includes: Initiative Health National The reform. policy public Domestic on Center Resource Health funded Services Human and Health of initia reform policy and education clinical multi-state unique four Violence, Ms. country. the across communities Tribal 20 with program a as well as tives for Award 2002 Rodriguez-Trias Helen annual first the of recipient the was Lee founding a was She Leadership. Health Women’s Community-based in Excellence National the Shelter, Women’s Asian Francisco-based San the of member board of Women California Women, Refugee and Immigrant of Behalf on Network Vio Domestic Against Alliance California the Violence, Domestic Against Color a for Physicians of Member Board a was and Foundation, Women’s The and lence, Island Pacific and Asian the co-founded she recently, Most Society. Free Violence on Academy the of member board founding a and Violence Domestic on Institute Abuse. and Violence MPH PhD, Chamberlain, Linda Preven Violence Family Alaska the of director founding the Chamberlain, Dr. Plenary Session 4 ( CONCURRENT 4 ( Session Plenary ) ------

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(Yerba Buena Salon 7/8) Salon Buena (Yerba vanced policy. Your compassion and passion have inspired inspired have passion and compassion Your policy. vanced country. the throughout advocates and providers Peter J. Sawires, MA is Director of Medical Education for Physicians for Reproductive Choice and Health® In honor of your exceptional work and dedication to better better to dedication and work exceptional your of honor In improv by abuse of victims of status health and safety the to response systems a promoting and education health ing ad and scholarship promoted has work Your violence. The Linda Saltzman New Investigator Award Investigator New Saltzman Linda The National Conference on Health This award presented biennially at the FVPF’s honors a top new researcher for the first time this year, and Domestic Violence, in the field of interpersonal violence and health. A Senior Scientist at the CDC’s Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Division of Violence Saltzman was the driving force behind groundbreaking research Control, Dr. and unprecedented initiatives designed to prevent violence against women and help victims. (PRCH), which mobilizes physicians to advocate for comprehensive reproduc (PRCH), which mobilizes physicians to advocate for that promotes medical tive health care. At PRCH, he has created an initiative national adolescent reproduc education in sexual and reproductive health, and a national medical and human tive health project that is sponsored by 13 leading was Program Officer Sawires Prior to joining PRCH, Mr. rights organizations. in Health Policy and International Program for The Commonwealth Fund’s Practice. Sawires is former Manager A well-respected expert and passionate advocate, Mr. designated National of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services of the Family Violence a project Health Resource on Domestic Violence, he created strategies to educate health care Prevention Fund. In that capacity, and improve health, and providers about how to respond to family violence to domestic violence, provided training on clinical and public health responses Sawires directed con sexual health, racial disparities, and gender issues. Mr. tinuing medical, nursing, psychologist and social worker education efforts, and authored and edited numerous guidelines, policy papers and clinical tools. He health informa also led a successful national campaign to ensure that HIPAA tion regulations would support data collection and not jeopardize patient safety. Sawires founded, directed and sits on the Steering Committee for the Fam Mr. National Conference on Health and Domestic Prevention Fund’s ily Violence Violence. His earlier work included health care policy and advocacy around gender and and with low income youth of color, sexual health, community organizing graduate work on media, culture, new technology and health. Advocate and Medical Educator Award Educator Medical and Advocate educators, law enforcement officers, probation officers, lawyers, the military, and the military, officers, lawyers, enforcement officers, probation educators, law Pre Violence a consultant to the Family Ganley has been Dr. victim advocates. national capacities for the Fund’s since 1989 serving in multiple vention Fund Workers, judges, Family Preservation criminal and civil court initiatives for as well as the National Health Initiative. Outside Child Protective Services, authored national and state curriculums/ Ganley Dr. her work for the FVPF, violence and cultural competency issues for resource materials on domestic health, employers, and unions. She served on the legal system, child welfare, domestic violence policy and practice issues advisory committees addressing of Justice, Center for Disease Control such as the Department for organizations Af of Defense, Department of Veterans Injury Prevention Unit, Department and Parole Association, American Bar Association, fairs, American Probation a reviewer for journals Administration. She has been State Children’s and WA she research projects on domestic violence. Currently and a consultant to major work on protocols for domestic violence identifi focuses her domestic violence evaluations in diverse settings. cation and assessment and MA Sawires, Peter Honoring - - - - -

Anne Ganley, PhD founded the first (and possibly only) PhD founded the first Anne Ganley, In honor of your longstanding leadership, vision and and vision leadership, longstanding your of honor In of wellbeing and safety health, the improve to clarity groundbreaking your and violence domestic of victims way the paved have efforts Your batterers. with work the in voice vital a been have you.You after many so for field. health the and movement the of development Mr. William D. Riley is the Director of the Fam D. Riley William Mr. and Services Division, for the Prevention ily Violence Services Bureau., Administration on Family and Youth Recognizing Bill Riley, Family Violence Preven Bill Riley, Family Violence Recognizing tion and Services for Administration Division, DHHS and Families, Children Youth Awards Luncheon Saturday March 17th, 2007 2007 17th, LuncheonMarch Saturday Awards professionals, mental health professionals, judges, child welfare workers, clergy, professionals, mental health professionals, judges, child welfare workers, clergy, cal faculty in the Department of Psychology and formerly in the Department of 1988-2003. Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, Ganley is nationally and internationally known for her domestic violence consultations, trainings, program supervision, and publications for health care From 1976 to 1997 Dr. Ganley was a staff psychologist for the Puget Sound From 1976 to 1997 Dr. in private practice State. She is currently Health System in Washington VA forensic services, consultation, and education. She is on clini providing therapy, or military, health or child protection, she brings a clarity of purpose to increase or military, community safety for victims and children and accountability for perpetrators through changes in individual and institutional practice. of responders, regardless of discipline. Her teachings shaped several genera tions of practitioners. And in turn, her work with her patients was shaped by what she learned from those diverse communities. A distinguishing attribute to work is the breadth of her influence in the trenches. Whether judicial Ganley’s discussion of definitions of domestic violence and positing an understanding of domestic violence which integrates social learning theory with a feminist analysis. Her leadership as a trainer began in 1979 as she traveled the US as an itinerant trainer on domestic violence issues, seeking to improve the skills health care provider responding to patients who are victims or perpetrators that health care provider responding to patients who are informs her domestic violence work across all community systems. Ganley made a significant contribution to theory and practice with her early Dr. inpatient batterers’intervention program in the US in 1978 at the Veter inpatient batterers’intervention program in the US She expanded this pilot to outpatient WA. ans Medical Center in Tacoma, replicated it at the Seattle programs for both perpetrators and victims and then until 2001. It is this experience as a The program ran continuously VAMC, Honoring Anne Ganley, PhD PhD Ganley, Anne Honoring Award Achievement Lifetime and Planning Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Assistant Professor for Urban Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Planning Center, Maryland; and Teaching Baltimore, State University, Planning, Morgan degrees include Riley’s Mr. Assistant, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. a BA and an MA from the University of Pennsylvania. Deputy Director, Division of Policy and Legislation; Deputy Director, Office of Deputy Director, Division of Policy and Legislation; Deputy Director, Division of Field Planning and Private Sector Initiatives; and Deputy Director, previous Riley’s Mr. Review. Coordination, Office of Program Coordination and Great Society Architecture Young non-federal experience includes: Director, Health and Human Services and with the U.S. Department of Justice. Health and Human Services previous Federal experience includes: Acting Director, Riley’s Some of Mr. Development Services; Division of Policy and Legislation, Office of Human related assistance to victims of family violence and their dependents. As the of family violence and their dependents. As the related assistance to victims for family violence prevention and services, Mr. Departmental representative and implementation of interagency agreements Riley facilitates coordination and programs within the Department of and work plans between agencies Children, Youth and Families, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. and Families, Administration for Children Children, Youth Human Services. The program provides grants to Department of Health and in support of shelter services and organizations State agencies and nonprofit 27 Luncheon Saturday FRIDAY SCHEDULE FRIDAY SCHEDULE

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CHILDREN DOMESTIC ECONOMIC, EDUCATING EDUCATING HEALTH IMPACT PREVENTION & CHILDREN DOMESTIC EDUCATING & HEALTH IMPACT HEALTH IMPACT PREVENTION & RESPONDING TO & ADOLESCENTS VIOLENCE LEGAL, ETHICAL, & ENGAGING & ENGAGING OF DOMESTIC PUBLIC HEALTH & ADOLESCENTS VIOLENCE ENGAGING OF DOMESTIC OF DOMESTIC PUBLIC HEALTH DOMESTIC ASSESSMENT & BUSINESS & PROVIDERS PROVIDERS VIOLENCE & ASSESSMENT & PROVIDERS VIOLENCE & VIOLENCE & VIOLENCE IN INTERVENTION . DELIVERY ISSUES SEXUAL ASSAULT INTERVENTION SEXUAL ASSAULT SEXUAL SPECIFIC HEALTH ACROSS THE ACROSS THE ASSAULT ACROSS CARE SETTINGS LIFESPAN LIFESPAN THE LIFESPAN Salon 1 A1 Golden Gate Salon 2 Salon 4 Salon 5 A2 Golden Gate Pacific Suite A A1–Golden Salon 2 Salon 3 Pacific Suite A Pacific Suite C A3 – Golden Gate Abuse Prevention Services In Issues Around Screening Integrated Services for DV, IPV in the Context of Health Health Care Settings Serving Yerba Buena Hall Yerba Buena Yerba Buena Yerba Buena Hall Gate Hall Yerba Buena Yerba Buena Hall High Risk Women: What Do Femicide & Harm Reduction: Domestic Violence, Trauma for Partner Violence in the Efficacy of an Intervention in Sexual Assault & HIV: & Cultural Disparities Innovative Collaborations Ballroom Ballroom Ballroom Ballroom Emergency Department Ballroom Ballroom Promoting Healthy Women Want? Assessing the Impact of Women’s Experiences The Radiating Impact Of Model Curricula for Building Successful Health & Mental Health: Reducing HIV-Sexual Computer Assisted Screening, Educating Social Workers in Partner Violence Defined Responding to DV: Behaviors and STDs for Relationships Andrea C. Gielen, SC.D. Violence on Adolescent & Assessment Mandatory Reporting Of Primary Care, Family Medicine & Community Partnerships: Responding To Complex Debra Houry, M.D., M.P.H. Safety Planning & Other the U.S. and Nurses in Japan Women With Health Disparity Military & Legal Profession Health Recommendations Domestic And Sexual Abuse & Paramedics Lessons from the Field Trauma In The Context Of Adolescents Experiencing Screening Programs Attitudes And Beliefs On Ongoing Domestic Violence Karin Verlaine Rhodes, Gender-based Violence Margaret Brackley, PH.D. Safe Connections; Linking By Health Care Providers M.D., M.S. Domestic Violence Reporting Of Date Rape By Local And Military Services Nob Hill C – D A Harm Reduction Framework Innovative Approach To Safety College Women Health Care Responses Psychological Sequelae Of Cris Sullivan, PH.D. Developing A Model Domestic Collaborative Community Carole Warshaw, M.D. Helen Straus, M.D. Gina Wingood, M.P.H., SC.D. Planning Using A Education/Training At Nursing Female Genital Mutilation Abuse And Childbirth Trauma Addressing Abused Women´s Violence Curriculum For Responses To Addressing Terri Pease, Ph.D. Schools In Japan: Developing Beata Peck Little, M.A., To Partner Violence: Safety Debi Cain, M.S.A. Computerized Decision Aid Angela Frederick Amar, (FGM) In Egypt NCC, LPC Randomized Trials In Progress Among Adolescents Leslie Hagen, J.D. Family Medicine Domestic Violence In The Pacific Suite C Salon 1 Japanese Version Of DV PH.D., R.N. Ann Marie Dewhurst, PH.D. Health Care Setting Nancy Glass, PH.D., M.P.H., Training Program And Future Mona Sobhy Siha, M.D. Heather Fiedler, MA, NCP, LPC Gene S. Feder, M.D. Cheryl Anderson, PH.D. Peter Cronholm, M.D., M.S.C.E A3 Golden Gate Poised for Prevention Yerba Buena R.N. Vibhuti R. Mehra, M.C.I.S, M.A. Strategies Take Your Power! An Innova- Harriet Macmillan, M.D., M.SC., Intimate Partner Femicide: Salon 3 Hall Preventing Domestic Violence Ballroom Karen B. Eden, PH.D. A Practical Approach To Homeless Male Veteran Examination Of The Intimate Partner Violence: An Intimate Partner Violence Mayumi Yamada, M.A. tive Sexual Health Program Interpersonal Partner Violence FRCP(C) Assessing Risk For A Yerba Buena Before It Occurs: Risk Identification & Service For Abuse Survivors Intimate Partner Violence Angela J. Taft, M.P.H., PH.D. Co-Occurrence Of Community, Innovative, E-Learning Cur- Building Bridges Between Assessment And Screening The Vital Role Of Health Care Models for Children One Tool, Four Programs: Hiroko Tomoda, M.S., R.N. At The Out-Patient Depart- (IPV): A Pilot Study Family And Personal Violence Serious Health Outcome Ballroom riculum For Paramedics Domestic Violence Advocates For Young Women In An Urban Larry Cohen, M.S.W. Cognitive Ability Of Report On An Australian Meg Stone, M.P.H. ment: Russian Far Bradley Joseph Schaffer, Exposures And The Andrea Gibas, M.A. Examining the Health-Related Robin Mason, PH.D. And Health Care Providers Family Planning Setting Statewide Screening Strat- Teaching Social Work Stu- East Experience Impact On The Health Of Costs of DV Poised For Prevention: Preschool Children Exposed dents About The Public Health M.S.W. Iatamze Verulashvili, PH.D. Vicki Breitbart, ED.D., M.S.W. To Violence At Home egy In Antenatal, Well-Baby, Working With Teens: Natalia V. Lokhmatkina, M.D. Young Adolescents Women’s Experiences The DV Dialogues- Healthcare Advancing Promising Substance Abuse And Mental Approach To Preventing A Summer Teen Dating With Their Father Who Is A Partner Violence Program Leslie Davidson, M.D., M.SCI. Approaches To Primary Family Violence And Sexual SPECIAL & Nina M. Fredland, PH.D. Providers And Domestic Leveraging Improved Health Vaughn Rickert, PSY.D. Judee E. Onyskiw, R.N., PH.D. Health Services Violence Prevention Program RESPONDING TO EMERGING TOPICS Killed Their Mother In A Family Practice Violence Inquiry System Response To Prevention Of Domestic Assault A2 – Golden Gate Setting Cost Effective? Violence Jo Spangaro, B.Social Work Jessie Urban, M.S.W., M.P.H. DOMESTIC An Adolescent Risk Appraisal Kathryn Laughon Ph.D, RN Intimate Partner, Elder And Safety Planning With Elana Premack, M.S.W., M.P.H. Hall VIOLENCE IN Bob Morrow, M.D. Families: A Treatment Model Child Maltreatment And Brain Salon 6 For Violence Richard Steeves Ph.D, RN, G S. Feder, M.D. Sexual Violence: Lessons Larry Cohen, M.S.W. Computer-Assisted Violence Alicia Oathout, M.S.W., M.P.H. Pacific Suite B SPECIFIC HEALTH FAAN From Seven Funded Combining Screening And Safety Development: CARE SETTINGS Yerba Buena Edwin B. Hutchins, PH.D. Health Care Cost Communities Advocacy And Parent-Child It’s All in Your Head: The Current Literature What About Us: Young People Planning For Women With Salon 4 Unwinding the Myths Ballroom Impact Study Talk About Family Violence Therapy Responding to Sexual Assault: Preventing Tomorrow’s Lynda Dautenhahn, Disabilities Yerba Buena Surrounding Depression, David McCollum, M.D. Domestic Violence Today Lori L. Kelley, B.A. B.F.A., M.U.P. And Health Care Intervention Gail Arnold, MPSYCH SANE/SART, EC and Laurie Powers, PH.D. Ballroom Emotional Abuse & Duration Linda Chamberlain, PhD, MPH Salon 5 Criminal Justice Paula R. Renker, PH.D., R.N. Terry Dobbs, M.A. Health Plan & Hospital of IPV Yerba Buena Measuring The Burden Feasibility Of A Clinic-Based Strategies for DV Intervention Emergency Contraception: of Disease Associated Adolescent Partner Role Of Partner Violence On Ballroom & Quality Improvement Persistence And Change In Pacific Suite D Provider & Survivor An Overview Of Usage With Intimate Partner Violence Violence Intervention Advancing Reproductive Health And Access Friday Schedule Friday 10:40 AM–12:00 PM ECONOMIC, LEGAL, A Health Plan Strategy For Depression Symptomatology Attitudes & Effectiveness in Kim Webster, B.A. Patti Rosell, M.S.W., LICSW ETHICAL, Domestic Violence Interven- Among Women Health Work- Care through DV Screening, Responding to DV Jennifer Mcallister-Nevins, J.D. Elizabeth Miller, M.D., PHD. BUSINESS & tion In Primary Care ers In Mexico Mental Health and Urban Health-Related Economic DELIVERY ISSUES Facilities The Role Of Health Providers Sane/Sart Model: RESPONDING RESPONDING SPECIAL & Bernadette Di Re, B.S., M.B.A. Jyoti Mudgal, PH.D. In Assessment And Treatment Costs After Leaving TO DOMESTIC TO DOMESTIC EMERGING TOPICS Screening For Childhood Is There A Difference? An Abusive Partner Of Gender Based Violence: VIOLENCE IN VIOLENCE IN Creating And Managing Intimate Partner Violence & Adult Violence In Urban Evidence From An Intervention Annie Lewis-O’Connor, PH.D., Colleen Varcoe, PH.D. SPECIFIC HEALTH SPECIFIC HEALTH Pacific Suite E A Hospital-Based, Medi- And Health In Women In Reproductive Health Care In Hanoi, Vietnam M.S., M.P.H. CARE SETTINGS CARE SETTINGS Creating Better Links Between Centers: Who Needs To Be cally Directed Family Violence Yokohama, Japan Mai Thi Phuo Le, PH.D. . Good Policy and Good Practice Intervention Program Screened And Why? Intimate Partner Rape, in Addressing IPV Mieko Yoshihama, PH.D., MSW Samantha Garbers, M.P.A. Appropriate Social Support Pregnancy, and Women’s Salon 6 Implementing A Sustainable Pacific Suite B Diana Cummings, N.P., M.S.N. Friday Schedule Noel H. Ballentine, M.D., FACP Health: A Two-Group Model Of Intimate Partner Communicating for Change For Ipv Victims In The Health Comparative Design Yerba Buena Violence Prevention In Health Connie Mitchell, M.D. Using Quality Improvement Intimate Partner Violence And Beyond Dv Screening: Care Setting, According To Ballroom Care: Process, Preliminary Cheryl O’Donnell, BSJ Kiersten Stewart, M.A. Measures To Drive An Women´s Physical, Mental Onsite Mental Health Services Stages Of Readiness: Judith M. McFarlane, DPH Innovation in Hospital-Based Outcomes, And Lessons Lisa Lederer Intimate Partner And Social Well-Being Within A A Qualitative Study Of Ipv DV Intervention Programs Reproductive Care Setting Learned Violence Prevention Program Amy E. Bonomi, PH.D., M.P.H. Survivors And Emergency The Domestic Violence In A Large Healthcare Natalie Tobier, M.P.H., M.S.W. Department Nurses Using Council Of The Conference L. Kevin Hamberger, PH.D. Nob Hill C – D Vignettes Mary Beth Phelan, M.D. Organization “It´s All In Your Head”: Of Boston Teaching Hospitals HIV and DV Advancing Reproductive (Cobth): An Innovative Bruce Ambuel, PH.D. Krista Kotz, PH.D., M.P.H. Depressed Domestic Violence Emily A. Bobrow, MPH Examining The Intersection Survivors´ Fears About Health Care For Victims Of Partnership Among Health Of HIV And Domestic Violence Domestic Violence Care, City, State And Discussions With Providers. An Assessment Of Knowledge, Community Partners To Pacific Suite D Manchui Leung, B.A. Angela Sutton, J.D. Attitudes, Beliefs, And Primary Care Responses To Christina Nicolaidis, M.D., Improve Health, Access To M.P.H. Screening Practices Towards Care And Safety For Survivors Intimate Partner Violence: Violence Victimization Among Domestic Violence Among Of Domestic Violence Lessons From The Trenches Men – A Hidden Problem In Health Care Providers Diane Sharon Morse, M.D. HIV Primary Care? Within The New York City John Erwin, M.B.A. Jail System Joanna S. Dognin, PSY.D. The “Ripple Effect” - Christine Nollen, M.P.H., M.P.A. Kelly J. Crotty, M.D. Improving Hospital-Based Domestic Violence Awareness And Intervention Jane Baldwin, M.S.W. Jennifer Porter, M.S.W.

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CHILDREN DOMESTIC EDUCATING & HEALTH IMPACT PREVENTION & PREVENTION & RESPONDING CHILDREN DOMESTIC ECONOMIC, EDUCATING & HEALTH IMPACT PREVENTION & RESPONDING & ADOLESCENTS VIOLENCE ENGAGING OF DOMESTIC PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH TO DOMESTIC & ADOLESCENTS VIOLENCE LEGAL, ETHICAL, ENGAGING OF DOMESTIC PUBLIC HEALTH TO DOMESTIC ASSESSMENT & PROVIDERS VIOLENCE & VIOLENCE IN ASSESSMENT & BUSINESS & PROVIDERS VIOLENCE & VIOLENCE IN INTERVENTION SEXUAL ASSAULT SPECIFIC INTERVENTION DELIVERY ISSUES SEXUAL ASSAULT SPECIFIC ACROSS THE HEALTH CARE ACROSS THE HEALTH CARE S LIFESPAN SETTINGS LIFESPAN ETTINGS

Salon 1 A1 Golden Gate Nob Hill D A2 Golden Gate Pacific Suite C Nob Hill C Salon 5 A1 Golden Gate Salon 1 Salon 2 Salon 4 Salon 5 Pacific Suite A Pacific Suite B Yerba Buena Hall Promoting Healthy Hall Working With Men to Programs Designed to Meet Yerba Buena Hall Yerba Buena Yerba Buena Yerba Buena Yerba Buena Community Attitudes & American Indian/Alaska Relationships to Achieve Better Lifetime Exposure to Violence: Prevent DV the Needs of The Experience of Teen Perceptions of Violence & Native Collaborative Model Ballroom Addressing Pregnancy & IPV: Specific Populations Ballroom Ballroom Ballroom Ballroom Ballroom Childhood Exposure to Home Visitation and Other Health: What Systems and PTSD, Male Veterans “What About The Men?” Op- Integrating Intimate Partner Relationship Violence in Girls Implications for Primary Programs & Rural Providers Can Do Perpetrator Behavior, Survivor Working With Male Educating Providers on DV: Genes, Violence And Health Violence Models & Perpetration portunities And Challenges Integrated Model For Violence Into & Boys: Risk Behaviors, Perspectives & Increasing Perpetrators: Perceptions, Innovative Approaches Prevention Communities Immigrants Living With Pregnancy & Childhood Dean Coonrod, M.D., M.P.H. Physical Health And Health Domestic Violence Enhanced Pat Koppa, M.P.H. Lifetime Sexual And Physical Of Engaging Men As Allies In Reproductive Health Care Safety Including LGBT & Tools and NY Model & LGBT Inclusion Have Community Attitudes To How One Small Tribe Amy Okaya, M.P.H. The Health Care Setting Domestic Violence Exposure Service Use Of Children Home Visitation - Dove Victimization Among Linda Burgess Chamberlain, Disabled Populations Working With Domestic Educating Physicians About Violence Against Women Increased Victim Safety Male Veterans With Combat- Jill Silverman, M.D. D.V. Exposure: Effects Changed In The Last Decade? Through Exposed To IPV Phyllis W. Sharps, PH.D., Bonnie Zimmer, M.S.W. PH.D., MPH Increasing Victim Safety By Violence Abusers: Domestic Violence Salon 6 Pacific Suite A Related Ptsd Rebecca Levenson, MA On Adolescents’ Enhancing Perpetrator The New York Model Kim Webster, B.A. Healthcare, Advocacy And Megan H. Bair-Merritt, M.D. F.A.A.N. Medical Students Education, James L. Heffernan, M.B.A. Dating Relationships John Harris, M.D., M.B.A. Yerba Buena Community Collaboration Jennifer L. Strauss, PH.D. “Domestic Violence Education Accountability Danielle M. Thomas-Taylor, Activism & Attitudes For Rural, Low Literate SPECIAL & Sue Parry, PH.D. Zita J. Surprenant, M.D., Ballroom M.D. The Health In Pregnancy Study: Working With Abusive Fathers Karina Sicairos, MSW., B.A. Doug Gaudette, M.A. Gwen Wright, BFA M.P.H. Commonalities And Differ- Jane Root, B.S. Integrating Experiential Exposure To Interpersonal Populations” EMERGING TOPICS Victimization and Substance ences In Perceptions Of Simone Carter, R.N. A Randomized, Controlled Lonna Davis, M.S.W. Abuse: A Hand in Glove Intergenerational Transmission Trial To Detect And Address Domestic Violence Training Violence And Current Post- Joan Cuadra, BA Intimate Partner Violence Intimate Partner Violence And Advocacy Opportunities Juan Carlos Areán, MM Patterns Of Perpetrators´ Perpetrators´ Perceptions Of From Her Point Of View: Relationship Of Exposure To Domestic Domestic Violence traumatic (IPV) Among American Indian Abusive Behaviors As Attending A Batterer´s An Interactive Approach To Across Women In Canada Screening To Safety: Linking Into Medical Education Salon 6 Teen Mothers Culture And Community Violence During Routine Prenatal Care Stress Disorder Among Coaching Boys Into Men: Health Promotion And Reported By Survivors Intervention Program Teaching About Domestic Links Between Physical Dating Robin Mason, PH.D. Through A Community DV Women With Self-Reported Violence Prevention: A Model Yerba Buena Violence And Mental Health And To Action Sally Black, PH.D. Huy Ngo, B.A. Program And School Of Engaging Men To Prevent Marylou Mylant, Ph.D., N.P., , R.N. Nancy Glass, PH.D., M.P.H., Marilyn E. Smith, PH.D. Violence And Screening Chlamydia Diagnoses Violence Against Women To Serve High-Risk African Ballroom Substance Use In Urban Public Prevelent, Serious And Lynn A. Hoefer Medicine Partnership American Families Parenting in the Context of R.N. Francine Garland Stark, B.A. High Schools Co-Morbidities of Intimate Domestic Violence & Jennifer Alvarez, PH.D. Adolescent Male Reports Of Preventable: Responding To Danielle M. Christiano-Smith, Leiana Kinnicutt, B.A. Violence: Parents, Children, Men’s Tools: A Video Eric Brown, M.D. Partner Violence Exposed Reproductive Health: Joyce N. Thomas, RN, MPH, Dating Violence: Associations Assessing Risk Of Repeat Curriculum For Domestic E. Carolyn Olson, M.P.H. Violence Against Women As A Community-Based Response M.D. Juan Carlos Areán, MM Lesbians and Agency Staff With Sexual Health And Public Health Issue To DV Children in Protective Custody A Look At Women In Shelters Examining Pathways Through FAAN Speak Out Violence In Abusive Female Violence Integrating Lgbt Issues Into Which Family-Of-Origin Pregnancy Involvement A Peer Helper Intervention To Connie Mitchell, M.D. Nita Chatwani, M.S. Engaging Health Profes- Same-Sex Intimate Relation- Domestic Violence Training Kim Webster, B.A. Noel H. Ballentine, M.D., FACP Abuse Exposure Leads To Pacific Suite D Fathering Agency Staff Jay G. Silverman, PH.D. ships Jerry Meints, PH.D., LMFT Address Domestic Violence sional Students: Accessing An Abuse Perpetration Advocates Work with RESPONDING Members’ Perspectives On Elise Schuster, B.A. Among Women In Drug Treatment Salon 2 Salon 3 Untapped Resource In Adulthood Healthcare: TO DOMESTIC Domestic Violence Nancy E. Glass, PH.D., Salon 3 Peter Sawires, M.A. Pacific Suite C Survivor Perspectives and Dating Violence Among Benita Jeanne Walton-Moss, Collecting Partner Violence Yerba Buena Yerba Buena Aruna Venkatesan, B.SC. VIOLENCE IN Adolescent Girls Utilizing M.P.H., R.N. Yerba Buena Casey T. Taft, PH.D. Vicarious Trauma SPECIFIC Peter F. Cronholm, M.D., D.NURS.SCI. Intervention Effectiveness Ballroom Ballroom M.S.C.E. Teen Clinics: Prevalence And Ballroom Evidence: Three Innovative A Biopsychosocial Perspective Vicarious Trauma: A Unique HEALTH CARE Associations With Sexual Expanding Our Views Of A Clinical-Legal Advocacy Understanding Police: A3 Golden Gate SETTINGS Perpetrators During Pregnancy You’Ve Been Asked To Be An History Of Physical Abuse And Clinical Trials Model To Promote Child Reported IPV, Legal On Domestic Violence Response To Advocates Parenting After Violence: Health And Pregnancy Expert Witness In A Domestic Periconceptual Drinking Saturday Schedule Hall Jane Koziol-Mclain, PH.D., R.N. Health & Safety For Families Partnerships & Advancing For The Fourth Year Medical And Their Agencies What Mothers, Fathers Elizabeth Miller, M.D., PH.D. Patricia A. Paluzzi, DRPH, Violence Case; Now What Do In Pregnant Women Affected By Domestic Welfare Reform Student: Thirty-Nine Intimate Partner Violence: And Children Have To Say CNM Kelsey Hegarty, M.B.B.S., Prevalence, Types, Lisa A. Tieszen, M.S.W. You Do? Anika Alvanzo, M.D., M.S. FRACGP, DIPRACOG, PH.D. Violence Students Later’ What We’Ve Dolores Aguirre, B.A. Salon 4 A 2-Year Longitudinal Study Learned, What We’Ve And Chronicity In Adult Yerba Buena Darla Spence Coffey, PH.D. Nob Hill C – D A2 Golden Gate Connie Mitchell, M.D. Marilyn Merritt-Gray, R.N., Betsy Mcalister Groves, M.S.W. Of Neighborhood Women Coordinated Responses to Candace J. Heisler, J.D. Methamphetamine Users: M.N. Changed, Where We’Re Going. Does Participation In Health- Ballroom Hall Anne E. Gillespie, J.D. Factors Associated With Intimate Partner Violence: Lesbian Mothering In The Children Exposed to Violence Understanding Violence In Police-Reported Intimate Susan Marie Michalski, care-Based Dv Advocacy Women & IPV: PTSD, Context Of Intimate Partner Military Active Duty & Veter- This Population Prevalence, Types, A Coordinated Community SPECIAL & Partner Violence R.N., M.S. Programs Make A Difference? Trauma, Health Outcomes Violence ans Experiences with PTSD, EMERGING TOPICS And Chronicity In Adult Positive And Negative & Large Mental Health Response To Children Exposed Perpetrator Rehabilitation, & Rivka Greenberg, PH.D. Amy E. Bonomi, PH.D. Pacific Suite B Women Perceptions Of An Ethnically System Response Jennifer L. Hardesty, PH.D. To Domestic Violence In Sexual Trauma Diverse Sample Of Clients Pediatric Health Care A3 Golden Gate The Passageway Health Law Effective Techniques Melissa Anderson, MS Post Traumatic Stress Community Engagement Martha B. Davis, M.S.S. DV Perpetrator Rehabilitation Hall Collaborative (Phlc): Jeanne E. Hathaway, M.D., Disorder (Ptsd) With Women Workplace Violence, Sexual for Social Justice Headache, Head Injury And Sandra H. Dempsey, M.S.S., For Active Duty And Saturday Schedule Improving Legal Outcomes For M.P.H. Who Have Left An Abusive Violence, Harassment, Lifetime Exposure Partner: Implications For M.L.S.P. Military Veterans: Lessons Survivors Through Mily Trevino-Sauceda, B.A. Learned Bullying & Employment A Partnership Between An To Violence Diverse Expectations- The Primary Care Providers Megan R. Gerber, MD MPH The Suffolk County Safe Outcomes Academic Medical Center Role of a Family Violence Marilyn Merritt-Gray, B.NURS., April Gerlock, PH.D., ARNP And Legal Services Medical Advocate And Bright Futures For Women´s Health Promotion IPV Severity And Risk M.S.N. Children Initiative & The Role After Experiencing Work Tina Nappi, M.S.W. Correlate With Functional Dale Little, BA, Diploma of Of Health Centers In A Self-Management Interven- tion To Improve Outcomes Place Bullying And Intimate Sarah Boonin, J.D. Health Status Counseling Improving Ipv Services In Serving Children Exposed To Partner Violence A Large Mental Health Domestic Violence In Women Veterans With Translating Intimate Partner Helen E. Straus, M.D., M.S. System Ptsd Related To Military Judith Macintosh, PH.D. Kate Cerulli, PhD, JD Melissa J. Hagan, M.P.H. Sexual Trauma Violence Practices From Patricia A. Cluss, PH.D. Betsy Mcalister Groves, Health Care To Welfare Jennifer L. Strauss, PH.D. Health And Employment Where Women Go: The Global M.S.W. Outcomes Of Workplace Rachel Kimerling, PH.D. Development Of Screening Trauma And Health Outcomes: The Roles Of Posttraumatic Violence On Nursing And Treatment Programs At Is Intimate Partner Addressing Domestic Violence Personnel Health Care Services Violence Different From Other In A Pediatric Setting: Stress Disorder And Anger Trauma Exposure? A Screening And Intervention In Partner Abuse Among Joan Kub, PH.D., APRN, B.C. Lynne Stevens, M.S.W. Vietnam Combat Veterans Anuradha Paranjape, M.D., Model Casey T. Taft, PH.D. Sexual Violence And Harass- M.P.H. Maria D. Mccolgan, M.D. ment In The Workplace: Patricia Barry, B.S. Establishing The Medical Record For Court Awarded Damages For Physical And Mental Harm William R. Tamayo, J.D. 31 32 Saturday Schedule Saturday 33 Baheia AhmadM.A.LCPC American Families andArab to Moslem Providing ClinicalServices Scot R.Prinz, M.A. Experience) Native Tribal HealthSystem (AnAlaska Health Services Village-Based Behavioral Community/ Developing B.A. Jill Cory, AndHealth Safety For IncreasingWomen´s A ComprehensiveModel Seeing The BigPicture: forWomen Increase Safety to Audit&Interventions Safety Examining Perpetration, Rural Ballroom Yerba Buena Salon 1 SATURDAY INTERVENTION & ASSESSMENT VIOLENCE DOMESTIC

Saturday 2:10–3:30 PM Saturday 2:10–3:30 Interventions ToInterventions Reduce Jean Ramsay,PH.D. Intimate Partner Violence? Women Who Are Experiencing Studies With Intervention Research DesignFor Trials The Optimum Are RandomisedControlled Angela J.Taft, M.P.H., PH.D. IsPresentViolence When IntimatePartner Of The Family Whole Family PhysicianManagement Consensus GuidelinesFor International Developing Annie Lewis-O’Connor, PH.D. Screening State OfThe ScienceOfIPV Intimate Partner Violence: & Trauma-Informed Practice Tools, ModelofCare Creating ConsensusonIPV: Ballroom Yerba Buena Salon 3 Danielle Dunne,LL.B.,M.SC. A SystematicReview Experience Partner Abuse: Well-Being OfWomen Who Physical AndPsychosocial AndPromoteViolence The PROVIDERS ENGAGING EDUCATING & Jessica Burke,PhD,MHS Survivors Intimate Partner Violence The Stages ofChangeand Lisa A.Tieszen, MA Health Care “Trauma-Informed” in Practice Working toUnderstand Stages ofChangeSurvivors Trauma-Informed Care andthe Understanding theBenefitsof Ballroom Yerba Buena Salon 2 Dean V. M.D.,M.P.H. Coonrod, Pregnancy Outcomes AndAdverse Risk Factors SexualAssault Childhood Intimate Partner Violence Tina LeeR.N.,M.P.H. Bloom, Pregnancy During Medical Utilization Stress InHigh AsFactors Abuse AndPsychosocial D.N.SC. AnnCurry, Mary Pregnancy Partner AbuseDuring For UnderstandingIntimate Double Binding:AConstruct Reproductive HealthSettings in Clinical Opportunities Coerced SexandRape: Hall A3 Golden Gate MD Michael Rodriguez, Judith McFarlane, DPH M.D., M.S. Karin Verlaine Rhodes, PH.D. Laura Mccloskey, Of MarcyGross StudiesInMemory AHRQ Women AndTheirFamilies: Resilience For Abused Healthcare-Based Paths To Hall A2 GoldenGate THE LIFESPAN ASSAULT ACROSS SEXUAL & VIOLENCE OF DOMESTIC HEALTH IMPACT Donna M.Kausek,M.ED. Violence Responses To Domestic Innovative Workplace Ballroom Yerba Buena Salon 4 SETTINGS CARE HEALTH SPECIFIC IN VIOLENCE DOMESTIC TO RESPONDING Chioma L.Enwerem Chioma Nigeria/Africa AgainstWomenViolence in to dramatizeandCombat novels filmsand Using video Andrea Spagat Prevention And DomesticViolence ForHealing Storytelling Silence Speaks:UsingDigital PH.D. Lucy Mkandawire-Valhmu, Domestic Workers InMalawi AgainstFemale Violence Of A CriticalEthnography LifeAsAWoman: Surviving & DigitalStorytelling Perspectives onDV Survivor Nob HillC–D Anne L.Ganley,PhD Recipient Achievement Award Anne L.Ganley,Ph.D.Lifetime Ballroom Yerba Buena Salon 6 M.P.H. M.D., Jeanne E.Hathaway, Health CareProviders For And Recommendations Abuse: Patients’ Experiences CancerAndPartnerFacing R.S.W., PH.D. Chaban, M.S.W., Michele CatherineGantois Of LifeCare InEnd Domestic Violence Cancer, EndofLifeCare &DV Examining theIntersectionof Ballroom Yerba Buena Salon 5 EMERGING TOPICS EMERGING SPECIAL & to familyviolence,49%personal violence,and99%com schools, was95.7%African American. 58%wereexposed The sample,309seventhgraders from4urbanmiddle design utilizedastructural equation modelingapproach. This cross-sectionalpredictivecorrelationalmodeltesting olence exposure(community, family, andpeer)health. This studytestedrelationshipsbetweenthreeformsofvi Scientific Report PH.D. Fredland, Nina M. Impact OnTheHealthOfYoung Adolescents Family AndPersonal Violence ExposuresAndThe Examination OfTheCo-Occurrence OfCommunity, trauma ment ofteensinlaboranddeliveryreducingtherisk will beabletodiscusssuggestionsforeffectivemanage • Attheendofthissession,participantsinattendance potential atrisklinksofabuse,PTSSandPPD will beabletodescribetraumaticchildbirthinrelation • Attheendofthissession,participantsinattendance lowing delivery stress andpostpartumdepressionamongadolescentsfol will beabletostatetheincidenceofabuse,posttraumatic • Attheendofthissession,participantsinattendance At theendofthissession,participantsinattendancewill: reported PTSSandhistoryorcurrentabuse. support. Over50%ofstressedteensreportedPPD,20% fear ofinadequatepainmanagement,dying,andno Teens relatedatraumaticchildbirthbylossofcontrol, tion programwereinterviewed3-9monthspostpartum. study of28teenspreviouslyenrolledinaprenataleduca adolescents reportingatraumaticchildbirth.Apilot stress (PTSS)andpostpartumdepression(PPD)among Study exploredtheincidenceofabuse,posttraumatic Scientific Report PH.D. Anderson, Cheryl TraumaChildbirth AmongAdolescents Psychological SequelaeOfAbuseAnd Adolescent Health Assessing the Impact of Violence on Salon 1–Yerba Buena Ballroom 10:40 am-12:00 pm &ADOLESCENTS CHILDREN Friday, March 16,2007 Workshop Program FRIDAY

- - - - - tion programandstudyexamining highschoolstudents´ ders. Thispresentationwill discuss ahighschoolpreven health consequencessuchas depressionandeatingdisor involved inanabusiverelationship whichcanresultin One inthreehighschoolstudents hasbeenorwillbe Scientific Report R.N. Renker,Paula R. PH.D., Preventing Tomorrow’s DomesticViolence Today or incounselingsettingsschools children andadoloescentsinhealtheducationclasses • beabletoincorporatetheHealthRiskAppraisalfor patient cangainbymodifyingthesefactors. tors, andusethesetocalculatethenumberofriskyears a • Identifytherelativeimportanceofcontrollableriskfac domestic violence. controllable anduncontrollableriskfactorsrelatedto adolescents asaneducationaltoolusedtoidentifyboth • DescribetheHealthRiskAppraisalforchildrenand At theendofthissession,participantsinattendancewill: assessing issuesofviolenceandsuicide. dren andadolescentsthatincludesmeasurementscales (HPN) hasdevelopedaHealthRiskAppraisalforchil to theseendeavors,TheHealthierPeopleNetwork,Inc. and structureappropriateinterventions.To contribute them availablelocalresourcestheythemselvescaninvoke, and violenceinchildrenadolescents,identifyfor violence, weneedtoidentifyearlyprecursorsofabuse To breaktheintergenerational transmission ofdomestic Scientific Report PH.D. Hutchins, Edwin B. An AdolescentRiskAppraisalForViolence in apositivemanner. devleop proactivestrategiestoprocessviolentexposures the importanceoffocusingonyoungadoloescentto • Attheendofthissessionparticipantswillappreciate middle schoolagedyouth. exposures onthephysical,mentalandbehavioralhealthof the impactoffamily, communityandpersonalviolence • Attheendofthissessionparticipantswillunderstand lives ofveryyoungadolescents. the highprevalenceofdifferentformsviolencein • Attheendofthissessionparticipantswillunderstand At theendofthissession,participantsinattendancewill: on health. Family andpersonalviolencehadsignificantdirecteffects The findingspartiallysupportthehypothesizedmodel. munity violence.Thefullmodelindicatedanadequatefit. - - - - 34

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perceptions and experiences related to dating violence violence. This paper will provide a comparison of the pre- abuse will be presented in order to bring survivors´ voices Health Care Cost Impact Study before and after a presentation including peer presented dictive utility of five instruments currently used to assess to the debate. Panelists will share how these findings and Lori L. Kelley, B.A. vignettes, structured content, and a panel of community risk of serious intimate partner violence and IPF. Thir- others were considered in responding to state legislation. Scientific Report leaders and to evaluate the efficacy of the program within teen cases of IPF were rated across the five instruments. Government employees at the state and federal levels will The Health Care Cost Impact Study (HeCCIS) is a the high school setting. Results indicated that none of the risk assessment instru- discuss how various policies have unintended consequenc- retrospective medical record and medical billing study ments predicted high risk for IPV in every case. Implica- es for survivors. conducted at Mercy Hospital in Pittsburgh,PA, from At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: 2000-02. Subjects were DV victims identified by health tions for the improvement of risk assessment measures are At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: • Describe the impact of age and gender on students’ per- discussed. care providers who requested an intervention by a medi- ception of the occurance of dating violence in their school. • At the end of this session participants in attendance cal advocate. HeCCIS demonstrates that hospital-based • Relate how students’ evaluations of a dating violence At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: will understand how some legislation designed to protect DV medical advocacy is a cost-effective intervention that program are related to their personal experiences with • Learn about the various risk assessment measures avail- abused women actually makes them less safe. increases the utilization of DV program services by DV dating violence. able for serious domestic violence and femicide. • At the end of this session participants in attendance will victims. • Identify how student characteristics affect their agree- • Learn the strengths and limitations of each measure in have more information on which to determine how they ment with myths about dating and domestic violence. practice. feel about mandatory reporting by health care providers. At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: • Learn about community factors and victim-safety • At the end of this session participants in attendance will • Understand the efficacy of hospital-based domestic DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ASSESSMENT planning factors which may be important in deriving a understand how various policies and laws are contributing violence advocacy; & INTERVENTION more comprehensive risk assessment for serious domestic to survivors’ loss of privacy. • Be able to use the information provided to “make the 10:40 am - 12:00 pm case” for hospital-based domestic violence advocacy in A1 – Golden Gate Hall violence and femicide. ECONOMIC, LEGAL, ETHICAL, their own communities. Women’s Experiences With Their Father BUSINESS & DELIVERY ISSUES Femicide & Harm Reduction: Women’s Experiences 10:40 am - 12:00 pm Who Killed Their Mother Measuring The Burden Of Disease Associated & Assessment Recommendations Salon 3 – Yerba Buena Ballroom Kathryn Laughon Ph.D, RN With Intimate Partner Violence Kim Webster, B.A. A Harm Reduction Framework Addressing Abused Richard Steeves Ph.D, RN, FAAN Examining the Health-Related Costs of DV Scientific Report Women´s Safety Scientific Report Report of a study assessing the health impacts of intimate Ann Marie Dewhurst, PH.D. Stories of 31 women whose father killed their mothers Is A Partner Violence Program In A Family Practice partner violence in the Australian state of Victoria on the Karen M. Nielsen, PH.D. when they were children and their subsequent relation- Setting Cost Effective? basis of its prevelence, the health problems it causes and Innovative Programs/Promising Practice Report ship with the father G S. Feder, M.D. its contribution to the total burden of disease. This presentation introduces the Harm Reduction and Scientific Report At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: Abused Women´s Safety Framework as a useful counsel- Partner violence programs within or linked to health • more fully understand the complex relationship be- At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: ling tool. The framework developed from discussions care settings are essentially competing for funding with tween women and their father who killed their mother • be appraised of the health impacts of intimate partner

Friday Workshops other programs that are being justified on the grounds of with battered women. The goal for using the framework violence as a proportion of total disease burden and rela- • Understand that experiencing one parent kill the other intervention costs relative to their effects on health and is to support women involved in abusive relationships, tive to other health risk factors in a developed country is more common than childhood leukemia well-being, termed cost-effectiveness. Our objectives are: particularly those who have not chosen to leave, in the context • Be prepared to develop interventions for children cur- (i) to link the evidence on the global impact of partner development of realistic safety planning. Participants in • have considered the implications of these impacts for rently living in this situation violence to cost data from a partner violence program and this symposium will gain a general understanding of the intervention and prevention framework´s foundations and working knowledge of its effect data from this and other programs to determine ECONOMIC, LEGAL, ETHICAL, relative cost-effectiveness and (ii) to test the robustness of application. BUSINESS & DELIVERY ISSUES Health-Related Economic Costs After Leaving 10:40 am - 12:00 pm this model. An Abusive Partner At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: Salon 2 – Yerba Buena Ballroom Colleen Varcoe, PH.D. Friday Workshops At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: • Have an applied understanding of the HRAWS frame- Scientific Report • At the end of this session participants in attendance will work. The Radiating Impact Of Mandatory Reporting Of The Women´s Health Effects Study (WHES) is a longi- have a better understanding of the concept of cost effec- • Have adapted the framework to their own environment Domestic And Sexual Abuse By Health Care Providers tudinal study of 309 women who have left abusive male tiveness in relation to service provision. • Have strategies to use the framework as a communica- Cris Sullivan, PH.D. partners, designed to examine the long term health of the • At the end of this session participants in attendance tion tool within a multi-disciplinary setting. Debi Cain, M.S.A. women and the economic costs incurred by their health will have a better understanding of the main components Leslie Hagen, J.D. problems. We describe findings from the first wave of Intimate Partner Femicide: Assessing Risk of cost and benefit of health care based domestic violence Symposium data, including annual per person estimates of state costs For A Serious Health Outcome programs. Representatives from key stakeholder groups will facili- and costs borne by women. We illustrate how this re- Andrea Gibas, M.A. • At the end of this session participants in attendance will tate a discussion about the radiating impact of manda- search can inform policy with potential to prevent further Scientific Report have a better understanding of the advantages and dis-advan- tory reporting of violence-related injuries by health care personal and social costs over time. Intimate Partner Femicide (IPF) is arguably the most providers. Findings from focus groups with survivors of tages of analysing programs in terms of cost-effectiveness. severe negative health outcome for victims of domestic

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At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: victims of IPV. issues; and c) enhance culturally competent care for South to intimate partner, elder and sexual violence. • Describe the challenges and usefulness of estimating the • understand the principles and potential of self-directed, Asian survivors of domestic violence in the Fremont, health related costs of violence computer-based learning. Hayward and Union City Kaiser Permanente health care At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: • Identify the major areas of cost incurred by the state, • recognize the need for interdisciplinary collaboration in systems in California. • be able to describe strategies used to improve health third parties and women after leaving abusive partners the development of curricula on IPV. system prevention and response efforts to intimate part- At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: ner, elder and sexual violence EDUCATING & ENGAGING PROVIDERS The DV Dialogues- Healthcare Providers And • Learn to identify innovative approaches to educate • conceptualize health systems change methods which 10:40 am - 12:00 pm Domestic Violence Inquiry health care providers/staff about domestic violence as a might successfully transfer to their own communities or Salon 4 – Yerba Buena Ballroom Bob Morrow, M.D. health care issue. institutions Innovative Programs/Promising Practice Report • Learn to recognize the significance of collaborations Model Curricula for Primary Care, Family Medicine We have developed interactive case based training to between health care systems/providers and community- HEALTH IMPACT OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE & Paramedics increase learners´ skills in asking and diagnosis. This based domestic violence programs in serving specific & SEXUAL ASSAULT ACROSS THE LIFESPAN 10:40 am - 12:00 pm Developing A Model Domestic Violence Curriculum For symposium will explore: • The use of simulated patients patient populations. A2 – Golden Gate Hall Family Medicine in interactive, skills building discussion • Demonstrat- • Learn strategies to offer culturally competent care to Peter Cronholm, M.D., M.S.C.E ing the relevance of domestic violence inquiry in routine domestic violence survivors in the health care setting. Domestic Violence, Trauma & Mental Health: Scientific Report medical practice [the concept of diagnosis] • The use of Responding To Complex Trauma In The Context Of Ongo- Building Bridges Between Domestic Violence Advocates Members of the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine simulations and `intention to change´ questions in mea- ing Domestic Violence And Health Care Providers Work Group on Family Violence reviewed the literature suring outcomes • The use of different media and formats Carole Warshaw, M.D. Iatamze Verulashvili, PH.D. on family violence education, recent changes in the Resi- to deliver the same training Terri Pease, Ph.D. Innovative Programs/Promising Practice Report dency Review Committee’s guidelines on family violence Symposium At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: Violence against women is not only a violation of women’s training, and changes in the ACGME competency guide- This symposium will provide an overview of current • be able to access online media to use for training human rights but is a major public health problem and lines for training Family Medicine providers in order to research and perspectives on responding to domestic • be able to develop their own simulated patients relevant a significant cause of female ill-health . First in Georgia develop an evidence-based family violence curriculum violence in the context of other lifetime trauma as well to their areas of practice was raised awareness of domestic violence among health with the potential to improve the primary care manage- as principles and techniques for addressing the effects • be able to use the simulations to increase efficiently the care providers and established effective collaboration ment of family violence and was compliant with educa- of childhood trauma in the context of ongoing domestic skills of their learners, and to teach relevant distinctions between domestic violence advocates, health care pro- tional guidelines. violence. Presenters will draw from a curriculum (Risk- between screening and diagnosis in domestic violence viders and governmental representatives. Created new ing Connection-DV) being developed by the Domestic At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: inquiry course by special program” Impact Domestic Violence on Violence & Mental Health Policy Initiative in collabora- • Understand recent changes in RRC and ACGME educa- Reproductive Health: for licensing and re-certification tion with the Sidran Institute and TREATI and piloted at EDUCATING & ENGAGING PROVIDERS physicians, to improve health professionals clinical skills tional requirements 10:40 am - 12:00 pm 6 Chicago DV and mental health agencies. provide accessible information in regarding the screening

Friday Workshops • Understand the components of a model family violence Salon 5 – Yerba Buena Ballroom curriculum and treatment of patients who have experience domestic At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: Building Successful Health & Community Partnerships: violence and published a book Medical Aspects of Do- • 1.Be able to describe a framework for addressing domes- Intimate Partner Violence: An Innovative, E-Learning Lessons from the Field mestic Violence”. tic violence in the context of other lifetime trauma Curriculum For Paramedics • 2.Incorporate strategies for responding to survivors Robin Mason, PH.D. Collaborative Community Responses To Addressing At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: experiencing the effects of current and past abuse Innovative Programs/Promising Practice Report Domestic Violence In The Health Care Setting • Acknowledge with new course of certificate program” • 3.Discuss collaborative strategies for improving services Many women injured by their intimate partners require Vibhuti R. Mehra, M.C.I.S, M.A. Impact Domestic Violence on health and treatment vic- in community mental health and DV agencies tims”. medical attention. There is substantial research on IPV Innovative Programs/Promising Practice Report Friday Workshops and hospital-based care but few studies on detection and Collaborative community responses are valuable in ad- • Situation analysis about Domestic Violence in Georgia HEALTH IMPACT OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE & SEXUAL management in the prehospital setting and no curricula dressing domestic violence as a health care issue. This and the problems associated with it. ASSAULT ACROSS THE LIFESPAN • Work of Women’s Center regarding this issue. 10:40 am - 12:00 pm on IPV particular to paramedics. Without appropri- workshop will showcase a committed partnership between A3 – Golden Gate Hall ate knowledge and skills, paramedics may inadvertently Kaiser Permanente and two community-based domestic Leveraging Improved Health System Response To revictimize, overlook, or misidentify victims. Our team violence organizations – SAVE and Narika. The innova- Intimate Partner, Elder And Sexual Violence: Intimate Partner Violence Assessment And Screening conducted a needs assessment then developed an innovative collaborative effort undertaken by these three organi- Lessons From Seven Funded Communities For Young Women In An Urban Family Planning Setting tive, scenario-based, self-directed, e-learning curriculum zations has helped: a) health care providers/staff at Kaiser Lynda Dautenhahn, B.F.A., M.U.P. Vicki Breitbart, ED.D., M.S.W. to educate and train paramedics on issues of IPV and Permanente gain a greater understanding of the patient Innovative Programs/Promising Practice Report Leslie Davidson, M.D., M.SCI. clinical care. populations presenting with domestic violence issues in Most health care systems lack adequate policies/proce- Vaughn Rickert, PSY.D. the health care setting; b) create a greater awareness of the Symposium At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: dures to address the significant role violence plays in the community resources available to support both health care Informed by a two year study of women 15 to 24 years of • appreciate the potential role of paramedics in assisting lives of patients. Illinois Health Cares funds local health providers and patients in addressing domestic violence partnerships to create improved health system responses age in an urban family planning setting, this symposium 37 38 FRIDAY FRIDAY

will focus on prevalence of intimate partner violence, ac- practices, and advocacy with legislators, media and the venting further harm. The “Ripple Effect” - Improving Hospital-Based ceptability of screening, screening approaches and impact broader public. Promising and innovative practice case At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: Domestic Violence Awareness And Intervention on reproductive health. examples will be shared, including individual skill- • Appreciate the importance of including children and Jane Baldwin, M.S.W. building, community education, coalition building, young people in research that directly affects them. Jennifer Porter, M.S.W. At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: organizational practice change and policy change. These • Identify some of the issues and solutions when engaging Innovative Programs/Promising Practice Report • describe this populations experiences with intimate examples serve as models to build momentum for broader with children and young people in research. This session will present a model collaboration between partner violence (IPV) application of primary prevention strategies in healthcare • Describe young people´s perspective on how healthcare a regional tertiary care hospital and a community based • articulate the important components of a youth-specific settings. workers can better assist children and young people living domestic violence program within the context of a public screening tool for IPV and the acceptability of screening with family violence. health model. Jersey Battered Women’s Service partnered among young women At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: with Morristown Memorial Hospital to identify and assist • identify the impact of violence on select reproductive • Understand a framework for health sector involvement RESPONDING TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN SPECIFIC HEALTH women who are at risk, but have not identified themselves health behaviors in norms change to prevent domestic violence before it CARE SETTINGS as victims of abuse. This public health initiative increased 10:40 am - 12:00 pm occurs. the likelihood that women in medical settings will receive PREVENTION & PUBLIC HEALTH Salon 6 – Yerba Buena Ballroom • Be familiar with promising and innovative practice early identification and DV-related support. 10:40 am - 12:00 pm examples within health settings. Pacific Suite A Innovation in Hospital-Based DV Intervention Programs At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: Poised For Prevention: Advancing Promising Approaches The Domestic Violence Council Of The Conference Of • Know the benefits and methods for implmenting a col- Issues Around Screening for Partner Violence in the To Primary Prevention Of Domestic Violence Boston Teaching Hospitals (Cobth): An Innovative laboration between a regional tertiary care hospital and Emergency Department Larry Cohen, M.S.W. Partnership Among Health Care, City, State And community based domestic violence program within the Debra Houry, M.D., M.P.H. Innovative Programs/Promising Practice Report Community Partners To Improve Health, Access To context of a public health model. Karin Verlaine Rhodes, M.D., M.S. This presentation will highlight research on primary preven- Care And Safety For Survivors Of Domestic Violence Helen Straus, M.D. tion of domestic violence from literature review, qualitative John Erwin, M.B.A. Implementing A Sustainable Model Of Intimate Symposium interviews and a national convening of local practitioners, Innovative Programs/Promising Practice Report Partner Violence Prevention In Health Care: We were funded by the CDC to study the safety and ef- national leaders, researchers, health sector partners, legal and This report offers a model for collaboration among health Process, Preliminary Outcomes, And Lessons Learned fectiveness of screening for partner violence in men and policy experts, business sector partners and funders. Major care and community partners to strengthen and improve L. Kevin Hamberger, PH.D. women who presented to an ED. Over a 2 year period, 3038 findings on: 1) promising approaches to primary preven- responses to domestic violence. Participants will gain Mary Beth Phelan, M.D. (68.6%) consented to participate. We looked specifically at tion of domestic violence, with an emphasis on application practical information about the structure, goals, work Bruce Ambuel, PH.D. baseline levels of safety in women as well as incidents in the in immigrant communities; 2) opportunities and barriers in plan and operations of the Domestic Violence Council of Innovative Programs/Promising Practice Report ED and over a 3 month follow up period for all IPV patients. implementation; and, 3) research, training and infrastructure In addition, we studied the correlation between mental the Conference of Boston Teaching Hospitals. Despite many calls to increase the responsiveness of health needs for broad-scale application of promising approaches, care systems to prevent or intervene into IPV, healthcare Friday Workshops health and IPV status in men. will be highlighted. At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: systems have been inconsistent in implementing sustained • gain knowledge about a model for collaboration be- At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: interventions. This symposium: 1) presents best evidence tween health care, community, city and state partners. • Understand safety issues related to screening for IPV • Be familiar with promising approaches for primary preven- in support of universal screening for intimate partner vio- • gain practical information and tools that can be applied • Be aware of the correlation between mental health symp- tion of DV, with a focus on efforts in immigrant communities lence (IPV); 2) describes a model that facilitates internal to other collaborations and strategic planning processes to toms and IPV in men • Identify needs for building national momentum to advance capacity-building and sustainability of healthcare respons- advance the health care response to domestic violence. • Understand safety concerns of IPV victims at medical visits promising primary prevention appraoches. es to IPV; 3) presents preliminary data supporting this • learn about the ways in which health care DV programs model and 4) explores with participants the application of

PREVENTION & PUBLIC HEALTH What About Us: Young People Talk About Family Vio- create access to services for diverse populations of survi- this model to their local community. Friday Workshops 10:40 am - 12:00 pm lence And Health Care Intervention vors across the lifespan and for those with complex medi- Pacific Suite C Terry Dobbs, M.A. cal conditions and disabilities. At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: • Know the current best evidence supporting health- Poised for Prevention Scientific Report We engaged with young people affected by family vio- care-based universal screening and intervention for IPV, Preventing Domestic Violence Before It Occurs: lence to hear their perspectives on how healthcare workers and have increased skill in applying the best evidence for The Vital Role Of Health Care can better assist people living with violence. In a commu- advocating for universal screening. Larry Cohen, M.S.W. nity participatory action research group, young women 16 • Understand the Healthcare Can Change Form Within Innovative Programs/Promising Practice Report years of age shared their insights. They called for inter- model and know 3 strategies for creating sustained im- This presentation will highlight the vital role that ventions that include talking with children and young provement in the healthcare response to IPV. the healthcare sector can play in implementing norms people. They suggest that healthcare workers be sensitive • Understand the preliminary evidence that supports the change strategies for primary prevention of DV, espe- to young people´s sense of powerlessness, gain knowledge Healthcare Can Change From Within model. cially through patient care, institutional regulations and of family violence and be willing to be proactive in pre- 39 40 FRIDAY FRIDAY

RESPONDING TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN SPECIFIC HEALTH SPECIAL & EMERGING TOPICS CHILDREN & ADOLESCENTS Safety Planning With Families: A Treatment Model CARE SETTINGS 10:40 am - 12:00 pm 1:20 - 2:40 pm Combining Advocacy And Parent-Child Therapy 10:40 am - 12:00 pm Nob Hill C – D A1 – Golden Gate Hall Pacific Suite D Gail Arnold, MPSYCH Innovative Programs/Promising Practice Report HIV and DV Efficacy of an Intervention in Reducing HIV-Sexual Listening to the fears of non-offending parents and their Primary Care Responses to IPV: Examining The Intersection Of HIV And Behaviors and STDs for Adolescents Experiencing children: “Mommy can protect herself and me.” ‘Please Lessons from the Trenches Domestic Violence Gender-based Violence don’t say I am just like my Dad’. Advocacy combined Manchui Leung, B.A. Diane Sharon Morse, M.D. with mother-child therapy promotes postive representa- Innovative Programs/Promising Practice Report Gina Wingood, M.P.H., SC.D. Symposium tional changes in mother and child leading to reduced Two major public health and social issues facing women’s Symposium The presenters will summarize the data available on vari- PTSD symptoms in both. Practice how to implement a health and wellness today are domestic violence and HIV/ This study examines the efficacy of an HIV intervention, ous models of health care system responses geared toward treatment model that strenghtens the attachment between AIDS. There is a strong association between: a women’s previously identified as efficacious in a randomized con- improving access to and receipt of medical care for women mother and child while safety planning. risk for HIV and her history of domestic violence; and a trolled trial of African American females, for the subsam- who have experienced IPV or other violence. They will women’s HIV status and her risk of domestic violence. ple reporting a history of gender-based violence. discuss three case examples including: a hospital-based At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: This session will present the policy, research and program education program for medical personnel; an inter-dis- At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: • Learn the effectiveness of an interdisciplinary treatment directions to expand and integrate the fields of HIV and ciplinary medical clinic specifically for survivors of IPV; • Identify importance of addressing partner violence in model that combines advocacy with parent-child psycho- domestic violence. and a nurse case management program. Participants will HIV interventions involving female adolescents therapy. • Understand the importance of strengthening the attach- brainstorm in small groups on how to implement one At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: CHILDREN & ADOLESCENTS ment between the protective parent and the child in the strategy in their own setting. • have a better understanding of the intersection of HIV 1:20 - 2:40 pm wake of domestic violence. and domestic violence through presentation of data and Salon 1 – Yerba Buena Ballroom At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: • Experience the importance and feasibility of including research findings • Describe three models of primary care interventions for the children in the making of safety plans. Participants • understand the policy framework and analysis of exam- Risk Identification & Service Models for Children IPV: provider education, clinic/hospital based programs, will be provided with scenarios with which to practice in ining the integration of HIV and domestic violence and case management. Cognitive Ability Of Preschool Children Exposed To small groups. • have some examples of best practices and strategies • Develop strategies for applying one model to his/her Violence At Home Feasibility Of A Clinic-Based Adolescent Partner health care setting Violence Victimization Among Men – Judee E. Onyskiw, R.N., PH.D. Violence Intervention A Hidden Problem In HIV Primary Care? Scientific Report Patti Rosell, M.S.W., LICSW SPECIAL & EMERGING TOPICS Joanna S. Dognin, PSY.D. The study employed a repeated cross-sectional design 10:40 am - 12:00 pm Elizabeth Miller, M.D., PHD. Christine Nollen, M.P.H., M.P.A. using five cohorts of preschool children (N = 20,665) to Pacific Suite B Innovative Programs/Promising Practice Report Innovative Programs/Promising Practice Report examine the impact of exposure to violence at home on Adolescent intimate partner abuse is associated with a Friday Workshops Screening for relationship violence and abuse has focused children´s cognitive ability. The Peabody Picture Vo- Communicating for Change range of health vulnerabilities. Honoring the unique de- mainly on the victimization of women, and considerably cabulary Test-Revised was used to measure verbal ability Cheryl O’Donnell, BSJ velopmental needs of teens, a domestic violence outreach less attention has been paid to men experiencing abuse. providing an estimate of cognitive ability. Results showed Lisa Lederer model has been developed at an adolescent confidential However, people infected with HIV may be particularly that children exposed to violence scored lower on verbal Symposium care clinic. This psychoeducational screening outreach by vulnerable to relationship violence. In this study, HIV ability than their peers from non-violent homes. Moth- Communications is a crucial component of efforts to end a domestic violence advocate will be presented. Clinical primary care providers were trained to screen all HIV ers´ education and amount of time spent reading to the domestic violence. While we are aware that the use of case examples and the voices of the teen’s themselves will infected patients for IPV/SV. For HIV positive men, we child both contributed positively to children´s verbal communications and public education tools are integral to be shared in the workshop. raising public awareness and changing attitudes, we have found that over 25% had experienced violence in their ability. lives, underscoring the importance of violence screening Friday Workshops not institutionalized within our organizations the ability At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: for all HIV–infected patients. to do effective communications and media advocacy. This • Describe findings of past research on the impact of • Understand the challenges of identifying and support- interactive, hands-on workshop will be an opportunity for ing youth experiencing intimate partner abuse. At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: children´s exposure to domestic violence on their health participants to learn the key building blocks needed to • Describe the range of activities provided by a domestic • Will understand the unique issues faced by men expe- and well-being. strategize more effectively in getting the message out about violence advocate in an adolescent clinic setting. riencing past or current intimate partner violence/sexual • Understand the limitations of past research in examin- the long-term health implications of domestic violence. violence (IPV/SV). ing the impact of exposure on children´s cognitive ability. At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: • Will be able to sensitively screen patients for IPV/SV. • Describe the findings of this population-based study • Be able to craft a communications plan • Will understand the impact of IPV/SV on HIV care. examining the impact of children´s exposure to family • Effectively implement strategies outlined in their com- • At the end of this session, participants in attendance violence on their cognitive ability. munications plan will understand how to support and implement meaning- • Develop and deliver effective messages about the long- ful collaboration between sexual assault/domestic violence term health impact of domestic violence and HIV services providers. 41 42 FRIDAY FRIDAY

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ASSESSMENT & INTERVENTION abuse programs in an Australian state. in health policy, participants will gain confidence and and social work practitioners with expertise in FV/SA. 1:20 - 2:40 pm • Appreciate strategies put in place to sustain high levels additional insight into how to shape IPV health policy in This presentation describes the courses; recommendations Salon 2 – Yerba Buena Ballroom of screening in the program for the past six years. a meaningful way. for future initiatives in training public health and social • Understand elements of the process targetting margin- work professionals will be offered for discussion. Computer Assisted Screening, Safety Planning & Other alised women from non-english speaking backgrounds, At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: Screening Programs remote communities and who are indigenous • Describe how health policy impacts the day to day work At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: of IPV care. • Understand why the public health approach is useful in Innovative Approach To Safety Planning Using A Computer-Assisted Violence Screening And Safety • List the critical steps for addressing an IPV health issue educating social work students about family and sexual Computerized Decision Aid Planning For Women With Disabilities through a policy initiative. violence. Nancy Glass, PH.D., M.P.H., R.N. Laurie Powers, PH.D. • Differentiate approaches to health policy at the local, • Understand one university´s experience creating and Karen B. Eden, PH.D. Scientific Report state and national level. delivering courses on family and sexual violence. Innovative Programs/Promising Practice Report This report will address the prevalence of violence against Drs. Nancy Glass and Karen Eden have created an in- women with disabilities and highlight the efficacy of us- EDUCATING & ENGAGING PROVIDERS EDUCATING & ENGAGING PROVIDERS novative computerized safety decision aid for survivors of ing a computer-assisted self-interview (CASI) to screen for 1:20 - 2:40 pm 1:20 - 2:40 pm domestic violence. They will provide a live demonstra- Salon 3 – Yerba Buena Ballroom Salon 4 – Yerba Buena Ballroom abuse and assist in developing safety-planning options. tion of the interactive decision aid. Dr. Eden, an expert in We will discuss disability-targeted types of abuse, barri- decision aids, will focus on the development and evalua- Educating Social Workers in the U.S. and Health Plan & Hospital Strategies for DV Intervention ers to reporting, safety-planning strategies and ways to tion of this decision aid in a pilot study of survivors. Dr. Nurses in Japan & Quality Improvement increase accessibility when providing advocacy. Glass, an expert in domestic violence interventions and Domestic Violence Education/Trainings At Nursing A Health Plan Strategy For Domestic Violence Interven- research, will describe how this tool when partnered with At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: Schools In Japan: Developing Japanese Version Of Dv tion In Primary Care community and legal services is being used to improve • understand the efficacy of using computer-assisted self- Training Program And Future Strategies Bernadette Di Re, B.S., M.B.A. health and safety of survivors. interviews (CASI) for violence awareness, abuse screening Mayumi Yamada, M.A. Innovative Programs/Promising Practice Report and safety-planning for women with disabilities. At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: Hiroko Tomoda, M.S., R.N. Neighborhood Health Plan (NHP), a Boston-based • learn about the prevalence and types of violence and • At the end of the session, participants in attendance will Innovative Programs/Promising Practice Report Medicaid Managed Care Organization, has embarked abuse, including disability-targeted violence, that is expe- understand the strategies used to develop the computer- This presentation talks about the DV education in nurs- on a critical initiative to advance DV intervention and rienced by women with disabilities. ized safety decision aid. ing community in Japan, which includes the present prevention. NHP developed a multi-year, multi-level • understand ways they can enhance programmatic, atti- • At the end of the session, participants in attendance status of DV education, developing Japanese version of program to integrate DV awareness and prevention in tudinal, structural and communication accessibility advo- will understand the outcomes from the initial testing of DV training programs, and strategies to promote DV its own corporate culture; institutionalize DV education, cacy when supporting women survivors with disabilities. the computerized safety decision aid with survivors of education in nursing community intervention and prevention tools within its Community intimate partner violence. Health Center (CHC)-based PCP network; and develop ECONOMIC, LEGAL, ETHICAL, BUSINESS & DELIVERY ISSUES At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: Friday Workshops • At the end of the session, participants in attendance 1:20 - 2:40 pm external coalitions to inspire collaboration among indi- will have completed a demonstration of the computerized Pacific Suite E • learn Domestice violence in Japan (legal, social, and vidual agencies to optimize the available support for DV safety decision aid. cultural aspects). victims within CHCs. Creating Better Links Between Good Policy and • learn the present status of DV education in nursing One Tool, Four Programs: Report On An Australian Good Practice in Addressing IPV schools in Japan and unique aspects of Japanese version of At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: Statewide Screening Strategy In Antenatal, Well-Baby, Noel H. Ballentine, M.D., FACP DV training program for health care community • Understand the challenges/opportunities facing pro- Substance Abuse And Mental Health Services Connie Mitchell, M.D. • learn how DV advocates in Japan are working on providers and health plans in developing DV programs and Jo Spangaro, B.SOCIAL WORK (HONS) Kiersten Stewart, M.A. moting DV work in health care community possible means to address them;

Innovative Programs/Promising Practice Report • Identify linkages within the community setting Friday Workshops Symposium Teaching Social Work Students About The Public New South Wales, Australia´s most populous state, has Whether you need more structure or less red tape, more – including PCPs, hospitals, health plans, community been screening women in all antenatal, well baby, sub- Health Approach To Preventing Family Violence And services, public sector services, advocacy groups, etc. funding or less duplication of resources, more interagency Sexual Assault stance abuse and mental health clinics since 2001. A collaboration or fewer barriers to access, you can shape • Understand how to form an Advisory Board consisting single tool is used to screen 8,000 women per month. The Elana Premack, M.S.W., M.P.H. of key stakeholders from various organizations to enhance better policy solutions to address the complex problem Alicia Oathout, M.S.W., M.P.H. strategy is well sustained with a screening rate of 75%. of intimate partner violence. In this symposium, partici- development of the program and engagement across the 6.5% of women identify physical violence or fear of a Innovative Programs/Promising Practice Report community. pants will generate a list of concerns that impede IPV care The public health approach has advanced our understand- partner. By program this is 5% in antenatal, 4% in well and learn about avenues to then make change at the local, baby, 19% in mental health and 27% in substance abuse. ing of family violence and sexual assault; enabled us to of- Creating And Managing A Hospital-Based, Medically state and federal level. Participants will hear about the fer successful intervention and prevention strategies; and Directed Family Violence Intervention Program At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: experiences of three people who have worked to make IPV informed development of therapy modalities for survivors. Diana Cummings, N.P., M.S.N. • Understand the levels of ipv measured by one screening policy change in California, Pennsylvania and Washing- Boston University School of Public Health has developed Innovative Programs/Promising Practice Report tool in antenatal, mental health, well baby and substance ton DC. Through discussion, whether novice or expert two courses to help build a community of public health This symposium will describe the creation and day-to-

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day operation of a hospital-based, medically directed fam- HEALTH IMPACT OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE & SEXUAL tivie self-defense training to increse survivors’ self-efficacy cal expectations that partner violence affects depression ily violence intervention unit. Attendees will be provided ASSAULT ACROSS THE LIFESPAN in assertive communication. among women. 1:20 - 2:40 pm time to ask questions, report obstacles they face in their Pacific Suite A • Have examples of activities and exercises used in own practice setting, andto discuss concerns and benefits trauma-sensitive sexuality education. At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: of this program and similar programs. • Know that severity of partner violence is associated Integrated Services for DV, Sexual Assault & HIV: Working With Teens: A Summer Teen Dating Violence depression among women, irrespective of their personal At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: Promoting Healthy Relationships Prevention Program history and characteristics. • Understand how a hospital-based, medically directed Attitudes And Beliefs On Reporting Of Date Rape By Jessie Urban, M.S.W., M.P.H. • Changing partner violence affects change in depression intervention program improves victim healthcare needs College Women Innovative Programs/Promising Practice Report status among women. and forensic documentation. This session will talk about a summer teen dating vio- Angela Frederick Amar, PH.D., R.N. Intimate Partner Violence And Health In Women In • Learn how the Keller Center interviews victims of vio- Scientific Report lence prevention program that worked with urban Latina lence in collaboration with local law enforecemtn. and African-American girls to increase protective factors Yokohama, Japan Sexual violence is a major health concern facing college Mieko Yoshihama, PH.D., MSW • Learn how the Keller Center provides medical quality women. Despite prevention programs, many women do and provide information on healthy and unhealthy rela- assuarance for the victims seen in the center. tionships. This successful program used artwork, poetry Scientific Report not report forced sex or seek health care. The research As part of a cross-national research effort coordinated by purpose was to determine salient attitudes and beliefs that and interactive activities to explore these topics. Using Quality Improvement Measures To Drive An the World Health Organization, this study investigated predict reporting of forced sex. A convenience sample of At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: the relationship between the experience of partners´ emo- Intimate Partner Violence Prevention Program In A 110 African-American women completed a researcher-de- Large Healthcare Organization • learn effective strategies for empowering adolescents in tional abuse and physical and sexual violence and health veloped survey. Guided by the Theory of Planned Be- an urban setting to take steps to prevent dating violence status among women in Japan.The results highlighted Krista Kotz, PH.D., M.P.H. havior (TPB), a predictive exploratory design tested data Innovative Programs/Promising Practice Report and sexual assault. that the deleterious health impact of intimate partner using TPB pathways. The identified beliefs will guide • learn how art and poetry can be useful tools in establish- violence extends far beyond physical injuries from physi- Since implementation of the program began in 2000, programs to increase reporting of forced sex. the total number of members identified as IPV+ has ing a prevention-based program for teen girls. cal or sexual violence, and that emotional abuse can have increased three-fold, from 1,186 members in 2000 to At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: a profound impact on women´s health even in the absence HEALTH IMPACT OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE & SEXUAL of physical or sexual violence. 3,548 in 2005. In addition, identification is shifting to • understand the utility of the Theory of Planned Behav- ASSAULT ACROSS THE LIFESPAN less acute settings, like Primary Care, where the IPV can ior in studying forced sex in college women. 1:20 - 2:40 pm At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: be addressed before potentially more serious injury oc- • discuss salient attitudes and beliefs associated with Pacific Suite B • understand the relationship between partners’ emotional curs. Medical Centers receive detailed reports twice per reporting of forced sex to campus authorities and health abuse and women’s health status. It’s All in Your Head: Unwinding the Myths Surrounding year which show the numbers of members identified as care services. • recognize the ethical and safety issues that need to be Depression, Emotional Abuse & Duration of IPV IPV+, by year and by department. They use this informa- • Describe the applications of significant attitudes and addressed in conducting reserach on intimate partner beliefs to prevention strategies. tion to guide their training and implementation strate- Role Of Partner Violence On Persistence And Change violence. Friday Workshops gies for improving identification of IPV+ members. A In Depression Symptomatology Among Women Health Take Your Power! An Innovative Sexual Health Program Intimate Partner Violence And Women´S Physical, conservative estimate shows that at least 60% of members Workers In Mexico For Abuse Survivors Mental And Social Well-Being identified as IPV+ receive care from mental health. This Jyoti Mudgal, PH.D. Meg Stone, M.P.H. Amy E. Bonomi, PH.D., M.P.H. percentage has remained stable since 2000, suggesting Scientific Report Innovative Programs/Promising Practice Report Scientific Report we are able to respond to the increase in identifcation of Most studies on partner abuse have focused on physical What does trauma-sensitive sexuality educaiton look like? The present study provides new information on the rela- IPV+ members. assault alone and very few have examined its long-term For many survivors the key to protecting themselves from tionship between women´s health and the timing, type impact. This study examines the long-term effect of sever- At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: HIV and other STDs is in gaining the confidence to assert and duration of intimate partner violence (IPV) exposure.

ity of partner abuse on depression mobility. We analyze Friday Workshops • describe how QI can drive DV prevention in the health themselves in relationships. Take Your Power is unique In addition, health status data for abused women are two waves of data from Health Workers Cohort Study care setting curriculum that combines group support, negotiation compared to health status data for persons with chronic in Mexico. Our results show that depression mobility is • describe how internal data can be used in QI approaches skills training, health information and trauma sensitive conditions, such as back pain and cancer – building the related to the change in severity of partner violence. The to DV self-defense training. The experience of verbally and case that IPV is an important condition for consideration “Normals” have less than average frequency of partner physically protecting themselves and being powerful in by health plans. the face of fear has been shown by evaluation to improve violence at both time periods (mean of .09 and .10, participants’ confidence to engage in sexual negotiation. respectively). The “Chronics” have high levels of partner At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: violence (mean of .26 and .23, respectively). Additionally, • Have a better understanding of the relationship be- At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: the “Recovered” have a significant decrease in partner vio- tween women´s health and the timing, type and duration • Understand the health implications of lasting effects of lence from time 1 to time 2 (decrease in mean from .32 to of intimate partner violence exposure. trauma that undermine some survivors’ ability to engage .27), whereas the “Deteriorating” have a significant increase • Have a better understanding of the health impact of in behavior that protects their sexual health. in violence from time 1 to time 2 (mean increase of .21 intimate partner violence compared to the health impact • Understand the rationate behind the use of trauma-sens- to .31). These relations are consistent with the theoreti- of other chronic conditions. 45 46 FRIDAY FRIDAY

Female Genital Mutilation (Fgm) In Egypt HEALTH IMPACT OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE & SEXUAL anxiety and substance use. The abstract reports on the “It´s All In Your Head”: Depressed Domestic Violence Mona Sobhy Siha, M.D. ASSAULT ACROSS THE LIFESPAN prevalence of IPV and co-occurring risk factors among a Survivors´ Fears About Discussions With Providers. Scientific Report 1:20 - 2:40 pm group of ethnically diverse women. A2 – Golden Gate Hall Christina Nicolaidis, M.D., M.P.H. Female genital mutilation (FGM), often referred to as Scientific Report ‘female circumcision’, comprises all procedures involving At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: Child Maltreatment And Brain Development: • Quantify risk of co-occurring issues among women with IPV We conducted surveys and focus groups with depressed, partial or total removal of the external female genitalia The Current Literature female IPV survivors. Participants recognized the rela- or other injury to the female genital organs whether for • Learn whether some patients are more likely to report IPV David McCollum, M.D. • Recognize why it is important to screen for IPV tionship between physical symptoms, mental health, and cultural, religious or other non-therapeutic reasons.It Linda Chamberlain, PhD, M.P.H. IPV. However, they were concerned that discussing IPV has The immediate and long-term health consequences Symposium Beyond Dv Screening: Onsite Mental Health Services or depression with providers would lead them todiscount of female children.Many efforts was done nowadays to A growing body of research has linked childhood experi- Within A Reproductive Care Setting their physical symptoms or undertreat their pain. We eliminate this practice in Egypt through health education ences of maltreatment with a host of physical conditions Natalie Tobier, M.P.H., M.S.W. will discuss clinical implications for addressing IPV and programs and training worshops to nurses and midwifes. that manifest in adulthood. In addition, newer nuero Innovative Programs/Promising Practice Report depression in pts with physical complaints. At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: imaging techniques have documented structural changes This presentation will describe the findings of a pilot At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: • have an idea about what is “Female genital mutilation “ that occur in the brains of individuals who suffer early mental health program, established onsite at an urban • Understand the association between IPV, depression, and its immediate and long-term health consequences on maltreatment. This presentation briefly reviews the litera- women’s health center. Upon screening postive for and physical complaints. female adolescents. ture on these topics and outlines the connection between depression and/or anxiety, patients were offered onsite • Understand the beliefs, concerns, and healthcare needs • How national authorities in Egypt together with civil abuse in childhood and health problems in adulthood. mental health services. Clinicians found that the major- of depressed IPV survivors society groups and human rights activists have struggled Speakers will also present the latest findings on adoles- ity of patients in treatment also had an abuse history. The • Appropriately preface questions about IPV and depres- for years to eliminate this practice. cence as a period of expansive brain development and presentation will focus on the the future direction of the sion so that patients do not think the answers will be used • They will use various education and training approaches demonstrate that adolescence can be a window of oppor- program - the utilization of the Chronic Care Model to to discount their physical symptoms. to reach out to families, community leaders, health tunity as well as vulnerability. address family violence in a reproductive care setting. workers and religious leaders, encouraging them to work At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: HEALTH IMPACT OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE & SEXUAL together to eliminate the practice . ASSAULT ACROSS THE LIFESPAN • Understand some of the anatomic and biochemical • Learn how integrating onsite mental health services 1:20 - 2:40 pm A Practical Approach To Intimate Partner Violence changes that occur in the brain as a result of within a reproductive health setting can respond to criti- Pacific Suite C At The Out-Patient Department: maltreatment. cal unmet needs among new immigrant women with a Russian Far East Experience. • Know some of the techniques used to measure history of IPV. IPV in the Context of Health & Cultural Disparities Natalia V. Lokhmatkina, M.D. these changes. • Learn about an innovative program response to serving Latina immigrant women in a reproductive health setting. Partner Violence Defined Women With Health Disparity Innovative Programs/Promising Practice Report • Be able to relate these changes to adult manifestations There are not any services for intimate partner violence of physical and mental illness. • Quantify increased risk of co-occurring issues among Friday Workshops Margaret Brackley, PH.D. women with a history of family violence. Scientific Report (IPV) victims in medical settings in the Russian Far East. • Understand adolescent brain development as a window The overall purpose of this mulitmethod descriptive A Practical Approach to IPV at the Out-Patient Depart- of opportunity and vulnerability Advancing Reproductive Health Care For Victims Of exploratory study is to identify women´s definitions of ment project involves collaboration between the federal Domestic Violence medical establishment and women´s NGO. The purpose HEALTH IMPACT OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE & SEXUAL intimate partner violence (IPV) within a health disparities ASSAULT ACROSS THE LIFESPAN Angela Sutton, J.D. context. The product of this project will be a descrip- of the project is to involve medical practitioners into the 1:20 - 2:40 pm Innovative Programs/Promising Practice Report tion of definitions, words, andphases that have meanings local anti-violence community by implementing the IPV Pacific Suite D Women experiencing domestic violence are directly at risk on IPV for the various ethnic/racial groups along with prevention program into the out-patient department of of unintended pregnancies. This may occur as a result of

age, socioeconomic status. This description is essential the Far Eastern Regional Medical Center, Vladivostok, Advancing Reproductive Health Care through DV forced sexual intercourse or not using contraception be- Friday Workshops in order to develop interventions that address women´s Russia. The best international practices were followed and Screening, Mental Health and Urban Facilities cause the victim feared reprisal from her abusive partner. perceptions within the context of health disparities. adapted. Women must be fully informed of all of their reproductive Screening For Childhood & Adult Violence In Urban health options, including emergency contraception and At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: Reproductive Health Care Centers: Who Needs To Be At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: abortion. This workshop will address current reproduc- • Understand how the best international practices can be Screened And Why? • Describe how women in various racial/ethnic groups tive health laws and policies that impact the reproductive adapted for different cultures and communities. Samantha Garbers, M.P.A. of different ages and educational backgrounds use words autonomy and safety of victims of domestic violence. about intimate partner violence. • Understand importance of international collaboration Scientific Report • Discuss the implications of this research on health care for anti-violence movement in Russia. MHRA has implemented routine, structured screening At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: for surviviors of intimate partner violence. for intimate partner violence (IPV) among patients seek- • Learn about key reproductive health issues, including: ing reproductive health services at eight centers in New refusal clauses; abortion bans; biased counseling; and York City. The screening program also identifies women mandatory delays. in need of assessment and/or treatment for depression, • Understand how their own beliefs and attitudes about 47 48 FRIDAY FRIDAY

reproductive health and domestic violence may influence At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: and across respondents. Results can inform training of ED and legal help. Health care settings may need community the response and health care services victims of violence • Identify potential victims or perpetrators of domestic nurses and aid in definition of protocols for IPV victims resources and non-traditional partners to provide these are able to consider and receive. violence. seeking care in the ED. services. • Strategize ways to protect and advance reproductive • Discuss the increasing incidence of homeless domestic autonomy for victims of domestic violence. violence. At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: • Identify the forms and cycle of abuse. • At the end of this session, participants in attendance • be able to state the importance of needs assessment for PREVENTION & PUBLIC HEALTH RESPONDING TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN SPECIFIC will have insight into the types of social support that IPV developing culturally appropriate interventions 1:20 - 2:40 pm HEALTH CARE SETTINGS survivors desire in the health care setting, according to • be able to explain the types of services low income, HIV A3 – Golden Gate Hall 1:20 - 2:40 pm their stages of readiness. positive and at risk abused women need to reduce their Salon 5 – Yerba Buena Ballroom IPV risk Innovative Collaborations Responding to DV: An Assessment Of Knowledge, Attitudes, Beliefs, And • identify creative strategies to meet women’s expressed Provider & Survivor Attitudes & Effectiveness in Military & Legal Profession Screening Practices Towards Domestic Violence Among needs in health care settings Responding to DV Health Care Providers Within The New York City Jail Safe Connections; Linking Local And Military Services System The Role Of Health Providers In Assessment And RESPONDING TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN SPECIFIC Beata Peck Little, M.A., NCC, LPC Kelly J. Crotty, M.D. HEALTH CARE SETTINGS Treatment Of Gender Based Violence: Evidence From Heather Fiedler, MA, NCP, LPC Scientific Report 1:20 - 2:40 pm An Intervention In Hanoi, Vietnam Nob Hill C – D Innovative Programs/Promising Practice Report A modified version of a standardized instrument assess- Mai Thi Phuo Le, PH.D. Safe Connections is a linkage between a military family ad- ing domestic violence (DV) knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, Scientific Report Health Care Responses to Partner Violence: vocacy program and a local domestic and sexual assault pro- and screening practices was administered to providers in The purpose of this analysis is to identify differences in Randomized Trials in Progress gram which has dramatically increased the access for victims a New York City jail setting. The survey explored both health providers’ knowledge and attitude towards GBV, to neccesary services and the knowledge of first responders barriers and potential aids to facilitate domestic violence to evaluate changes in health providers’ behaviors in ad- Gene S. Feder, M.D. including military and local police, SANE nurses, EMT’s and screening in the jail setting as part of a broader effort to dressing GBV, and the assistance they provide to victims, Harriet Macmillan, M.D., M.SC., FRCP(C) victim advocates. This presentation will share the project develop systematic screening and referral protocols. All all before and after interventions. The findings indicate Angela J. Taft, M.P.H., PH.D. and provide resources for replication in other communities. Riker’s Island day and evening case-management, clinical that there have been significant positive changes in aware- Symposium and mental healthcare providers at the women’s facil- At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: ness and attitudes of health providers regarding gender We do not know which interventions in health care set- ity were invited to take the survey. Important findings • Have a working knowledge of military protocols and equality and the factors that contribute to violence. tings make a difference to women experiencing partner included the fact that most jail-based providers believed resources including Military Protections Orders and Transi- Health providers are more proactive in screening, assess- violence. There is an international shortage of partner DV screening was indicated, but few reported doing so. tional Compensation. ing, documenting and supporting GBV victims. These violence intervention trials, not least because the inter- Provider training, coupled with formalized screening and • They will understand the differences in military and civil- health providers have thus contributed in important ways ventions are complex and the studies are challenging for referral protocols, seem warranted. Such protocols are be- ian programs including confidentiality and how this impacts to breaking the silence about GBV. researchers and service providers. This symposium will ing tested at Riker’s Island. address the types of questions that randomised controlled Friday Workshops the victim. At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: trials can (and cannot) answer, sharing lessons from a pilot • Be able to use the replication materials provided to develop At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: • understand the situation of working to stop GBV in the trial in the UK and two trials in progress in Australia and a collaborative effort in their community. • be aware of the current domestic violence screening word in generall, and in US in particularly Canada. practices in a New York City jail facility Homeless Male Veteran Interpersonal Partner Violence • Sharing experiences on health response to GBV in • be aware of the baseline knowledge, attitudes, and (Ipv): A Pilot Study Viet Nam At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: beliefs regarding domestic violence in a New York City Bradley Joseph Schaffer, M.S.W. • learn more about model for health providers working • have a better understanding of what questions about jail facility Innovative Programs/Promising Practice Report with victims of GBV health care responses to domestic violence can be ad- • be aware of domestic violence screening barriers and The salience and incidence of battering and abusive behaviors dressed by randomized controlled trial designs. Friday Workshops potential aids identified by healthcare provider in a jail between homeless male veterans and their partners is un- Appropriate Social Support For Ipv Victims In The • have a better understanding of how to forge effective re- setting known. Otherwise known as Batterer Intervention Programs Health Care Setting, According To Stages Of Readiness: search collaboration between between domestic violence A Qualitative Study Of Ipv Survivors And Emergency service providers, health care providers and academics. (BIPs), the VA provides treatment via the Domestic Rela- Abuse Prevention Services In Health Care Settings Department Nurses Using Vignettes • have a better understanding of the challenges of con- tions Clinic (DRC). The primary mode of treatment is in the Serving High Risk Women: What Do Women Want? Emily A. Bobrow, MPH ducting an RCT within health care settings that addresses format of psycho-educational group counseling, but supple- Andrea C. Gielen, SC.D. Scientific Report domestic violence and these challenges can be resolved. mented by individual sessions, homework assignments, be- Scientific Report We will present the results of a qualitative study with havioral monitoring and collaboration with providers and the This study identified women´s preferences for services that IPV survivors and emergency department nurses. The court system. Nationally, the VA Medical Center´s provide could be delivered in health care settings among a sample study used vignettes to seek respondents´ perspectives limited treatment for male batterers. No VA research stud- of low-income, HIV-positive and at risk abused women. on the types of social support that IPV victims need at ies exist that evaluate the outcomes batterer intervention Women, especially HIV positive and those with substance different stages of readiness to leave a relationship. We and treatment in homeless male veteran substance abusers. abuse, wanted access to peer counselors and the major- will present the similarities and differences both within ity of all women wanted help getting housing, food, jobs 49 50 FRIDAY SATURDAY

SPECIAL & EMERGING TOPICS Intimate Partner Rape, Pregnancy & Women´S Health: Co-Morbidities Of Intimate Partner Violence Exposed 1:20 - 2:40 pm A Two-Group Comparative Design Workshop Schedule Children In Protective Custody Salon 6 – Yerba Buena Ballroom Judith M. Mcfarlane, D.P.H. Saturday, March 17, 2007 Connie Mitchell, M.D. Scientific Report Scientific Report Responding to Sexual Assault: SANE/SART, To better describe the characteristics and consequences of CHILDREN & ADOLESCENTS Exposure to intimate partner violence (IPV) is considered EC and Criminal Justice rape within intimate relationships a multi-ethnic sample 9:50 - 11:10 am a health risk factor for children in the general population, Salon 1 – Yerba Buena Ballroom Emergency Contraception: An Overview Of Usage of 100 sexually assaulted women applying for a protection but does it impose additional risk in children already order was stratified into women who reported a pregnancy brought to the attention of child protective services? In And Access Childhood Exposure to Violence Jennifer Mcallister-Nevins, J.D. following partner rape (n=20) and women who did not a sample of 3999 children who underwent standardized Innovative Programs/Promising Practice Report report a pregnancy following rape (n=80). The outcomes Physical Health And Health Service Use Of Children medical clearance exams after being placed in protec- EC has been all over the headlines lately, but is it avail- of the pregnancy in terms of maternal health, elective Exposed To IPV tive custody, the only difference identified between IPV able when women need it? Studies of pharmacies and abortion and live birth were compared for the two groups Megan H. Bair-Merritt, M.D. exposed and IPV non-exposed was IPV(+) children had emergency departments show it is not. This panel will of women. Danielle M. Thomas-Taylor, M.D. significantly more problems with their mental health than examine surveys done around the country and barriers to Innovative Programs/Promising Practice Report children from IPV(-) homes (P<.05). The records of IPV At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: access. In particular, the panel will examine the impact Annually, millions of children in the U.S. are exposed to children note significantly more problems with parents • be able to discuss the characteristics and consequences of state and national protocols for treating sexual assault intimate partner violence (IPV). Research regarding the whose ability to parent is compromised by either sub- of rape within intimate relationships. survivors and the FDA’s debate over allowing EC to go effect of IPV exposure on children´s physical health is stance or alcohol abuse, criminal justice issues, mental ill- • be able to explore strategies for incorporating this new over the counter and sexual assault victims´ rights to ac- limited. The goals of this session are to increase par- ness and lack of follow-though whenservices are provided. knowledge into their practice site. cess this essential treatment. ticipants’ knowledge, using research conducted by the Of note, there was no “double whammy” effect detected • be able to consider intimate partner rape and the conse- presenters, of the physical health and health use patterns in multiple exposure children contrary to previous pub- At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: quences for women and children as part of violence across of children exposed to IPV and to provide clinical recom- lished literature. • Have a better understanding of EC. the lifespan. mendations for caring for these children. • Understand issues of access on the local and national level. At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: • Come away with ideas for how access can be improved At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: • Describe the rich data base using standardized medical in their community for survivors of domestic violence. • Understand the current state of the literature (includ- clearance exams of children taken into protective custody; ing its limitations) regarding research about the physical • Summarize the key findings for children with and with- Sane/Sart Model: Is There A Difference? health of children exposed to intimate partner violence. out IPV in this population; Annie Lewis-O’Connor, PH.D., M.S., M.P.H. • Recognize common signs and symptoms of children • State the implications of this study for CPS intervention Innovative Programs/Promising Practice Report exposed to intimate partner violence with IPV(+) children. Using a quasi-experimental design a multi site study ex- • Recognize health care use patterns of children exposed

Friday Workshops plored the efficacy of SANE/SART program in relation to to intimate partner violence CHILDREN & ADOLESCENTS 9:50 - 11:10 am arrests, charges, evidence collection, pleas and sentencing. Intergenerational Transmission Of Exposure Salon 2 – Yerba Buena Ballroom At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: To Domestic Violence A Clinical-Legal Advocacy Model To Promote Child • Participant will be able to differentiate between a Sally Black, PH.D. Health & Safety For Families Affected By Domestic SANE/SART model and a Non-SANE/SART model. Scientific Report Violence • Participant will be able to discuss the significance of This study identified types of ETDV and attitudes toward Betsy Mcalister Groves, M.S.W. the SANE/SART study in relation to evidence collection, discussing DV. Women (n=99) completed an anonymous Anne E. Gillespie, J.D. arrest and prosecution and sentencing. survey. Fifty-five percent of women reported that their

Symposium Saturday Workshops • Particpants will be able to recognize the gaps in the child was exposed to DV with the child hearing but not Children of women affected by domestic violence (DV) literature related to program evaluation r/t to SANE/ seeing the fighting as the most common type of exposure. have needs that raise unique advocacy challenges. The SART model. Women with a history of IPV were more likely to report Medical-Legal Partnership for Children (MLPC) at Boston ETDV as a child in comparison to women with no history. Results support intergenerational transmission theories Medical Center provides an innovative collaboration and identify needs of families coping with DV. between pediatric health providers and legal advocates to impact child health/well-being. The Child Witness to At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: Violence Project and MLPC have forged a partnership ad- • Be able to identify levels of ETDV in one population of dressing specific clinical & advocacy needs of children and women and their children. non-offending parents affected by DV. Presenters will use • Recognize the role of intergenerational transmission a case study to engage participants in learning hands-on of ETDV. techniques of child/family-focused advocacy. • Recognize opportunities for medical intervention of DV. 51 52 SATURDAY SATURDAY

At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: our sample; frequency of discussions with providers about DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ASSESSMENT & INTERVENTION • Gain information about the structure and operations 9:50 - 11:10 am of the Passageway Health Law Collaborative. • At the end of this session, participants in attendance domestic violence; and acceptability of the video doctor Salon 3 – Yerba Buena Ballroom will: 1.Increase knowledge of the unique advocacy needs messages. • Learn survivors’ perspectives and feedback about the project. of children, and clinical practice guidelines for child fam- Understanding Police: Reported IPV, Legal ily/focused advocacy. . At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: Partnerships and Advancing Welfare Reform Translating Intimate Partner Violence Practices From • Improve skills at interviewing and assessing families for • Describe the prevalence and correlates of reported A Two-Year Longitudinal Study of Neighborhood Factors Health Care To Welfare advocacy needs. domestic violence in a racially diverse, low-income urban Associated With Police-Reported IPV Rachel Kimerling, PH.D. • Increase familiarity with a model of legal-pediatric sample of pregnant women. Amy E. Bonomi, PH.D. Scientific Report collaborative advocacy that can be replicated in health • Discuss several concrete steps that a health care set- Scientific Report Effective screening and treatment methods for IPV in settings ting can implement to support and simplify providers´ efforts to screen and counsel their patients about domestic The present investigation used data from urban couples healthcare settings are established. Few practices reach involved in a police-reported IPV event to examine the DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ASSESSMENT & INTERVENTION violence. Welfare settings where IPV is prevalent. We describe 9:50 - 11:10 am • Recognize how participation in research can benefit pro- temporal relationship between neighborhood structural the Study on Health and Employment (SHE), designed A1 – Golden Gate Hall viders, staff, and patients without creating an additional factors (e.g., concentrated low income and education) and to bridge this gap in California. Approximately 1 in 3 burden. individual level factors and the number of subsequent TANF participants reported physical or psychological Addressing Pregnancy & IPV: Home Visitation non-physical and physical IPV occurrences reported by abuse in the past year and data suggest IPV has potential and Other Models Domestic Violence & Reproductive Health: abused women to police over two years. Social disorgani- to negatively impact TANF outcomes. We illustrate how A Look At Women In Shelters zation theory and its application to neighborhood context resources from health care settings have been adapted for Domestic Violence Enhanced Home Visitation - Dove Nita Chatwani, M.S. and IPV will be discussed. use in TANF settings. Phyllis W. Sharps, PH.D., F.A.A.N. Scientific Report Innovative Programs/Promising Practice Report We will present findings of a pilot study investigating At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: The Domestic Violence Enhanced Home Visitation - the reproductive health needs of women in shelters. No • Have an understanding of social disorganization theory • Know the prevalence and impact of IPV in TANF DOVE project is a research based intervention testing the previous research has explored the comprehensive needs and its application to intimate partner violence occur- programs effiacy of a nurse home visit intervention using a struc- of this population as perceived by the women themselves. rence. • Be able to translate practices and research from health tured IPV format aimed at reducing IPV and improving We hope to increase awareness of the relationship be- • Understand the contribution of neighborhood context care settings to TANF populations maternal and infant outcomes. The project is carried out tween domestic violence and adverse reproductive health to IPV occurrence. in health departments in urban and rurual settings. outcomes as well as increase linkages between the medi- EDUCATING & ENGAGING PROVIDERS The Passageway Health Law Collaborative (Phlc): 9:50 - 11:10 am At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: cal and shelter communities to best bring services to Improving Legal Outcomes For Survivors Through Nob Hill D • Describe home visitation strategies used to reduce fam- women who need them. Participants are asked to engage A Partnership Between An Academic Medical Center ily IPV. in discussion for how to move forward in developing these And Legal Services Promoting Healthy Relationships to Achieve Better Saturday Workshops • Describe the integration of the structured IPV em- relationships. Tina Nappi, M.S.W. Health: What Systems and Providers Can Do powerment intervention into perinatal home visitation Sarah Boonin, J.D. At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: Promoting Healthy Relationships To Achieve Better programs. Innovative Programs/Promising Practice Report • be more informed about the relationship between do- Health: What Systems And Providers Can Do • Discuss the intergration of the structured IPV interven- An innovative partnership between a health care domes- mestic violence and reproductive health outcomes. Pat Koppa, M.P.H. tion into the Nurse Family Partnership home visitation tic violence program and legal services agency creates a • have contributed ideas for how to improve screening for Amy Okaya, M.P.H. program. “public health” approach to addressing the legal needs reproductive health needs at shelters. Symposium of survivors. Through a team assessment and interven- • become part of the movement to strengthen relation- This symposium presents a health care model for the pri- The Health In Pregnancy Study: A Randomized, tion, short- and long-term legal services are offered rather Controlled Trial To Detect And Address Domestic ships between shelters and the medical community. mary prevention of violence and its health sequelae, focus- than waiting for the legal crises to occur. Increased access Workshops Saturday ing on the promotion of healthy relationships. The model Violence During Routine Prenatal Care to safety options and client empowerment are achieved offers tools and methods that can improve organizational Huy Ngo, B.A. through this model. This session will present case il- climate and practice at the intra/interpersonal, organiza- Scientific Report lustrations, lessons learned and practical information for tional and systems levels. Attendees at this presentation The Health In Pregnancy study is a randomized, con- those interested in replicating the model and/or learning will gain familiarity with the model through experiential trolled trial of computerized risk assessment integrated about ways to enhance partnerships between domestic learning. into routine prenatal care. Using a modified version of violence programs and legal services. the Abuse Assessment Screen, the program assesses physi- At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: cal abuse and forced sexual activities, delivers personalized At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: • Build a healthcare logic model to promote healthy adult advice from a “video doctor,” and alerts the medical • Gain knowledge about a partnership between health relationships provider about the violence. Preliminary results include care and legal services that creates access for survivors to prevalence and correlates of reported domestic violence in assistance.

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EDUCATING & ENGAGING PROVIDERS to enact change in the campaign against violence providers and community liaisons and build leadership for Exposure To Interpersonal Violence And Current Post- 9:50 - 11:10 am • appreciate roles students can play in developing new change traumatic Stress Disorder Among Women With Self-Re- Pacific Suite A projects at your institution and in improving pre-existing ported Chlamydia Diagnoses programs, by describing specific, successful examples of At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: Jennifer Alvarez, PH.D. Medical Students Education, Activism & Attitudes student work across the country • Participants will learn how outreach techniques are used Scientific Report to disseminate information to farm worker women living Integrating Experiential Domestic Violence Training • gain a detailed knowledge of one successful annual, We examined the relationship between interpersonal in rural areas in which services are not available and/or And Advocacy Opportunities Into Medical Education student-run violence conference for health students and violence, PTSD, and self-reported Chlamydia diagnosis not accessible Through A Community DV Program And School Of providers, leaving with concrete tools to initiate a similar in a population-based sample of 3,526 reproductive- • Participants will learn how Lideres Campesinas organiz- Medicine Partnership program at your institution aged women. Child abuse was a significant determinant es educational house meetings and forums/clinics to reach Danielle M. Christiano-Smith, M.D. of Chlamydia diagnosis and Chlamydia diagnoses were A Biopsychosocial Perspective On Domestic Violence out to these communities Innovative Programs/Promising Practice Report associated with increased odds of past-year IPV, history For The Fourth Year Medical Student: Thirty-Nine • Participants will learn how Lideres Campesinas provides Literature indicates that physicians are not well prepared of other interpersonal violence, and PTSD. These issues Students Later’ What We’Ve Learned, What We’Ve training to local/regional agencies and service provid- to respond to DV. A common reason cited is lack of appear to cluster in STD settings and define a population Changed, Where We’Re Going. ers about breaking gaps in services and provide adequate provider education. There is considerable need to increase of women who require targeted treatment efforts for both Susan Marie Michalski, R.N., M.S. services to farmworker women physician knowledge and skills to respond to DV. Learn IPV and STDs that account for behavioral and psycho- Innovative Programs/Promising Practice Report about an innovative training program that allows medi- logical responses to violence. Thirty-nine students have successfully completed, “A HEALTH IMPACT OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE & SEXUAL cal students to work with local DV programs to serve as Biopsychosocial Perspective For the Fourth Year Medical ASSAULT ACROSS THE LIFESPAN At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: hospital based advocates. This experiential opportunity, 9:50 - 11:10 am Student” offered through two medical schools Omaha, • Be able to describe the relationship between interper- integrated throughout the pre-clinical and clinical years, A2 – Golden Gate Hall Nebraska. This presentation will describe what we have sonal violence, PTSD, and Chlamydia. improves students´ preparedness and self-confidence to learned, what we have changed and ourvision to sustain • Be able to describe treatment implications. screen for and manage DV. Lifetime Exposure to Violence: PTSD, Male Veterans and grow this elective. & Perpetration Examining Pathways Through Which Family-Of-Origin At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: Abuse Exposure Leads To Abuse Perpetration • learn how to provide medical, nursing and allied health- Lifetime Sexual And Physical Victimization Among • Participants in attendance will understand the sucessful In Adulthood care students with opportunities to help manage victims Male Veterans With Combat-Related Ptsd components in establishing a domestic violence elective Casey T. Taft, PH.D. of DV by partnering with local DV programs to offer Jennifer L. Strauss, PH.D. for the fourth year medical students. Scientific Report healthcare based advocacy Scientific Report • Participants will examine the cost benefit ratio and This study examined the inter-relationships among • discuss training processes, procedures and protocols of To corroborate evidence that early trauma exposure may business plan to institute and continue a fourth year childhood abuse variables, posttraumatic stress disorder a hospital based DV advocacy program, which utilizes heighten risk for combat-related PTSD, we examined medical elective. (PTSD) symptoms, social information processing deficits, health care students to provide direct services prevalence, stage of life, and type of victimization in Saturday Workshops • Participants will identity methods to enhance a fourth and relationship abuse perpetration in adulthood among • describe positive outcomes implementation of experien- 133 male veterans with combat-related PTSD, recruited year medical elective with a focus on program success and a community sample of 175 men. Results demonstrated tial training makes on health care providers knowledge, through a psychiatric inpatient unit. Nearly all (95%) longevity. that PTSD symptoms and social information processing skill and self-confidence in addressing DV. endorsed a lifetime history of victimization. Rates during childhood: physical=60%, sexual=41%, both physical deficits were the primary variables that explained why Engaging Health Professional Students: EDUCATING & ENGAGING PROVIDERS and sexual=32%. Rates after age 16: physical=93%, childhood abuse exposure was related to higher rela- 9:50 - 11:10 am Accessing An Untapped Resource Pacific Suite B sexual=20%, both physical and sexual=20%. Lifetime tionship abuse perpetration. Results indicate a need for Aruna Venkatesan, B.SC. trauma exposure may increase later risk for PTSD and further investigation into PTSD and information process- Innovative Programs/Promising Practice Report Effective Techniques Community Engagement should be assessed in this cohort. ing mechanisms in the development of abusive intimate Students, specifically health professional students, are in relationship behavior.

for Social Justice Workshops Saturday At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: a unique position to enact change in policy and clinical Mily Trevino-Sauceda, B.A. At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: • Understand the known risks associated with sexual and practice. Unfortunately, students are often underutilized Symposium • have increased knowledge regarding the impact of early physical victimization across the lifespan. in the campaign to end abuse. This session addresses the Líderes Campesinas´ presentation will demonstrate how trauma on later abuse perpetration • Understand the potential links between lifetime roles students can play in your current organizing efforts theater is used to bring awareness in the farmworker and • have increased knowledge regarding the effects of early victimization and risks for combat-related PTSD. or the implementation of new programs, through the il- immigrant community on topics such as Domestic Vio- trauma on PTSD and deficits in the processing of social • Understand the prevalence and type of victimization lustrative example of UCSF SHPSR’s annual, student-run lence, Sexual Assault, Sexual Harassment in the workplace information across the lifespan reported by male veterans with com- violence prevention conference. Learn how to incorporate & other health related issues. The facilitator will present • have increased knowledge regarding the influence bat-related PTSD. students into your research, policy, or clinical projects and theater & will engage participants through participatory of PTSD and information processing deficits on abuse become an ally for student-work. exercises that entail obtaining information and learning to perpetration At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: work within the cultural context of the community; why • understand the unique strengths and talents of students it is important to build true collaborations with service

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HEALTH IMPACT OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE & SEXUAL • Examine the effects of intimate partner violence and PREVENTION & PUBLIC HEALTH Coaching Boys Into Men: Engaging Men To Prevent ASSAULT ACROSS THE LIFESPAN sexual assault history on women’s headache. 9:50 - 11:10 am Violence Against Women 9:50 - 11:10 am Pacific Suite C A3 – Golden Gate Hall • Review and discuss ramifications for clinical practice Leiana Kinnicutt, B.A. and future intervention research in this area. Juan Carlos Areán, MM Working With Men to Prevent DV Intimate Partner Violence: Prevalence, Types, Innovative Programs/Promising Practice Report IPV Severity And Risk Correlate With Functional Over the past five years, the Family Violence Prevention And Chronicity In Adult Women “What About The Men?” Opportunities And Challenges Health Status Fund has refined its public education strategy to focus Of Engaging Men As Allies In The Health Care Setting Helen E. Straus, M.D., M.S. on men and boys through the Coaching Boys into Men Intimate Partner Violence: Prevalence, Types, Bonnie Zimmer, M.S.W. Kate Cerulli, PhD, JD (CBIM) campaign, as a critical part of the national move- And Chronicity In Adult Women James L. Heffernan, M.B.A. Scientific Report ment to end violence against women and girls. CBIM, a Melissa Anderson, MS Innovative Programs/Promising Practice Report This project characterizes the mental and physical func- national public service announcement campaign includes Scientific Report In June 2005 Massachusetts General Hospital launched tional health status of emergency department patients television, print, radio, and web PSAs, in addition to Intimate Partner Violence: New information on Prevalence, a new initiative, “MGH Men Against Abuse”. This who have experienced IPV and correlates these findings collateral materials for the public. The campaign´s core Types, and Chronicity in Adult women. A random sample workshop, presented by an advocate, program direc- with the severity of abuse and the amount of risk the goal is to inspire men to teach boys to respect women and telephone survey of 3568 women, aged 18-64 who are tor and founding member of MGH Men Against Abuse patients describe. Associations of health functioning to that violence never equals strength. Men – as fathers, enrolled in a large HMO, measured physical and non-phys- will explore the opportunities that arise when men join self-advocacy behaviors are made and distinctions by brothers, coaches, teachers, uncles and mentors – are in ical IPV in last year (8% any), 5 years (15%) and lifetime health-care based efforts to end intimate partner abuse gender are described as well. a unique position to prevent domestic violence through (44%). Of those with IPV, 45% experienced 1 type. and violence against women. We will also explore some action and conversation. 10-20% of women were abused by more than one partner, At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: of the challenges we faced in our first year and the strate- At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: and IPV persisted for 20 years in 5-13% depending on • have gained information about the physical and mental gies we used to overcome these challenges. type. These rates are from a population of educated, functional health status of IPV victims as associated with • become familiar with the research, development and employed women with health care coverage. the severity of abuse and the degree of danger they face. At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: implementation of the Coaching Boys into Men cam- • Learn about efforts to organize men as allies paign. At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: Where Women Go: The Global Development Of Screen- • Understand the opportunities that such efforts offer • learn about localizing and adapting the campaign for • Have a better understanding of the high prevalence, the ing And Treatment Programs At Health Care Services healthcare based programs their community. overlap between types, and the severity of IPV. As well as, Lynne Stevens, M.S.W. • Understand some potential challenges that arise in the pervasiveness over time of IPV. Innovative Programs/Promising Practice Report organizing men and learn strategies for addressing such PREVENTION & PUBLIC HEALTH • Have a better understanding of the linkages to earlier While services for survivors exist in many communities, 9:50 – 11:10 am challenges Pacific Suite D child abuse. a number of barriers stop survivors from using them. But • Have a better appreciation of the fact that IPV is an equal women do go to health care services. An important de- Working With Abusive Fathers velopment has been the implementation of programs de- Lonna Davis, M.S.W. Advocates Work with Healthcare:

Saturday Workshops opportunity problem. signed to: screen women at these sites, assess victims and Juan Carlos Areán, MM Survivor Perspectives and Vicarious Trauma Headache, Head Injury And Lifetime Exposure offer them referral services, either on- or off-site. Based on Innovative Programs/Promising Practice Report Vicarious Trauma: A Unique Response To Advocates To Violence experiences in more than 12 countries the presenter will This segment will present the innovative Fathering After And Their Agencies Megan R. Gerber, MD MPH discuss some key areas such as: staff involvement, effec- Violence initiative, developed by the FVPF to enhance the Lisa A. Tieszen, M.S.W. Scientific Report tiveness of programs and quality of care. safety and well-being of women and children by motivat- Dolores Aguirre, B.A. Headache is a common, chronic condition which dispropor- ing men to renounce their violence and become better Innovative Programs/Promising Practice Report tionately affects and disables women. Our study examines At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: fathers and more supportive parenting partners. This The Advocate Education & Support Project (AESP) is a the association between headache, head trauma from violent • Comprehend the importance of screening women where project is based on the premise that men who use violence they already go for care. unique model of group intervention responding to the

assaults and histories of intimate partner violence (IPV) Workshops Saturday can be held accountable for their behavior and, at the Secondary Traumatic Stress/Compassion Fatigue experi- and sexual assault (SA) in a cohort of women recruited from • Identify the reasoning behind the need to sensitize all same time, be encouraged to change it by using father- enced by advocates working with traumatized victims. eight different healthcare settings and the surrounding staff. hood as a leading approach. Ten weekly group sessions, bringing together advocates community. While prior work has established storng con- • Recognize the importance of developing indicators of from across victim services programs (i.e. court, commu- nections between headache, IPV and SA, detailed informa- success at the beginning of the program. At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: nity and hospital-based)—provide a forum for learning tion about antecedent head trauma is often lacking. Using • Understand the rationale and guiding principles behind about the effects of STS and enhancing self-care strategies. these detailed histories, we have found that traumatic head FAV. Over the past two years, with an increase in Latino advo- injury is not a predictor of headache while intimate partner • Make the connection between working with abusive cate participation, AESP has modified and translated the violence and unwanted sexual experiences are. fathers and keeping women and children safe. • Learn about new strategies for engaging abusive fathers curriculum, running their first series for Latino Advocates At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: in changing their behavior. last Spring. The panel will be presenting the original and • Understand the relationship between traumatic head Latino series curriculum and their qualitative and quanti- injury and report of headache. tative findings. 57 58 SATURDAY SATURDAY

At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: by collaboration with a large health institution or similar Health Promotion And Violence Prevention: A Model To Improving Ipv Services In A Large Mental Health • Understand the the development of Secondary Trau- • Be able to describe ways to effectively advocate for the Serve High-Risk African American Families System matic Stress (STS) in advocates who work with victims of situation and views of women and children experiencing Joyce N. Thomas, RN, MPH, FAAN Patricia A. Cluss, PH.D. violence and effective methods of prevention. violence within the hospital setting Innovative Programs/Promising Practice Report Innovative Programs/Promising Practice Report • Understand the model of the Advocate Education and This paper will focus on health promotion through struc- Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a mental health concern Support Project (AESP) as a unique, effective group series PREVENTION & PUBLIC HEALTH tured parent education that is designed to reduce stress, since high rates of IPV victims and perpetrators receive 9:50 - 11:10 am preventing or reversing the development of STS in advo- Nob Hill C thus prevention family violence. mental health (MH) services. The MH system has not cates. responded adequately to this issue. A comprehensive ef- • Understand additional factors contributing to STS in At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: fort at one large psychiatric facility improved the focus on Programs Designed to Meet the Needs of • Gain knowledge about strategies and lessons learned in Latino advocates and effective methods to prevent or Specific Populations IPV. A multicomponent program design assessed needs, reduce its development. working with low-income African American families to implemented training and clinician/patient support ini- Integrated Model For Immigrants Living With promote healthy life styles. tiatives, and evaluated outcomes. With top-down support Does Participation In Healthcare-Based Dv Advocacy Domestic Violence • Increase understanding about collaboration with com- and consistent focus at all levels, improved attention to Programs Make A Difference? Positive And Negative Jill Silverman, M.D. munity providers to implement parent group programs. IPV in a large MH system is possible. Perceptions Of An Ethnically Diverse Sample Of Clients Scientific Report • Improve knowledge about how various health topics are Jeanne E. Hathaway, M.D., M.P.H. Abused immigrant Latina women with children were perceived and accepted by high-risk families. At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: Scientific Report interviewed individually or in the setting of a focus group • Understand how intimate partner violence is a mental This presentation will describe positive and negative regarding their history of help seeking. The women RESPONDING TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN health concern. perceived changes and current goals of a diverse sample of SPECIFIC HEALTH CARE SETTINGS • Be aware of strategies for assessing client prevalence of responded to questions regarding barriers to accessing 9:50 - 11:10 am clients from four healthcare-based DV programs, as well services and motivators to help seeking. The interviews Salon 4 – Yerba Buena Ballroom IPV,clinician knowledge and attitudes, and agency adher- as implications of these findings for practice and future and focus groups were analyzed for dominant themes. ence to national programmatic benchmarks. research. The results of the study are to be used to improve services Women & IPV: PTSD, Trauma, Health Outcomes • Understand the components of an integrated and com- & Large Mental Health System Response prehensive approach to IPV in a mental health setting. At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: for these women. • Be able to describe the frequency of positive and nega- At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (Ptsd) With Women Trauma And Health Outcomes: Is Intimate Partner tive changes perceived by healthcare-based DV program • Understand barriers to help seeking encountered by Who Have Left An Abusive Partner: Violence Different From Other Trauma Exposure? clients, as well as descriptions of those changes. abused immigrant women Implications For Primary Care Providers Anuradha Paranjape, M.D., M.P.H. • Be able to describe clients´ current goals and what areas • Understand the major motivators for help seeking by Marilyn Merritt-Gray, B.NURS., M.S.N. Scientific Report clients would most like DV advocates to assist them with. abused immigrant women Scientific Report We compared health outcomes associated with intimate • Discuss implications of these findings for service • Understand how healthcare providers can better serve Women with a history of IPV and mild to moderate PTSD partner violence (IPV) with those associated with other Saturday Workshops providers and future evaluation of healthcare-based DV this population can be effectively managed by Primary Care providers. A types of trauma exposure: physical violence, sexual vio- programs. quantitative longitudinal study of the health of 309 Cana- lence, witnessing violence, natural disaster, life-threaten- Domestic Violence Education For Rural, Low Literate dian women during the early years after leaving an abusive ing accident. IPV was as associated with Posttraumatic Diverse Expectations - The Role Of A Family Violence Populations partner is presented. PTSDsymptoms measured using the Stress Disorder as other types of trauma in both sexes. Medical Advocate Joan Cuadra, BA Davidson Trauma Scale and data detailing the physical and Among women, IPV was as associated with chronic pain, Dale Little, B.A., DIPLOMA OF COUNSELING Innovative Programs/Promising Practice Report mental health symptoms secondary to abuse, are used to substance use disorder, and depression as witnessing vio- Innovative Programs/Promising Practice Report Proteus, Inc. currently provides domestic violence com- present a symptom profile for women with mild to moder- lence or natural disasters. Among men, physical or sexual This presentation will explore some of the challenges munity education sessions targeted at migrant farmwork- ate PTSD. Practice implications are highlighted. violence, witnessing violence, accidents, and natural disas- experienced by the first on-site FV advocate in a New ers and other low income individuals residing in rural ters more likely than IPV to be associated with all health Zealand hospital, in relation to the introduction of communities. In these multi ethnic communities, access At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: outcomes other than Irritable Bowel Syndrome. Workshops Saturday routine screening and responding to individual women to information that is culturally and linguistically appro- • At the end of this session participants will be able to experiencing violence. Preventing Violence in the Home, priate for low literate populations is needed. In order to profile the pattern of physical and mental health symp- At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: a major pro-feminist FV agency, along with clinical staff meet this need, two curriculums have been developed: one toms for IPV survivors with mild to moderate PTSD. • Have a greater understanding of how the negative health have pioneered some training and practice activities, such designed for Spanish speaking farmworkers and the other • Identify related practice implications for primary care consequences associated with IPV exposure compare to as a very well-received orientation programme for all new designed for low literate, multi ethnic English speakers. health providers. those associated with other types of traumatic exposure. staff, and an active involvement in a multi-disciplinary team working with pregnant women with drug problems. At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: • At the end of this session, participants in attendance will learn At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: the value of implementing domestic violence education pro- • Understand the strengths of hospital-based positions in grams that meet the needs of rural, low literate populations. dealing effectively with family violence as a health issue • Be able to assess the opportunities and risks presented 59 60 SATURDAY SATURDAY

RESPONDING TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN tinely inquire about adult domestic violence victimization • Have gained knowledge about the types of violence and years of age participated in the study. Significant find- SPECIFIC HEALTH CARE SETTINGS and childhood victimization. help-seeking patterns among lesbian mothers who experi- ings include: living with IPV (p<.010); abuse during 9:50 - 11:10 am Salon 5 – Yerba Buena Ballroom ence intimate partner violence. pregnancy related to substance use (p<.000), sexual abuse At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: by a partner (p<.000), and repeat pregnancy (p<.001); • Have a better understanding of barriers and behaviors CHILDREN & ADOLESCENTS and higher child abuse potential scores (p<.006). Results Integrating Intimate Partner Violence Into regarding domestic violence inquiry among fathering 11:30 am - 12:50 pm Reproductive Health Care A1 – Golden Gate Hall support development and testing of interventions for AI providers in the Philadelphia area. teens experiencing IPV and substance abuse. Linda Burgess Chamberlain, PH.D., MPH • Understand content critical to developing domestic vio- Rebecca Levenson, MA lence interventions within fathering curricula The Experience of Teen Relationship Violence in At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: Symposium Girls & Boys: Risk Behaviors, Pregnancy & • Understand that American Indian/Alaskan Native Childhood sexual abuse and intimate partner violence Parenting After Violence: What Mothers, Fathers Childhood Exposure women are affected by Intimate Partner Violence at a rate have major implications for reproductive health. This And Children Have To Say D.V. Exposure: Effects On Adolescents’ that is greater than all other non-native people. symposium provides an overview of a new chapter on this Darla Spence Coffey, PH.D. • Identify appropriate assessment measures for IPV topic that has been added to the Public Health Toolkit Scientific Report Dating Relationships Karina Sicairos, MSW., B.A. among AI adolescent mothers. which includes a PowerPoint presentation and an annotat- This focus group study provides support for the need to • Discuss the potential effects of IPV upon sexual behav- ed bibliography. Assessment and intervention strategies help parents talk to and listen to their children about their Scientific Report The study examined the relationship between adolescents´ ior, trauma symptoms, and child abuse potential among that are tailored to different types reproductive health experiences witnessing and being otherwise exposed to AI teen mothers care visits and working with culturally diverse patient domestic violence. The study has implications for how to exposure to domestic violence and the likelihood of en- populations will be emphasized. teach parents how to parent in a way that facilitates heal- gaging in conflict behaviors, justification of violence, and Adolescent Male Reports Of Dating Violence: Associa- ing in their children to improve health and mental health. help seeking behaviors. A significant relationship between tions With Sexual Health And Pregnancy Involvement At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: exposure to parental verbal and physical aggression and Jay G. Silverman, PH.D. • Identify four reproductive health consequences of child- At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: the likelihood of adolescents engaging in negative conflict Scientific Report hood sexual abuse and/or intimate partner violence. • be more knowledgeable of the complex issues involved behaviors within their own dating relationships was This paper will describe a quantitative study of adoles- • Discuss the importance of conducting more comprehen- in parenting after domestic violence. found. There was also a strong correlation between moth- cent males recruited from a health care setting and their sive assessment for lifetime exposure to intimate partner • know how to assist parents in talking to their children ers´ physical aggression and adolescents´ justification for reports of dating violence, sexual risk behaviors and preg- violence and childhood sexual abuse. about domestic violence. violence. Such findings indicate a need for more research nancy involvement. • Demonstrate two different strategies for assessment that • be prepared to deliver services for survivors, perpetrators to be focused on the relationship between exposure to are specifically tailored to the reproductive health care and children exposed to DV that attend to the needs and domestic violence and adolescents´ dating relationships. At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: setting. issues of parenting after violence. Raising awareness among Child Welfare policy makers • Understand the prevalence and types of violence and regarding multigenerational issues, the long term effects coercion enacted by adolescent males seeking health care SPECIAL & EMERGING TOPICS Lesbian Mothering In The Context Of Intimate Partner against their sexual and dating partners.

Saturday Workshops of domestic violence and the potential for prevention is 9:50 - 11:10 am Violence crucial in order to gain support for early preventative • Understand how this violence and coercion impacts the Salon 6 – Yerba Buena Ballroom Jennifer L. Hardesty, PH.D. programs. sexual and reproductive health of the female sexual and Scientific Report dating partners of abusive boys. Parenting in the Context of Violence: Parents, Children, This study explored violence and parenting among lesbian At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: Lesbians and Agency Staff Speak Out mothers. Twenty-four mothers were interviewed. Simi- • Have gained additional insight as to the long term Dating Violence Among Adolescent Girls Utilizing lar to heterosexual mothers, lesbian mothers prioritized Teen Clinics: Prevalence And Associations With Sexual Fathering Agency Staff Members’ Perspectives On effects of domestic violence on teens and their future “being good moms” and protecting their children. Their Health And Pregnancy Domestic Violence relationships. stories differed in that they tried to separate relation- Elizabeth Miller, M.D., PH.D. Peter F. Cronholm, M.D., M.S.C.E. • Engaged in a brief conversation about how child welfare ships with partners from parenting relationships, even Scientific Report Scientific Report services could better address domestic violence when more Workshops Saturday when sharing a household. Most had disclosed to police This paper will describe a quantitative study of adoles- This presentation will describe the perspectives of staff data shows violence is generational. or therapists but were reluctant to tell health care provid- cent females recruited from confidential teen clinics and working in community-based parenting organizations • Discuss collaboration issues involved in domestic ers. Findings have implications for understanding lesbian their reports of dating violence, sexual risk behaviors and addressing fathering interventions regarding barriers and violence prevention measures as community partners, in mothers´ strengths and vulnerabilities and for implement- pregnancy experiences. behaviors concerning domestic violence. A cross-sectional order to prevent more children coming into the system. ing sensitive health care responses. At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: study of 85 fathering providers was analysed with four At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: Intimate Partner Violence (Ipv) Among American In- • Describe prevalence of multiple forms of intimate partner major domains of inquiry: individual barriers, agency-level • Have an understanding of the unique strengths and vul- dian Teen Mothers violence among a clinic-based sample of adolesent girls. barriers, individual behaviors and individual demograph- nerabilities of lesbian mothers who experience intimate Marylou Mylant, PH.D., N.P., , R.N. • Describe co-occurrence of IPV experiences with sexual ics. Results suggested that individual-level barriers shaped partner violence. Scientific Report risk behaviors such as condom nonuse, contraceptive providers’ likelihood to inquire routinely about domestic • Have considered sensitive and effective responses to in- This study describes IPV, trauma, pregnancy, and child nonuse, and birth control sabotage among a clinic-based violence perpetration. In contrast, agency-level variables timate partner violence among lesbian mothers in health abuse among AI teen mothers. Forty-nine low income, sample of adolescents. were more likely to moderate providers’ likelihood to rou- care settings. pregnant and parenting teen mothers between 16 and 21 • Identify careseeking patterns among adolescent girls 61 62 SATURDAY SATURDAY

experiencing IPV that may assist care providers in early • Be familiar with a framework/template for conduct- At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: Expanding Our Views Of Perpetrators During Pregnancy identification and intervention. ing multi-level countywide needs assessments focused on • Be able to list the characteristics of a collaborative com- Patricia A. Paluzzi, DRPH, CNM children and adolescents exposed to family violence munity response. Scientific Report CHILDREN & ADOLESCENTS • Increase knowledge of the primary service needs of chil- • Be able to define the goals and objectives of a certified Interesting results emerged from this retrospective analysis 11:30 am - 12:50 pm Nob Hill C – D dren and adolescents and the role health institutions play batterer intervention program. of the relation of drug use and a host of other variables and in meeting those needs • Be able to list both appropriate and inappropriate meth- physical violence among a sample of inner city pregnant Coordinated Responses to Children Exposed to Violence • Identify ways to build the capacity of community health ods of intervention with batterers. women. Women reporting drug use and violence (mean centers and other health institutions to more compre- age 26 years) were more likely to be abused by their moth- A Coordinated Community Response To Children Ex- hensively support children and adolescents exposed to Patterns Of Perpetrators´ Abusive Behaviors As ers than an intimate partner. Childhood sex abuse, depres- posed To Domestic Violence In Pediatric Health Care domestic violence Reported By Survivors sion, pregnancy intention and housing instability were also Martha B. Davis, M.S.S. Nancy Glass, PH.D., M.P.H., R.N. significant. The findings reflect family cycles of violence. Sandra H. Dempsey, M.S.S., M.L.S.P. Addressing Domestic Violence In A Pediatric Setting: Scientific Report Increased screening for non typical perpetrators is needed. Innovative Programs/Promising Practice Report A Screening And Intervention Model The purpose of this study was to determine and describe The Philadelphia Safe and Bright Futures (SBF) initiative Maria D. Mccolgan, M.D. unique patterns of perpetrators´ abusive behaviors as re- At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: developed a sustainable, collaborative approach to children Patricia Barry, B.S. ported by survivors. The investigators used an exploratory • Be more aware of non intimate partners as perpetrators exposed to domestic violence using pediatric health care Innovative Programs/Promising Practice Report multivariate technique, cluster analysis, with data that during pregnancy. as the focal point. A Needs Assessment was conducted to In 1998, the American Academy of Pediatrics stated that involved interviews with survivors using the Danger As- • Learn about differences in the relation between drug use investigate the prevalence of children´s exposure to DV in to prevent child abuse, routine screening of all female sessment (DA), on which survivors report abusive behav- and violence by drug type Philadelphia and current system responses to children ex- caregivers should be a standard of care. The presenters iors perpetrated within the past year. The presentation will • Be more aware of the risk of violence associated with posed to DV. Subsequently, a Blueprint was developed on will share their findings from a domestic violence training focus on findings from the cluster analysis that revealed unintended pregnancy and depression. how to create a model integrated system of care for children and screening intervention in a pediatric setting. Follow- unique patterns of abusive behaviors across the seven DA ing a didactic presentation of this model, participants will items used for the analysis. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ASSESSMENT & INTERVENTION exposed to DV in pediatric health care. 11:30 am - 12:50 pm have the opportunity to break into small groups to discuss A2 – Golden Gate Hall At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: how this screening and training model could be used in At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: • Learn about new data from a needs assessment on their own sites and how to overcome barriers. • At the end of this session, participants in attendance will have a basic understanding of cluster analysis as an ex- Military Active Duty & Veterans Experiences with PTSD, prevalence of and response to children exposed to domestic Perpetrator Rehabilitation, & Sexual Trauma violence in Philadelphia from four separate studies. At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: ploratory technique to identify unique patterns of abusive • Learn about Philadelphia’s Blueprint on A Coordinated • Develop a screening protocol for use in their practice behaviors. DV Perpetrator Rehabilitation For Active Duty And Community Response To Children’s Exposure To Domestic setting Military Veterans: Lessons Learned • Explain the connection between domestic violence and Assessing Risk Of Repeat Violence In Abusive Female Violence In Pediatric Health Care and how to replicate. Same-Sex Intimate Relationships April Gerlock, PH.D., ARNP Saturday Workshops • Understand the goals and process for developing a multi- child abuse Innovative Programs/Promising Practice Report • Screen for domestic violence Nancy E. Glass, PH.D., M.P.H., R.N. disciplinary Clinical Network on Children Exposed to Scientific Report This presentation addresses running a DV perpetrator Domestic Violence. rehabilitation program for a combined group of active DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ASSESSMENT & INTERVENTION Abused women are at risk for repeat violence, injury, dis- duty and military veterans. The program was a Washing- The Suffolk County Safe And Bright Futures For 11:30 am - 12:50 pm ability, and death. Identifying those most at risk allows Salon 1 – Yerba Buena Ballroom for preventive action with victims and perpetrators. The ton State DV-certified program, and met all requirements Children Initiative & The Role Of Health Centers In mandated by law (WAC 388-60). The rehabilitation pro- Serving Children Exposed To Domestic Violence Danger Assessment-2 (DA-2) is sensitive and specific Perpetrator Behavior, Survivor Perspectives in identifying risk for repeat violence and homicide in gram addressed the, at times, competing demands of the Melissa J. Hagan, M.P.H. & Increasing Safety Including LGBT military mission and Washington State requirements for Betsy Mcalister Groves, M.S.W. heterosexual relationships. Its effectiveness in predicting

& Disabled Populations repeat victimization in female same-sex IPV relationships, DV rehabilitation. Additionally, the presentation address- Workshops Saturday Innovative Programs/Promising Practice Report es other co-occurring problems such as combat exposure, The Child Witness to Violence Project (CWVP) at Boston Increasing Victim Safety By Enhancing Perpetrator however, is unknown. The investigator will describe findings from a community-based collaborative evaluation of posttraumatic stress disorder and substance abuse, and the Medical Center, through federal funding from the Safe Accountability challenges of running such a program. and Bright Futures initiative, designed and implemented Doug Gaudette, M.A. the effectiveness of the DA-2 in abusive same-sex intimate a comprehensive community needs assessment target- Innovative Programs/Promising Practice Report relationships. At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: ing the availability and delivery of services to children We will review our hospital’s certified batterer interven- At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: • Identify the critical elements of running a DV perpetra- and adolescents affected by domestic violence (CEDV) in tion program and the role it plays in helping to assure • Understand risk and protective factors identified by tion rehabilitation program. Boston; the findings highlight the central role commu- victim safety. More specifically, we will discuss our DV survivors as unique to female same-sex intimate partner • Address ways to manage the competing demans of the nity health centers and hospitals play in the identification, High Risk Assessment Team, our collaborative commu- violence. military and state law requirements for DV perpetrator referral and serving of CEDV. nity response efforts, and our curriculum which places a rehabilitation. premium on safety and accountability • Identify factors that relate to successful completion of At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: DV rehabilitation. 63 64 SATURDAY SATURDAY

A Self-Management Intervention To Improve Outcomes ECONOMIC, LEGAL, ETHICAL, BUSINESS behaviors towards him and minimization and justifica- At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: In Women Veterans With Ptsd Related To Military & DELIVERY ISSUES tion of his behaviors towards the victim and others. It • Describe the role, functions and responsibilities of the 11:30 am - 12:50 pm Sexual Trauma is hoped that obtaining this understanding will provide expert witness in domestic violence civil or criminal cases; Salon 2 –Yerba Buena Ballroom Jennifer L. Strauss, PH.D. new information to improve the effectiveness of batterers´ • List the parts of a an expert report and steps to prepare Innovative Programs/Promising Practice Report intervention programs. for courtroom testimony; Working With Male Perpetrators: Over 25,000 women veterans who sustained military • Gain confidence and comfort with the investigation and Perceptions, Tools and NY Model sexual trauma (MST) have been identified to date, with At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: courtroom process for the expert witness. • Obtain an awareness and appreciation of the complexi- more expected from current conflicts. To address this Working With Domestic Violence Abusers: ties involved in decreasing IPV in our society. growing need, we developed Guided Imagery for Trauma The New York Model EDUCATING & ENGAGING PROVIDERS • Obtain an understanding of the perceptions of perpetra- 11:30 am - 12:50 pm (GIFT). GIFT is largely self-administered, under clinical Sue Parry, PH.D. tors before attending a BIP. Salon 4 – Yerba Buena Ballroom supervision, in an audio format. Initial results indicate Gwen Wright, B.F.A. • Develop the necessary empathy and knowledge needed that GIFT significantly reduces PTSD symptoms in this Innovative Programs/Promising Practice Report to provide services to the perpetrator. Educating Providers on DV: Innovative Approaches women veterans with PTSD related to MST. The self-di- Domestic violence is intentional, socially supported, & LGBT Inclusion rected format of GIFT can be feasibly administered and is behavior aimed at controlling one´s partner, but most bat- Men’s Tools: A Video Curriculum For Domestic Violence well-tolerated by women veterans with MST. terer programs provide treatment for individual mental Jerry Meints, PH.D., LMFT Educating Physicians About Domestic Violence health or substance abuse problems or skills deficits, John Harris, M.D., M.B.A. At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: Innovative Programs/Promising Practice Report rather than holding abusers accountable. This presenta- Zita J. Surprenant, M.D., M.P.H. • Understand the prevalence and associated sequalae of Men´s Tools is a provider friendly video curriculum teach- tion discusses reasons why attempts to treat abusiveness Innovative Programs/Promising Practice Report military sexual trauma and related PTSD in women. ing easy to learn memory muscle tools that really work to tacitly support abusers´ rationalizations, compromise Caring for victims of domestic violence presents chal- • Describe a novel intervention for PTSD related to mili- prevent further domestic violence. Developed in actual community accountability efforts, and usually fail. The lenges for physicians. Issues of confidentialitiy, safety, tary sexual trauma that is largely self-administered under Domestic Violence groups, Men´s Tools has sixteen Hot New York Model of accountability-focused batterer pro- multiple symptoms, mental and physical well-being, clinical supervision. Topic educational DVDs, a Talk Tools training CD and a grams servingthe court, not the individual abuser, is an special needs of children, adolescents and adults all play a • Describe the effects of this intervention on clinical 130 page workbook and facilitator´s guide. Men´s Tools approach that is more accountable to victims. role. Learn about an innovative online training and edu- outcomes. has shown practical, measurable results in helping participants become better men, husbands, and fathers. cation program to help CA doctors better fufill their their At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: The Roles Of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder And Anger important role in treating victims of domestic violence • At the end of this session, participants in attendance In Partner Abuse Among Vietnam Combat Veterans At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: will understand the difference between treatment-focused At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: Casey T. Taft, PH.D. • Learn the benefits of a multimedia curriculum for Do- and accountability-focused batterer programs. • be better equipped to evaluate continuing medical Scientific Report mestic Violence Treatment. • At the end of this session, participants in attendance education programs dealing with intimate partner This study examined interrelationships between post- • Understand how neurolinguistic rehearsal creates mem- will understand why it is not possible to accurately assess ory muscle tools to prevent further domestic violence. violence (IPV). Saturday Workshops traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptomatology, anger, individual change as a result of batterer program atten- • better understand the conflicting issues health care pro- and partner abuse perpetration among a sample of 60 dance. ECONOMIC, LEGAL, ETHICAL, BUSINESS & viders face when treating IPV victims. combat veterans. Compared to PTSD-negative partici- • At the end of this session, participants in attendance DELIVERY ISSUES • be better able to develop their own “social marketing” pants, PTSD-positive participants reported higher levels 11:30 am - 12:50 pm will be able to examine programs in their own agencies strategies to improve practitioner understanding of IPV of anger across a range of measures, and greater increases Salon 3 – Yerba Buena Ballroom for risks to victim safety and offender accountability. in anger when exposed to cues that may have reminded From Her Point Of View: An Interactive Approach To them of their traumas. PTSD symptoms were related to You’ve been asked to be an expert witness in a DV Teaching About Domestic Violence And Screening Perpetrators´ Perceptions of Attending a Batterer´s increased physical assault and psychological aggression case; now what do you do? Francine Garland Stark, B.A. Intervention Program perpetration, mostly due to the effects of PTSD symptoms Eric Brown, M.D.

Marilyn E. Smith, PH.D. You’ve Been Asked to be an Expert Witness in a Workshops Saturday on dispositional components of anger. Innovative Programs/Promising Practice Report Scientific Report Domestic Violence Case; Now What Do You Do? Modeling community collaboration, this workshop will Intimate partner violence (IPV) continues to be a con- Connie Mitchell, M.D. At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: demonstrate how a dynamic co-training team of residency founding national health problem. The establishment Candace J. Heisler, J.D. • have increased knowledge about the role of PTSD in faculty and an experienced domestic violence advocate can of certified batterers´ intervention programs (BIP) is one Symposium relationship abuse among combat veterans provide, through interactive exercises, discussions, and means currently being used to combat IPV. Existential- More and more domestic violence cases are being heard • have increased knowledge about the role of anger in lectures, an opportunity to view domestic violence from phenomenology was utilized in this study to gain an in civil and criminal cases and more and attorneys are relationship abuse among combat veterans the patient´s point of view. At the same time, participants understanding of the perceptions of the perpetrator prior seeking the assistance of expert witnesses for their review • understand the relationship between PTSD and anger will learn practical and efficient techniques to teach about to beginning a BIP. A feeling of a personal affront and and opinion on a variety of issues. This symposium will among combat veterans abuse as well as how to address victim´s needs using col- injustice emerged as a common element in the man´s orient participants to the process, function, roles and laboration with their local domestic violence project. lived experience of having to attend a BIP. His experience responsibilities of the expert witness through didactic is divided into two major themes: lack of justification of learning, discussion, modeling and exercises. At the end of this session, participants in attendance will:

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• At the end of this session, participants in attendance • Have knowledge of genetic methods including genomic • Discuss challenges and lessons learned from implement- PREVENTION & PUBLIC HEALTH will be able to recreate the workshop in their own com- and proteomic biomedical methods. ing the intervention. 11:30 am - 12:50 pm Pacific Suite A munities • List potential avenues for future research linking genes, • Describe baseline findings for violence, physical and • At the end of this session, participants in attendance interpersonal violence, and health. mental health, and social support. Community Attitudes & Perceptions of Violence & will understand how the use of local and national data Implications for Primary Prevention regarding domestic violence prevalence helps engage an HEALTH IMPACT OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE & SEXUAL History Of Physical Abuse And Periconceptual Drinking In Pregnant Women audience of physicians ASSAULT ACROSS THE LIFESPAN Have Community Attitudes To Violence Against Women 11:30 am - 12:50 pm Anika Alvanzo, M.D., M.S. • At the end of this session, participants in attendance Changed In The Last Decade? Salon 6 – Yerba Buena Ballroom Scientific Report will understand a battered women’s risk analysis and es- Kim Webster, B.A. This study examines the relationship between a history of sential elements of collaborative safety planning Victimization and Substance Abuse: Scientific Report physical abuse and periconceptual drinking. Data from A Hand in Glove Relationship Report of a survey and qualatitive research exploring at- Integrating Lgbt Issues Into Domestic Violence Training 308 pregnant women presenting to their first prenatal Links Between Physical Dating Violence And titudes to violence against women and tracking changes Elise Schuster, B.A. visit at a mid-Atlantic, urban university hospital-based Mental Health And Substance Use In Urban Public between 1995 and 2006. Includes components targetted Peter Sawires, M.A. OB/GYN clinic is presented. Results reveal a significant High Schools to indigenous and immigrant communities. Innovative Programs/Promising Practice Report association between history of physical abuse and drink- E. Carolyn Olson, M.P.H. This presentation will illustrate successful strategies for ing in the weeks immediately preceding and following At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: Scientific Report implementing Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender pregnancy recognition. Findings support the need to • be appraised of community attitudes on gendered vio- This session explores physical dating violence (PDV) issues into routine education by drawing on the successes assess abuse history as a risk factor for periconceptual lence in Australia, factors influencing their formation and in public high school students and its associations with of a national adolescent reproductive health curriculum. drinking. time trends mental health outcomes and substance use. New York This model demonstrates ways to include LGBT educa- • be appraised of attitudes in immigrant and indigenous City Youth Risk Behavior Survey data show an increas- tion into other curriculum in order to help educators At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: communities ing prevalence of PDV among public high school stu- and providers understand this population and its needs. • Describe the relationship between a history of physical • have reflected on the implications of the findings for dents, and no significant difference in 2005 between girls Strategies including case studies, videos, and modules will abuse and periconceptual drinking their practice context (10.6%) and boys (9.5%). PDV was strongly associated be discussed. • Recognize that differences in alcohol consumption with poor mental health, suicidality, binge drinking and between physically abused women and nonabused women Commonalities And Differences In Perceptions Of substance use. Implications for PDV interventions and At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: exist as early as 12 months prior to the first prenatal visit. Intimate Partner Violence Across Women In Canada • Understand the importance of integrating LGBT issues health services in public high schools are discussed. Robin Mason, PH.D. into their own programs Methamphetamine Users: Understanding Violence In Scientific Report At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: • Identify key strategies for implementation This Population Few studies have examined commonalities and differences • Be able to describe the prevalence and trends of physi- • Be empowered to start including LGBT issues in their Rivka Greenberg, PH.D. in perceptions and definitions of IPV across women of cal dating violence (PDV) in urban public high school Saturday Workshops own curriculum Scientific Report different ages, life stages and cultural backgrounds. Since students. This study presents data from the largest randomized a woman´s response to IPV may vary according to her un- • Have examined associations between PDV and mental HEALTH IMPACT OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE & SEXUAL clinical trial of methamphetamine users obtained at derstanding of this issue, this type of information can be health outcomes, including suicidality, and substance use. ASSAULT ACROSS THE LIFESPAN intake, six and twelve month follow-up. Violence is an used to inform prevention activities, facilitate disclosure, 11:30 am - 12:50 pm • Have considered implications for PDV interventions important factor to understand when working with and and remove barriers to help-seeking. In this presentation Salon 5 – Yerba Buena Ballroom and mental health services in public high schools. treating this population. findings from two qualitative studies, one conducted with Genes, Violence, and Health A Peer Helper Intervention To Address Domestic Vio- Tamil immigrant women, the other with immigrant and At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: lence Among Women In Drug Treatment Canadian-born young women, will be presented. • Recognize the extent of domestic violence among meth- Dean Coonrod, M.D., M.P.H. Benita Jeanne Walton-Moss, D.NURS.SCI. amphetamine users At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: Workshops Saturday Symposium Scientific Report • Recognize the impact of violence on women addicted to • understand commonalities in women´s perceptions of Genetically mediated linkages between interpersonal vio- In drug treatment settings, 60-88% of women report methamphetamine IPV by age, life stage and cultural background. lence perpetration and victimization and adverse health intimate partner violence. The goal of this study was to • Understand the importance of addressing violence in • appreciate differences in perceptions of IPV, particularly outcomes will be presented. A review of genomic and evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of adding a peer substance abuse treatment among young women. proteomic research methods will be presented along with helper to an already existing group therapy in an out- • recognize the influence of cultural norms on avenues for future research to enlighten us regarding the patient drug treatment setting. Three peer helpers were help-seeking. linkages between genes, violence and health. trained who followed 3 women each over 5 months. Most At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: of the interaction occurred during the group sessions and • List some of the linkages between genetics and interper- few women contacted their peer helper outside of group. sonal violence and adverse health outcomes in the current At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: literature. • Describe elements of the peer helper intervention.

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Prevelent, Serious And Preventable:Responding To onstration Project in Southeast Alaska. We will demon- ing the complexity and variation of intervention effects. tive methods to analyze the effects of WPV and work- Violence Against Women As A Public Health Issue strate that working with the community, on-site advocacy Partner violence is a complex social problem requiring place IPV on nursing personnel health and employment Kim Webster, B.A. and a pro-active internal domestic violence task force can complex solutions. Researchers are faced with multiple outcomes. Potential mediators and moderators such as Innovative Programs/Promising Practice Report provide project success and increase safety to women. and sometimes competing challenges. In this symposium gender, ethnicity, social support, and workplace response Account of the implementation of a state-wide program innovative approaches to `collecting the evidence´ in New will be examined. Initial findings from the first quantita- of activities for the primary prevention of violence against At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: Zealand, Australia and Canada will be presented and tive wave will describe prevalence of WPV and workplace women based on a public health model. Discussion of key • Increase understanding of the challenges integrating discussed. IPV, the specific incident descriptions, and the related lessons learned. Program implemented in the Australian culture and health care screening in rural Alaska health outcomes. Implications for developing innovative state of Victoria. • Increase understanding of the importance of involving At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: WPV and workplace IPV interventions will be discussed. Tribal members in community education and outreach • Appreciate the highs and lows of community participa- At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: • Increase understanding of the importance of consistency tory research informing an intervention trial. At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: • have an improved understanding of a public health to the development of patient trust • Describe the benefits of using a theory-driven approach • describe the factors that influence negative health and approach to the primary prevention of violence against to develop and test a community based primary health employment outcomes for nursing personnel who experi- women Community-Based Response To DV care intervention for women who have recently left abu- ence WPV and workplace IPV • considered a framework for its application Noel H. Ballentine, M.D., FACP sive partners. • considered the transferability of lessons learned from Innovative Programs/Promising Practice Report • Describe an intervention trial specified within a systems Sexual Violence And Harassment In The Workplace: experience in Victoria, Australia to their jurisdiction or Rural communities may have special needs and barriers, change model. Establishing The Medical Record For Court Awarded practice context as well as unique strengths and resources as opposed to Damages For Physical And Mental Harm urban areas. This creates a need to create and organize SPECIAL & EMERGING TOPICS William R. Tamayo, J.D. RESPONDING TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN SPECIFIC a community response to DV that may be unique for a 11:30 am - 12:50 pm Innovative Programs/Promising Practice Report A3 – Golden Gate Hall HEALTH CARE SETTINGS community. This symposium will allow participants to Workplace sexual harassment involving violent assault 11:30 am - 12:50 pm plan an integrated, multidisciplinary response for a hypo- has increasingly been reported to the Equal Employment Pacific Suite B thetical rural community in a small group discussion. Workplace Violence, Sexual Violence, Harassment, Opportunity Commission and millions of dollars have Bullying & Employment Outcomes been recovered for the victims, many of whom are im- American Indian/Alaska Native Collaborative Model At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: migrant women. Yet, these reported cases are just the Programs & Rural Communities Women´S Health Promotion After Experiencing Work • Participants will understand the special needs of DV tip of the iceberg. A victim might not always report response for rural communities, as well as barriers and Place Bullying And Intimate Partner Violence How One Small Tribe Increased Victim Safety Through workplace assault to a service provider unless the provider resouces, as different from urban or suburban populations. Judith Macintosh, PH.D. Healthcare, Advocacy And Community Collaboration asks questions about the workplace. Medical documen- • Participants will explore the resources available to Scientific Report Jane Root, B.S. tation and assessments to convince juries of the attacks integrate a DV response with the particular needs of indi- Work place bullying is repeated physical, sexual, and Simone Carter, R.N. and to establish the extent of physical or psychological vidual communities psychological abuse and hostility. Work place bullying Saturday Workshops Innovative Programs/Promising Practice Report harm for which the victim may be compensated by her • Participants will design a plan to identify, educate and has not been studied in relation to woman abuse but, This presentation will demonstrate the why, who, when, employer may be crucial. The presentation will discuss respond to DV needs particular to a hypothetical rural placed in the context of cumulative abuse and multiple where and how of domestic violence screening, assess- how the identification and gathering of information from community and learn how to present this to their experiences of victimization, high prevalence rates for ment, intervention, documentation, safety planning and the victim and the bridging of cultural gaps are critical to community in a public forum. both types of abuse, and long-term health, social, and referral. economic outcomes, it becomes pertinent to study how obtaining relief for sexual assault victims. women manage their health in this context. We will At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: RESPONDING TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN SPECIFIC At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: HEALTH CARE SETTINGS engage attendees in discussion of our findings and their • Learn how a healthcare facility can effectively respond to • be better informed in identifying workplace sexual 11:30 am - 12:50 pm implications. domestic violence. Pacific Suite C violence and the remedies available to women if harm is • Better understand the dynamics of domestic violence At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: properly documented. Workshops Saturday and become aware of abuser colluding tactics in a health- Collecting Partner Violence Intervention Effectiveness • understand how women promote their health when DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ASSESSMENT & INTERVENTION care setting. Evidence: Three Innovative Clinical Trials they have experienced work place bullying and intimate 2:10 - 3:30 pm • Better understand how past and/or present domestic Jane Koziol-Mclain, PH.D., R.N. partner violence Salon 1 – Yerba Buena Ballroom violence may affect a patient’s health. Kelsey Hegarty, M.B.B.S., FRACGP, DIPRACOG, PH.D. • have explored in a discussion their insights relevant to, Marilyn Merritt-Gray, R.N., M.N. and questions relraised by, these findings Examining Perpetration, Rural Safety Audit Screening To Safety: Linking Culture And Community Symposium & Interventions to Increase Safety for Women To Action Randomised clinical trials (RCTs) are the design of Health And Employment Outcomes Of Workplace Lynn A. Hoefer choice for collecting evidence testing the effectiveness Violence On Nursing Personnel Seeing The Big Picture: A Comprehensive Model Innovative Programs/Promising Practice Report of healthcare partner violence interventions. Applying Joan Kub, PH.D., APRN, B.C. For Increasing Women´s Safety And Health This presentation describes the development and impIe- an RCT design to partner violence, however, limits the Scientific Report Jill Cory, B.A. mentation of the I.H.S./A.C.Y.F. Domestic Violence Dem- relevance of findings for the `real world´ by over-simplify- This prospective study uses quantitative and qualita- Innovative Programs/Promising Practice Report

69 70 SATURDAY SATURDAY If gender based violence is accepted as a major contributor Providing Clinical Services to Moslem and Arab literature on IPV screening, limitations and suggestions At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: to the ill-health of women internationally, how can health American Families for future research. • Understand the benefits of using RCTs to evaluate inter- service design be transformed in response? The Woman Baheia Ahmad M.A. LCPC ventions Abuse Response Program at BC Women´s Hospital heard Innovative Programs/Promising Practice Report At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: • Recognize that some difficulties associated with RCTs this question echoed in research, women´s experiences and There are many contributing factors to domestic violence • The participant will understand the current state of the can be minimised from international bodies and set out to pursue answers. among Arab American families, including level of accul- science on intimate partner screening in five specialities • Appreciate the contribution that non-RCT studies make The result was the Safety and Health Enhancement turation, the length of stay in the USA, proficiency level areas of clinical practice. to the evidence base (S.H.E.) Framework. This symposium will provide an op- of the English language, and the legal and immigration • The participant will be able to identify screening tools, portunity for participants to evaluate routine health prac- status of the victim/survivor. This workshop will identify validity and reliability of these tools and their application Interventions To Reduce Violence And Promote The tices, explore a comprehensive model and identify promis- the challenges that Arab American women face to achieve in clinical practice. Physical And Psychosocial Well-Being Of Women Who ing practices to improve women´s safety and health. some level of safety for themselves and their children and • The participant will recognize the limitations of the Experience Partner Abuse: A Systematic Review will also train clinicians and therapists on how to provide USPSTF (2004) recommendations. Danielle Dunne, LL.B., M.SC. At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: Scientific Report effective services to their Moslem and Arab American Developing International Consensus Guidelines For • Evaluate routine health practices related to woman clients. To establish which interventions are effective after disclo- abuse Family Physician Management Of The Whole Family sure of partner violence in health care settings, we were • Describe a comprehensive model to assess compounding At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: When Intimate Partner Violence Is Present commissioned by the UK Department of Health to con- harms and safety and health enhancement strategies • Identify the contributing factors to domestic violence Angela J. Taft, M.P.H., PH.D. duct a systematic review of controlled intervention studies • Identify promising practices to improve women´s safety among Arab American families in the USA. Scientific Report aiming to improve health outcomes for women (and their and health • Identify the challenges Arab-American women face to With little evidence, consensus guidelines are vital to children) who are or have been abused by a male partner. achieve safety and well-being for themselves and their guide current family physicians to identify and manage Our results will be presented along with a discussion of Developing Community/Village-Based Behavioral children. the dilemmas when they see all family members: victims, the difficulties of carrying out research in this field and Health Services (An Alaska Native Tribal Health System • Train clinicians and therapists on how to effectively perpetrators and children. We used a formal process implications for policy and future research. Experience) provide services to the Arab American community. with experts from several continents to reach consensus Scot R. Prinz, M.A. where possible around recommendations from existing At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: Innovative Programs/Promising Practice Report EDUCATING & ENGAGING PROVIDERS guidelines and those we developed following a systematic • At the end of this session, participants will have a bet- Behavioral Health Service for rural Alaska Native Villages 2:10 - 3:30 pm guidelines review. The consensus from these international ter understanding of which interventions are effective for is focused on the emotional, physical, family, social, cul- Salon 3 – Yerba Buena Ballroom guidelines is being published, used as a basis for provider women (and their children) who have experienced partner tural, and spiritual well-being and health of individuals, education and models of good practice. violence. their families, and the communities where they live. The Creating Consensus on IPV: Tools, Model of Care • At the end of this session, participants will have an best outcome will be having young people who feel com- & Trauma-Informed Practice At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: awareness of the limitations of current evidence about in- • Participants will understand the rationale, methods and petent, connected and capable. Village-based behavioral Intimate Partner Violence: terventions following partner violence disclosure to health Saturday Workshops potential application of these guidelines. health services focus on: prevention, early intervention State Of The Science Of IPV Screening care professionals and case management; increase “capacity” within villages; • Can view and comment on the relevance and • At the end of this session, participants will have a better Annie Lewis-O’Connor, PH.D. applicability to their health care professional contexts. helping to reduce outpatient, emergency and inpatient Innovative Programs/Promising Practice Report understanding of priorities for future research on health medical workload and cost; helping to reduce long term • Will know where the guidelines can be accessed and care based interventions for partner violence. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) con- how to adapt them for their own country. chronic health problems and family and community dis- cluded in Annals of Internal Medicine (2004) that there ruption; and promote individual and community health HEALTH IMPACT OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE & SEXUAL was “insufficient evidence” to screen patient´s for domes- Are Randomised Controlled Trials The Optimum ASSAULT ACROSS THE LIFESPAN to support economic development and viability, which tic violence. The medical and nursing domestic violence Research Design For Intervention Studies With Women 2:10 - 3:30 pm will also contribute to improved health status. communities immediately rejected this assertion. The Who Are Experiencing Intimate Partner Violence? A2 – Golden Gate Hall At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: USPSTF defined screening (medical screening) as those Jean Ramsay, PH.D. Workshops Saturday Healthcare-Based Paths To Resilience For Abused • At the end of this session, participants in attendance preventive services that utilize a special test or a standard- Innovative Programs/Promising Practice Report Women And Their Families: AHRQ Studies In Memory will understand the reasoning for developing village- ized procedure for the purpose of identifying asymptom- Within evidence-based research, randomised controlled Of Marcy Gross based behavioral health service providers. atic patients. Victims of (IPV) present with and without trials (RCTs) are regarded as the gold standard. Much Laura Mccloskey, PH.D. • At the end of this session, participants in attendance symptoms. While randomized clinical trials are consid- research evaluating interventions to improve outcomes for Karin Verlaine Rhodes, M.D., M.S. will recognize the key parts needed for developing vil- ered the gold standard in scientific inquiry- the use of a abused women has tended to use other research designs, Judith McFarlane, DPH lage-based behavioral health services. control group that receives no intervention has consider- even though these are methodologically weaker. Issues able ethical considerations. The scientific literature does relating to the use of RCTs in this area are explored. It is Michael Rodriguez, MD however indicate that a model that focuses on a public argued that RCTs are the optimum research design within Symposium health approach, which is aimed at risk reduction, is more given parameters. However, when not practical, then non- Findings are presented from four research projects spon- appropriate.Presenters will discuss applicability of current randomised designs should be employed and their comple- sored by AHRQ´s funding initiative on violence and mentary contribution to the evidence base acknowledged. women´s health. Judith McFarlane finds that treatment

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for abused mothers confers benefits to their children; The Stages Of Change And Intimate Partner Abuse And Psychosocial Stress As Factors In High and individual level. The presenter is the DV Specialist in Michael Rodriguez identifies pathways to resilience for Violence Survivors Medical Utilization During Pregnancy a workplace-based EAP in a large metropolitan hospital. abused Latina outpatients; Karin Rhodes analyzes com- Jessica Burke, PhD, MHS Tina Lee Bloom, R.N., M.P.H. This presentation will describe a model workplace-based munication about partner violence between doctors and Scientific Report Scientific Report DV program; offer attendees a compelling motivation to patients; and Laura McCloskey describes the costs and This study evaluated the utility of a stages of change This presentation describes 469 pregnant women in a add workplace consultations and training to traditional benefits of interventions for women outpatients. Each assessment tool for tailoring and evaluating intimate prospective study, focusing on high utilizers (HU) of care, DV services; and provide sample “DV in the Workplace” presentation traces ways that health care can stem the partner violence interventions. NInety-six women from a who were were significantly more likely to be nonwhite, training. adverse effects of intimate partner violence. variety of health care settings were interviewed. Assessing low income, and young. HU reported significantly more stage of change for women’s safety behaviors is complex. abuse (32%) and stress, lower self-esteem, more ambiva- At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: For leaving an abusive relationship, the concepts of deci- lence about the pregnancy and were more likely to be • Develop tools to broaden DV programs by incorporat- • learn how treatment for abused mothers confers benefits sional balance and self efficacy appear important and can diagnosed with preterm labor, hyperemesis, and ges- ing services beyond individual interventions to their children. be a focus for intervention. tational diabetes. We suggest their high utilization of • Receive a sample “DV in the Workplace” curriculum • understand the costs and benefits of interventions for medical services may have been due in large part to unmet • Acquire skills to train/consult with HR, managers and women outpatients. At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: psychosocial needs. others how to identify and intervene with DV in the • better understand communication about partner vio- • be able to describe the elements of the transtheoretical workplace and how to maintain employment for victims/ lence between doctors and patients. model and how they may help in understanding abused At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: perpetrators of DV women’s safety behaviors • At the end of this session, participants in attendance UNDERSTANDING THE BENEFITS OF TRAUMA-INFORMED • demonstrate skills in applying a theoretical behavioral will understand how medical utilization patterns may SPECIAL & EMERGING TOPICS CARE AND THE STAGES OF CHANGE OF SURVIVORS model to specific safety behaviors help identify stressed and/or abused pregnant women. 2:10 - 3:30 pm 2:10 - 3:30 Salon 5 – Yerba Buena Ballroom Yerba Buena Salon 2 • critique the utility of using stage of change concepts in interventions to help survivors of intimate partner Intimate Partner Violence Childhood Sexual Assault Risk Factors And Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes Examining the Intersection of Cancer, Working To Understand “Trauma-Informed” violence Dean V. Coonrod, M.D., M.P.H. End of Life Care & DV Practice In Health Care Scientific Report Lisa A. Tieszen, M.A. HEALTH IMPACT OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE & SEXUAL Domestic Violence In End Of Life Care ASSAULT ACROSS THE LIFESPAN A survey of recently delivered women demonstrated that Innovative Programs/Promising Practice Report Michele Catherine Gantois Chaban, M.S.W., 2:10 - 3:30 pm childhood sexual abuse (CSA) was more common than inti- Despite support for improved identification and treatment A3 – Golden Gate Hall R.S.W., PH.D. mate partner violence (IPV) in our study population. More of sexual and domestic violence survivors, implementing Innovative Programs/Promising Practice Report associations were found with risk factors for adverse out- sustained changes in health care settings has been dif- Coerced Sex & Rape: Clinical Opportunities in Domestic Violence (DV) in end of life care (EOLC) is sel- comes in the CSA groups as well as adverse outcomes. Re- ficult, in part because the emphasis has been on changing Reproductive Health Settings dom assessed for or intervened upon. The literature both on searchers studying IPV in pregnancy should consider CSA as individual clinician behavior without assuring systematic DV and EOLC does not speak to this often hidden sub-pop- Saturday Workshops a frequent potential confounder for adverse outcomes. change in institutional approaches. A handbook, cur- ulation.This discussion takes a phenomenological approach Double Binding: A Construct For Understanding Inti- At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: rently in development, on trauma-informed care for use in to DV in EOLC, asking what DV looks like in EOLC, mate Partner Abuse During Pregnancy • Cite the prevalence of childhood sexual abuse and inti- health care settings will foster an environment in which indicators for intervention and how assessment may have to Mary Ann Curry, D.N.SC. mate partner violence in a population of pregnant women. “trauma-informed” practice is the norm. The handbook differ from normative DV appoaches and how iatrogenic at- Scientific Report • List associations between childhood sexual abuse and will incorporate evidence and insights from the health care titudes may enhance our neglect of the circumstances. The purpose of this presentation is to describe the con- intimate partner violence and risk factors for adverse literature, clinical experience, and survivors’ perspectives. struct of Double Binding, which was developed using pregnancy outcomes. At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: Through didactic presentation and discussion, participants an inductive-deductive method that incorporated clini- • List associations between childhood sexual abuse and in- • Be able to identify how Domestic Violence presents in will learn about this effort to change attitudes and prac- cal experience, the literature, and qualitative data from timate partner violence and adverse pregnancy outcomes. EOLC tice in health care. Further, they will offer feedback and two studies of abuse during pregnancy. Double binding • Identify what variables and values lend themselves to Workshops Saturday critique the handbook in progress. integrates the process theories of abuse and becoming a RESPONDING TO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN SPECIFIC HEALTH our neglecting intervention strategies at EOLC. CARE SETTINGS At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: mother to provide a more contextually apapropriate per- • Identify intervention strategies that have proven useful spective for understanding women’s experience of abuse 2:10 - 3:30 pm • At the end of this session, participants in attendance will Salon 4 – Yerba Buena Ballroom in caring for families who are victims of DV, and who be actively engaged in the process of determining how to during pregnancy. have a dying family member. translate trauma-informed care into health care settings. At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: Innovative Workplace Responses to DV Facing Cancer And Partner Abuse: Patients’ Experi- • At the end of this session, participants will learn about a • Describe the construct of Double Binding. Donna M. Kausek, M.ED. ences And Recommendations For Health Care Providers state governmental process to advance the care for survi- • Discuss the potential clinical and research applications Jeanne E. Hathaway, M.D., M.P.H. vors of sexual and domestic violence. Symposium of the construct. This presentation highlights a unique workplace-based Scientific Report • Describe potential next steps in the development and DV program that serves as a national model. This train- This presentation will describe patients’ experiences testing of the construct. ing will help attendees address DV on an institutional of how partner abuse affected their cancer treatment, 73 74 SATURDAY POSTERS whether their response to the abuse changed after their SPECIAL & EMERGING TOPICS • Know how the workshop process facilitates personal and Poster Presentation cancer diagnosis, and their recommendations for how 2:10 - 3:30 pm collective transformation; and Nob Hill C – D health care providers can best support patients in similar • Describe how digital stories can support domestic vio- Poster: A visual presentation of results of a research situations. lence assessment; provider training; and policy advocacy. based scientific study/paper or an innovative program/ Survivor Perspectives on DV & Digital Storytelling promising practice strategy or program that can be At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: Using Video Films and Novels to Dramatize and Surviving Life As A Woman: A Critical Ethnography Of read and understood clearly. • Be able to describe subjects´ experiences of how they Combat Violence Against Women in Nigeria/Africa Violence Against Female Domestic Workers In Malawi C1 - C3 Golden Gate Hall felt partner abuse either directly or indirectly affected Chioma L. Enwerem Lucy Mkandawire-Valhmu, PH.D. their cancer treatment, and whether their response to the Innovative Programs/Promising Practice Report Scientific Report Partner Abuse, Condom Use, And STI/HIV Risk abuse changed. The workshop focuses on how violence against women Domestic work is a common form of employment for poor For Adolescent Girls: A Review Of The Literature • Be able to describe subjects´ recommendations for is portrayed in selected Nigerian video films and novels. women in Malawi. The power relations in this type of And Implications For Prevention how health care providers can best identify, support, and The works studied highlight the social, emotional and employer-employee relationship may place women at risk Melissa E. Dichter, M.S.W. enhance the safety of patients facing cancer while in an psychological effects of violence on victims like Crystal in for abuse. This qualitative enquiry sought to describe the Scientific Poster abusive relationship. Emotional Crack, and Laura in Chameleon. It also consid- experiences of violence among young Malawian female From the six studies that met inclusion criteria there is • Be able to discuss implications of these findings for ers how home videos which dramatize violence and other domestic workers. “Surviving” was the main theme iden- good evidence that partner abuse is related to increased oncology clinics. forms of abuse against women can more creatively be used tified, with women employing creative ways of surviving HIV/STI risks through condom non-use. Mechanisms in advocacy and the campaign to combat these social ills the challenges they met. This study provides informa- include: perceived lack of power in successfully negotiat- SPECIAL & EMERGING TOPICS in Africa. 2:10-3:30pm tion that health care professionals could use in assisting ing for condom use; fear of perceived consequences of Salon 6-Yerba Buena Ballroom women through the process of surviving. At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: negotiating for condom use; lack of control over decision- • better appreciate the extent of violence against women making in the relationship. To further decrease HIV/STI At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: Anne L. Ganley, Ph.D. Lifetime Achievement Award in Africa, and the need for social reforms to ensure gender risk for adolescent girls, partner abuse prevention must • At the end of this session, participants in attendance will Recipient justice. become an integral part of effective HIV/STI risk reduc- understand the dynamics of the risks of violence posed for Symposium Intermediate and Advanced Level • understand the emotional stress and psychological dam- tion research and interventions. women employed in domestic service. Conversation hour with Dr. Anne Ganley focusing age done to women by these various forms of violence and • At the end of this session, participants willunderstand on our future: discrimination to which they are subjected. Impact Of Training Pediatric Residents In the help seeking dynamics of female domestic workers who Domestic Violence Screening l The power of individual practice and the importance experience violence from their employers Maria D. Mccolgan, M.D. of systems’ change • At the end of this session, participants in attendance will Scientific Poster l Promoting victim/survivors’ health by supporting understand the potential health implications of women´s Pediatric office screening for domestic violence may be safety and autonomy experiences of violence while employed as domestic workers the best way to prevent child abuse and its detrimental Saturday Workshops l Promoting perpetrators’ health through effects. Studies have shown that current rates of screen- Silence Speaks: Using Digital Storytelling For Healing accountability, connection and change ing for DV are low because pediatricians lack training in And Domestic Violence Prevention l Expanding our team of health care providers: behavioral screening and intervention skills. This study hypothesizes Andrea Spagat health, alternative health practitioners, and more… that formal domestic violence training will directly in- Innovative Programs/Promising Practice Report l Continuing education for competency: old and crease rates of DV screening in the pediatric office setting. new methodologies Despite evidence supporting the importance of giving voice to experiences of trauma and abuse, few opportuni- l Collaboration among advocates, all civilian and U.S. Hospitalizations With Diagnoses ties exist for survivors to do so. Silence Speaks workshops military health systems, child welfare, courts, faith For Elder Abuse & Neglect blend writing, digital media manipulation, and partici- communities, business, and media Sue Rovi, PH.D. Presentation Poster patory production to offer an intimate space for personal Scientific Poster reflection and collective healing in which participants At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: Elder Mistreatment (EM) is a public problem that is likely create short digital stories. The co-founder of the project • Better understand the strategies that need to be to grow. We examine how hospital stays associated with will summarize the project´s philosophy and methodol- employed at an individual practice and systems level EM differ from other hospitalizations. Secondary analyses ogy; share several stories; report qualitative evaluation • Understand the principals of promoting survivor safety is conducted of the 2001 Healthcare Costs and Utiliza- findings; and show how stories are used in health/public and autonomy and perpetrator accountability tion Project’s National Inpatient Sample (HCUP-NIS). health settings to train providers; mobilize communities; • Be able to employ strategies which expand the An estimated 1,255 US hospitalizations had an EM-coded and advocate for policy change. tradition health care team, foster adult learning diagnosis in 2001, of which 46% were for neglect. Patient methodologies and collaboration between At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: demographic characteristics and medical characteristics of professional sectors. • Understand the philosophy, rational, and methodology EM versus non-EM hospitalizations are compared. 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Violence-Associated Deaths Among Philadelphia The Influence Of Culture And Context On Assessing Residents’ Readiness To Screen For homicide and homicide-suicide events and looks at factors Women (Ages 15-60): 1997-2003 Women´s Use Of Violence And Their Relation To Domestic Violence: Utilizing Constructs From including children present or killed, protection orders, M. Patricia West, MSSW Mental Health Outcomes The Transtheoretical Model and use of medical services by intimate partner victims. Scientific Poster Christopher Allen, M.A. Laura Jane Benjamins, M.D. The Philadelphia Women´s Death Review Team Scientific Poster Scientific Poster Emergency Department Visits For Intimate Partner (PWDRT) is a multi–disciplinary collaborative effort to It is important to understand the context of women’s use This study surveys primary care residents to assess their Violence Injuries In Oklahoma, 2002 identify data-based strategies to prevent violence-associ- of violence in intimate relationships. This study focuses readiness to screen all patients for domestic violence. Sheryll J. Brown, M.P.H. ated deaths among Philadelphia women. Analyses from on the mediating variables surrounding women’s use of It utilizes constructs from the Transtheoretical Model Scientific Poster 2,630 violence-associated deaths and related recommen- violence including ethnicity and levels of victimization. including Stages of Change, Decisional Balance and Self- The results of emergency department surveillance for dations are presented here. These variables and their relationship to mental health are Efficacy. As predicted by the model, as Stage of Change intimate partner violence (IPV) injuries in Oklahoma are discussed in order to provide more information to health increased (from Precontemplation to Maintenance), resi- presented. IPV injuries were identified by reviewing all PTSD and Headache Severity care providers. dents´ Self-Efficacy increased, Pros for screening increased assault records in a random sample of hospital emergency Amanda H. Robinson, B.A. and Cons decreased. Few residents were ready to screen departments. Demographic characteristics of persons Scientific Poster Differences In Characteristics Of Victims Of Sexual all patients. Information from this study will be utilized treated for IPV injuries, the types of injuries diagnosed, This study investigates the potential association between Assault, Domestic Violence, And Other Violent Crimes to create a curriculum on domestic violence for residents. health care coverage and other factors associated with IPV headache severity and disability and the presence of Who Present For Forensic Exam including the estimated cost of emergency department untreated PTSD. Anika Alvanzo, M.D, M.S. Sexual Assault And Intimate Partner Violence Among visits are presented. Scientific Poster Female Patients Treated In A Sexual Assault Nurse Training Pediatric Residents In Intimate Partner This study presents data from 1,376 patients who had a Examiner (Sane) Program Perpetrators Of Intimate Partner Violence (Ipv) Use Violence Screening: Effects On Attitudes, Knowledge, forensic exam at an urban hospital emergency department Rebecca M. Campbell, PH.D. Significantly More Methamphetamine, Cocaine And And Comfort. between January 2002 and December 2004. Patients Scientific Poster Alcohol Than Victims; A Report By Victims Maria D. Mccolgan, M.D., M.ED., F.A.A.P. were classified into 3 groups based on documented reason Examined patient characteristics among N=135 adult Shannon Enright-Smith, SOCIAL WORK Scientific Poster for exam: sexual assault (SA), domestic violence (DV), and women who were treated in a sexual assault nurse exam- Scientific Poster The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends other (e.g. gunshot wound, assault, etc.). Findings indi- iner (SANE) program. Examined relationships between Data from a Victim Assistance Unit intake statistics that pediatricians routinely screen for IPV; Unfortunately, cate that victims of sexual assault and domestic violence sexual assault, other experiences of IPV, injuries, and for the months of January through March 2006 were only 8-21% of pediatricians routinely screen with lack differ from other victims presenting for forensic exams criminal justice system involvement. accessed. For this system in a city of approximately of training as the most commonly cited barrier. As part and that substance use plays an important role in SA 500,000 population, with a large Hispanic population, of the Children and Moms Project, pediatric residents and DV. Screening For Domestic Violence In A police call for an onsite advocate intervention (trained were surveyed on their knowledge and comfort with Pediatric Residency Continuity Clinic social worker) at their own discretion for the victim IPV screening before and 3 months after IPV training. Dometic Violence Screening In A Military Healthcare Kathleen Franchek-Roa, M.D. AND for children involved. All homes visited by police We found significant improvements in knowledge and Setting: Provider Screening And Attitudes Scientific Poster for IPV calls had data collected on victims, perpetrators, comfort of pediatric residents with IPV screening and Monica A. Lutgendorf, M.D. Domestic violence (DV) screening was undertaken in a and children in the home and their involvement in IPV.

Poster Presentation encourage all pediatric residency programs to incorporate Scientific Poster pediatric residency clinic to determine the prevalence of Reports of drug use were self reported by the victim only. training on IPV into their curricula. OB/GYN providers at a Military Treatment Facility DV, barriers to screening, and risk factors for DV in this Police and advocates visited 378 homes for IPV calls; 184 (MTF) were surveyed regarding current screening prac- patient population. Domestic violence is common in this (49%) victims were Hispanic. Perpetrators were more Intimate Partner Violence In Rural Populations: tices and attitudes toward domestic violence screening. patient population and screening for DV at well-child likely than victims to use methamphetamine, cocaine,and A Systematic Review Providers do not routinely screen patients for domestic checks was well accepted by mothers. alcohol. For all 3 comparisons p<0.0001. This indicates Melanie A. Nuszkowski, M.A. violence, but are more likely to screen select OB patients that a reported history of drug use is often part of the his- Scientific Poster and GYN patients with chronic pain/chronic somatic Intimate Partner Violence-Related Deaths tory of perpetrators but not as often self reported by the Understanding the prevalence, severity, service needs complaints. Lack of education was the most commonly In Oklahoma, 1999-2003 victim.

and availability of services for rural victims of Intimate cited barrier to screening. Future educational programs Sheryll J. Brown, M.P.H. Presentation Poster Partner Violence (IPV) has important implications for have the potential to improve screening at Military Treat- H. Julien Kabore, M.P.H. Psychological Reactions To Preventive Gynecological both service planning and resource allocation. The aims ment Facilites and educate providers about military spe- Scientific Poster Care In Women Veterans With Assault Related Ptsd of this systematic literature review were to synthesize cific resources and requirements for mandatory reporting. Results from an intimate partner violence homicide study Julie C. Weitlauf, PH.D. the existing literature on the prevalence, severity, service in Oklahoma are presented. Data was collected on all in- Scientific Poster needs and service availability for victims of IPV in the timate partner violence related deaths in Oklahoma from We assessed the relationship between sexual trauma, United States. Specific comparison between rural and 1999-2003, using existing databases. Information was PTSD and women´s experiences with pain and emotional urban populations, based upon the published literature, collected on all victims who died in the events includ- distress experienced during receipt of preventive gyneco- were performed. ing the intimate partners, children and bystanders, and logical care. Women´s perceptions of pain and distress perpetrators who committed suicide. The study compares experienced during the examination are compared and

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contrasted with the provider perceptions of patients´ and implementation of new, comprehensive policy. Links “The Pregnancy Put The Screws On” Discourses Of Evaluation Of A Domestic Violence Advocacy Service level of exam related pain and emotional distress. Sexual between comprehenisve response to health care employees Professionals Working With Men Inclined To Violence Based In Maternity And Sexual Health Services In A trauma and PTSD were related to higher patient ratings and best practice in patient care will be discussed. Guide- Kerstin E. Edin, PhD, MPH, RNM Uk Hospital of exam-related pain and distress; PTSD was related to lines for undertaking an initiative in other health care Scientific Poster Loraine J. Bacchus, PH.D., M.A., B.SC. higher provider ratings of patients´ exam related pain and organizations will be offered. Interviews were conducted with professionals working Innovative Program/Promising Practice Poster distress. with men inclined to violence. The professionals had a This presentation is part of a larger study using a theory Universal Domestic Violence Screening Within quite set understanding of gender positions and of men driven approach to evaluate a multi-agency domestic Domestic Violence During the Perinatal Time Period An Integrated Healthcare System inclined to violence. The pregnancy was identified as a violence service based in maternity and sexual health Joanne Marie Mcgarry, B.S. Priya Batra, PSY.D. stressor that, together with other circumstances, could services in a UK hospital. The service includes domestic Scientific Poster Innovative Program/Promising Practice Poster trigger violence. The professionals asked for a new mascu- violence training for health professionals in these settings, This presentation includes data from the Utah Pregnancy Altering the landscape of domestic violence (DV) care linity, but even with the best intentions, this seems dif- followed by the implementation of routine enquiry and Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS) from within the medical world requires instigation of change ficult without confronting men about everyday relational accompanied by the provision of an on-site domestic vio- 2000-2003. PRAMS respondents include Utah women amongst healthcare providers. This talk will outline the practices, however, `pregnancy´, `sexuality´ and other lence advocacy service which is provided by an established who delivered a live birth. A total of 8908 mothers were initiation of a universal DV screening program that began relational topics were typically omitted from the conver- non-governmental organisation, the 170 Community selected to participate. The response rate was 76.2%. in an OB/GYN department and then extended to Adult sations with men. Project (MOZAIC Women´s Well Being Project). Respondents were asked about domestic violence in rela- Medicine within a large integrated healthcare system. tion to their pregnancy. Women who reported abuse were Successes and challenges will be outlined, as will recom- Multidisciplinary Coordination In Combating Domestic Mind The Gap: Perceptions Of The Partnerships more likely to have poorer pregnancy outcomes compared mendations for the future. Violence: The Vancouver Police Department And Family Between A Community Based Domestic Violence to women who did not. Intervention during pregnancy Services Of Greater Vancouver Advocacy Service And Health Care Professionals In may improve outcomes for women who report abuse. Training, Outreach And Collaboration With Kim Reeves, M.A. A Uk Hospital Dental Professionals Innovative Program/Promising Practice Poster Gillian Aston, PH.D., M.A., R.N. Domestic Violence - Awareness And Early Detection Kathleen A. Shanel-Hogan, D.D.S., M.A. A specialized program was established within the Domes- Innovative Program/Promising Practice Poster In A Multicultural Society Innovative Program/Promising Practice Poster tic Violence Unit at the Vancouver Police Department. . Our study has a dual aim (1) to examine the impact of a Ami T. Desai, B.A. 65%-75% of physical abuse manifests in the head/neck. The objectives of this program are to reduce the harmful new multi-agency domestic violence advocacy service in Asha Gupta, B.S. Dental Professionals Against Violence has train-the- health impact of DV and increase safety and to increase sexual health and maternity care services and (2) exam- Innovative Program/Promising Practice Poster trainer and direct provider training with definitive action rates of successful prosecutions. The current study will ine and compare how a domestic violence intervention We seek to educate and increase awareness of domestic steps. Assessing for domestic violence and other forms determine the effectiveness of the program as the vol- becomes embedded in two very different health care violence issues within the health professional student of abuse/neglect in dental patients should be performed ume of cases and the use of structured risk assessment services. This paper reports on one aspect of an evaluation community. We have created hands-on peer based train- as routine as oral cancer screenings. Dental professionals instruments increases. This multi-faceted victim-centred of a non-governmental community based domestic vio- ing sessions, led by medical students, that address issues collaborating with the community can build capacity to approach will potentially enhance the health and safety of lence advocacy service that has been implemented in the specific to identifying and approaching domestic violence. address family violence and expand awareness of head, victims and influence prosecution rates. Women´s Maternity and Sexual Health Services at Guy´s Our aim is to create a venue for open discussion of the neck and oral abuse. Strategies for training, outreach and & St Thomas´ NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK. Poster Presentation sensitive issues relating to domestic violence, thus in- collaboration with be presented including discussion of Uprooting, Displacement, And Health In creasing comfort among the trainees as well as promoting the FVPF Dental Folio. The Lives Of Girls Intervention Strategies For Victims Of Abuse education within the health professional community. Helene Berman, R.N., PH.D. In A Tertiary Healthcare Centre When Love Turns To Power And Control: Helping High Scientific Poster Mary-Katherine H. Lowes, M.S.W. A Comprehensive Response To Health Care Employee Risk Youth Break The Cycle In this critical narrative study, intersections among up- Innovative Program/Promising Practice Poster Domestic Violence: Step By Step Guidelines Regina L. Braham, M.S.W. rooting and displacement, health, and violence in the lives The issue of Woman Abuse has been described as a sig- Danica Delgado, M.S.W. Mary Baughman, M.S. of homeless, newcomer, and Aboriginal girls in Canada nificant social determinant of health, particularly during Innovative Program/Promising Practice Poster Innovative Program/Promising Practice Poster were examined. Findings revealed that the loss of `home´ pregnancy. Mount Sinai Hospital leads in the develop-

An initiative to develop a comprehenisve policy and JAMA (Aug. 2001) reported one in five high school is accompanied by shattered or culturally eradicated comment and implementation of a strategic pre-admission Presentation Poster response to domestic violence impacting health care em- girls were victims of physical or secual abuse by a dating munities. The participants´ experiences were related to alert tool, which provides a framework encapsulating a ployees will be elaborated. A five-pronged strategy will be partner, and that those girls were significantly more likely broader socio-political contexts that include individual multidisciplinary approach to precautionary planning. described:an exhaustive review of best practice standards to engage in other serious health risk behaviors. Early and systemic forms of violence. In this presentation, com- The Pre-Admission Risk Alert tool sets forth the neces- and policy guidelines; creation of an Employee Domestic identification and intervention of dating and family abuse mon themes and areas of divergence are described, and sary steps required to ensure the privacy and protection Violence Response Team representing 5 key departments is needed in settings that serve adolescents at high risk. implications for programmers and policy developers are of the woman, her infant and staff. It is consistent with a (Domestic Violence Prevention Program, Security, Oc- Screning tools and a preventative education curriculum addressed. Family Centered Care approach by involving the woman cupational Health, Human Resources, and the Employee will be presented. in the planning process. Assistance Program), awareness-raising activites; educational opportunities for managers; and creation, review, 79 80 POSTERS POSTERS

Paramedics: An Untapped Resource For Victims riers to achieving good nutritional heath, including the ers fail to address and recognize domestic abuse in their that providers sometimes suffer. WellWriting™ is a form Of Intimate Partner Violence IPV risk of abuse, needs to be explored if any lifestyle modifi- patients and also in their co-workers/employees. This of focused, expressive, autobiographic writing based on Robin Mason, PH.D. cations are to be effective. places all members of the health care team at risk, legally, the work and research of psychologist James Pennebaker, Scientific Poster physically and emotionally. PhD. The session will provide an overview and the “how In Canada, 43% of women injured by intimate partners Correlates Of Medical And Legal Help-Seeking to” mechanics of WellWriting™. A hands-on exercise require medical attention. Existing research on intimate Among Women Who Have Experienced Intimate The Intersection Of Employment And Intimate will be a major feature of the presentation. The session partner violence and hospital-based care is clear that pro- Partner Violence Partner Violence And Women´S Concerns In will also lay the groundwork for you to write your own vider training and education is needed, yet little research Erin E. Duterte, M.P.H. Sustaining Employment life story to promote healing and to help others. has examined the pre-hospital setting and paramedic role. Scientific Poster Pamela J. Foreman, M.S.N. We found no curricula on IPV particular to paramedics´ To examine the relationship between intimate partner vio- Scientific Poster Screening For Domestic Violence Using Hits In practice and the current knowledge and needs of practic- lence (IPV) and use of medical and legal services, second- A report from the Partnership for Prevention found that The Burn And Trauma Department ing paramedics is unknown. Results from a survey assess- ary data analysis of 1,509 abused women was performed. 75% of victims of IPV were targeted at work through a Dena B. Salter, M.B.A. ing the knowledge, skills and attitudes of 450 paramedics Women with physical or sexual IPV sought help more wide range of activities and approximately 1% (17,000) Innovative Program/Promising Practice Poster in Ontario, along with 5 indepth focus group interviews, often than other women. A `dose-response´ effect was of workplace crime is committed by a former intimate Screening for Domestic Violence in the Trauma and Burn will be presented. found with increasing severity of physical IPV associated partner. Information presented will help increase aware- Departments will be measured using the HITS Screening with greater likelihood of seeking services. Longer dura- ness of the key role the occupational health nurse has Tool. Results will be presented. Woman Abuse: Screening, Identification tion of physical IPV was associated with increased legal in understanding the impact of the workplace culture & Initial Response help-seeking. Abused women who seek help may have relating to IPV, the financial impact to the employer due At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: Lisebeth Gatkowski, B.S.N. experienced severe or long-lasting violence. to IPV and gain insight and sensitivity for the victim • Will be able to determine if the HITS Screening Tool Innovative Program/Promising Practice Poster of abuse through personal stories of the battered women is a successful strategy to increase case-findings of IPV in Registered Nurse of Ontario present a Best Practice Challenging The Dental Profession: Recognizing themselves. . Information presented will help increase the Burn and Trauma Department. Guideline- Woman Abuse: Screening, Identification and And Responding To Family Violence awareness of the key role the occupational health nurse Initial Response to help guide the practice of nurses and Barbara Aved, PH.D. has in understanding the impact of the workplace culture Subsequent Emergency Department Use In Domestic clinicians. Scientific Poster relating to IPV, the financial impact to the employer due Violence Victims Receiving Advocacy Services. 1,123 California dental professionals increased their to IPV and gain insight and sensitivity for the victim Dean Coonrod, M.D., M.P.H. Improving Health And Knowledge Of Anti Domestic knowledge and confidence in recognizing and responding of abuse through personal stories of the battered women Scientific Poster Violence For Victims Through Integrating Art In appropriately to signs and symptoms of abuse. themselves. Subsequent use of the emergency department (ED) of Facilitating Club intimate partner violence victims receiving hospital-based Van Anh Nguyen, M.A. Improving Healthcare Response To Victims Of Beyond Battering: The Long-Term Effects Of advocacy services will be measured. Predictors for subse- Innovative Program/Promising Practice Poster Gender- Based Violence Locating In The Province Domestic Violence quent used will be presented. This report will present a methodology of integrating art Of Son La, Vietnam” Christine E. Hagion-Rzepka, M.P.H., C.H.E.S. in developing clubs for victims of domestic violence and Hong Giang Le, M.A. Scientific Poster The Association Between Intimate Partner Violence

Poster Presentation a network of “Sharing club”. Participants- victims will be Innovative Program/Promising Practice Poster Results will be presented from a qualitative study explor- And Housing Instability provided chances so that they can improve their knowl- This report will present a methodology of supporting ing the experiences of formerly abused women in the Joanne Pavao, MPH edge of domestic violence, access to health care services, and improving health for victims of domestic violence decades following the abuse. This research documents Scientific Poster and share information with other victims. “Victims through training for offices of police, court, women union, long-term effects of survivors in their own words, from Housing instability is a known risk factor for poor health interdependent each other” will help them to get more health care providers of Bac Yen district, Son La province- their unique perspectives. Key findings examine unmet outcomes and reduced access to care. Women who have self- confidence, improve their health. This program also Vietnam. These officers will be provided with method of needs of former victims and their children. Implications experienced recent partner violence may be at increased help to create a wide spread of public option in prevent- screening, health caring, protecting, and legal aiding for for research, policy and practice across all disciplines will risk for housing instability, making this an important, ing domestic violence. the victims of domestic violence. Building such a sup- be outlined. The workshop will argue the need for a para- but overlooked issue in the health care response to Inti- mate Partner Violence (IPV). This cross-sectional study porting network for victims through target group, includ- digm shift from an acute crisis focus to a more holistic, Presentation Poster A Hunger That’S Never Satisfied: The Dietitian’S Role ing local authorities and social organizations, will bring longer-term orientation. examined the relationship between IPV and housing And Responsibility Towards Intimate Partner Abuse an over all effectiveness for victims of domestic violence instability among a representative sample of California Erin Love, R.D., B.SC. Therapeutic Benefits Of Wellwriting™ women. Innovative Program/Promising Practice Poster Prevention And Post Event Management Of Domestic Ellen Taliaferro, M.D. It is imperative for dietitians fully understand the impact Abuse Manfiestations In The Medical/Dental Office Innovative Program/Promising Practice Poster of domestic violence as a determinant of health. In a Dr. William C. Francis, D.D.S. This seminar teaches you how to use WellWriting™ as tertiary health care setting, a dietitian, working with the Innovative Program/Promising Practice Poster a therapeutic, self-help tool for your work with patients interdisciplinary team, assess for risk of abuse if he/she has 74% of battered women were harassed by their partner and clients. An additional benefit of WellWriting™ is its the capability and skills required to do so. Potential bar- while at work. A high percentage of health care work- ability to prevent and address the vicarious traumatization

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Adult Daughters Of Battered Women: Teaching Medical Students And Residents How tims. A role play encouraged audience participation and a group activity. Symptoms of loss and grief are reviewed Resiliency And Resistence To Screen For Family Violence experiences that may happen in a real situation. with special attention to battered immigrant women and Fran S. Danis, PhD Delwyn Lassen, M.D. cultural norms. Participants will gain knowledge of the Kim M. Anderson Innovative Program/Promising Practice Poster Health Care Response To Intimate Partner Violence: loss and grief process that is necessary for victim’s per- Scientific Poster Domestic violence is often an undiagnosed problem in the Mandatory Reporting Or Routine Screening? sonal growth. This presentation reports on a study examining resiliency primary care clinic. A challenging task for clinical teach- Rada K. Dagher, M.P.H. of women exposed to abuse of their mothers. The key ers is to educate learners how to recognize and respond Innovative Program/Promising Practice Poster Glad They Asked: Women´S Experiences Of IPV finding included uncovering the roots of their resilient to domestic violence in an effective and sensitive manner. This paper evaluates two policies that may constitute a Screening In An Emergency Department capacities that were forged in resistance to their childhood Through a workshop designed to enhance preceptors´ health care response to intimate partner violence: routine Elizabeth Ann Stern, M.P.H. adversity. They used a variety of strategies to withstand skills, strategies are presented to enable identification of screening and mandatory reporting. Given the recur- Scientific Poster and oppose a sense of powerlessness due to the batterer´s family violence issues that present in the ambulatory care rence of abuse and homicide risk, safety is an important Following the implementation of an IPV protocol and oppression. Implications for practice include using clinic and for guiding learners through an approach to criterion used for evaluation. Other criteria relate to staff training in an urban emergency department, we resistance to oppression as part of a resiliency-oriented increase knowledge, skills, and attitudes in working with ethical principles governing medical and nursing prac- examined adult female patients’: 1) perceptions of the framework in working with children exposed to domestic this sensitive issue tices: confidentiality, patient autonomy, beneficence, and “quality” of screening 2) feelings about being screened; violence. nonmaleficence. Stakeholders´ positions and implementa- and, 3) experiences of providers´ responses to IPV disclo- Update 2007: Victims Of Strangulation tion feasibility are assessed. Findings of a comprehensive sures. Although patients generally reported appropriate Nursing Care Management at a Shelter-Based Clinic: Ginger W. Evans, B.S.N., M.S., M.S.N. literature review point to more evidence that support provider screening practices and responses to IPV disclo- An Innovative Model for Care Jo Terry, MSN, RN routine screening as compared to mandatory reporting. sures, questions remain including the impact of screening Jessica Brit D’Amico, BSN, RN, WHCNP(C), DNP(C) Innovative Program/Promising Practice Poster on patients who don´t disclose, and the value of screening Innovative Program/Promising Practice Poster Strangualtion is one of the most lethal forms of domestic First Appearances: Child Maltreatment And for patients who decline to speak with an advocate. The purpose of this descriptive study was to develop violence and is a red flag for future homicides. Current The Admitting Diagnosis historical benchmarking data on the use of health-related laws in most states do not reflect the seriousness of this Amy Okaya, M.P.H. Knowledge And Utilization Of Safety Planning community resources and barriers to obtaining services crime as a felony. This presentation reviews injury slides Scientific Poster By Healthcare Providers In Virginia among women and children living in a domestic violence and documentation to increase service provider awareness, Some children who experience child maltreatment (CM) Michelle H. White, M.S.W. shelter following a nurse case management intervention. assessment and intervention in strangulation. Lethality receive treatment in a hospital (inpatient or emergency Scientific Poster Study findings provide historical benchmarking data that assessment scales place strangulation as extremely high department) for their injuries or other health conditions. This study examines the relationship between IPV train- support continous quality improvement of nurse case for injury and death. In October 2004, only three states Many of these cases do not have an admitting diagnosis of ing and healthcare providers´ knowledge and utilization management interventions in this unique clinical setting. had specific felony strangulation laws. Increasing the CM, requiring appropriate recognition and diagnosis by of safety planning.A written survey designed to assess the The main outcomes that were measured included (a) a pri- penalties with felony legialation can save lives. The states clinicians. CM cases with and without a CM admitting knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors of healthcare provid- mary care provider visit, (b)obtainment of a payer source that have successfully created and passed legislation had diagnosis will be compared, so as to better characterize ers in Virginia regarding IPV. Providers who had received (e.g., Medicaid, CICP), (c) specialty care services (e.g., strong community level support. This collaborative effort CM cases brought to hospitals for other alleged reasons. IPV training were 4 times more likely to report knowl- dental care, maternity care), (d) mental health care, (e) emerges from increased awareness and a commitment. edge of safety planning and were twice as likely to have

Poster Presentation health screening/preventative services (e.g., mammogram, Creating A Program To Resource The Health Care utilized safety planning with their patients.The results of Pap smear follow-up), and (f) barriers to receivingappli- A Program To Help Identify Victims Of Domestic Community: Strategies And Outcomes this study identify another area for improving the identi- cable services. Violence For Dental Professionals Mary Fern Richie, DSN, MTS fication and treatment of IPV patient-victims. Joan C. Gibson-Howell, ED.D. Innovative Program/Promising Practice Poster Domestic Violence And Children’S Spiritual Intelligence Innovative Program/Promising Practice Poster This poster will present components and findings from Turning Points: Identifying The “Last Straw” Mollie A. Painton, PSY.D. Nearly 5.3 million intimate partner victimazations occur the development and evaulation of an innovative program Leading To Change In IPV Innovative Program/Promising Practice Poster each year among US women. Approximately 33% seek to resource health care providers regarding their initia- Judy Chang, M.D., M.P.H. What is children’s spiritual intelligence? How is spiritual medical help in emergency rooms due to their symptoms, tives to address domestic violence. Program components, Scientific Poster

intelligence in children impacted by domestic violence? yet only 10 % are identified as domestic violence vic- including theoretical framework, curriculum, providers In understanding the process of change for women ex- Presentation Poster How will an understanding of spiritual partnering help tims. Having knowledge and experience may help dental resources, and marketing materials will be displayed. periencing IPV, our objective was to explore what they diminish the incidents of domestic violence? Mollie Pain- professionals identify domestic violence victims in the Quantitative and qualitative results will be provided in would identify as a “turning point” that caused a change ton, Psy.D., author of Encouraging Your Child’s Spiritual dental practice. Three presentations with pre and post tabular format. in how they viewed and/or dealt with their situation. The Intelligence (to be released in paperback by Atria/Beyond assessments were used to gather data. Five relevant issues “turning points” women identified fell into the following Words and Simon & Schuster by January 2, 2007), while were addressed in the questionnaire. Results revealed that Loss & Grief Issues For Battered Women themes: 1) protecting others (“When it spills over to the describing the seven branches of children’s Spiritual Tree dental students want more information in documentation Maria “Lucy” V. Ortiz, M.S.W. children, that was just the straw that broke the camel’s of Life, will address the relationship between domestic and referral than presented at this particular session and Innovative Program/Promising Practice Poster back.”; 2) betrayal (“I caught him with his girlfriend....’”; violence and children’s spiritual intelligence. practioners felt the information allowed them to feel more This interactive workshop will allow participants to 3) increased severity/humiliation with abuse (“I knew comfortable talking with potential domestic violence vic- experience loss and grief on a small scale beginning with that I came that close to being killed and that was it for 83 84 POSTERS POSTERS

me.”; 4) fatigue/recognition that abuser was not going Incidence and Prevalence Study (I&PS), which will the major source of blood born infections specially HIV. knowledge about DV, and to demonstrate skills necessary to change (“When you’ve had enough and you feel like provide base-line data to determine the lifetime exposure Detailed documentation of demography and various for screening and diagnosis. Simulated patient encounters there’s no way out and you’re just so physically and men- to intimate partner violence (IPV) of a total population aspects of sex work were gathered Ministry of justice. A were discussed, and the importance of diagnosis was em- tally exhausted.... “; 5) access to support and resources (“It sample of 660 patients in reproductive healthcare clinics total number of 90 females were investigated with an age phasized, as was providers´ reluctance to ask. Asking alone was when she [IPV counselor] told me that they could and private practices in southwestern Pennsylvania. This ranging from 15 to 30 years. Thirty percent were illiter- was emphasized. We encouraged learners to discuss how help me....”). By understanding what women identified as information is currently unavailable. The results of the ate, while 40 % were primary educated and 20 % col- to integrate these strategies in their practices. Connec- being the “last straw” that motivated change, we can bet- I&PS will be used to promote screening, intervention and lege graduated. The motive for practicing this work was tions to appropriate community services were emphasized ter tailor IPV interventions. referral of IPV victims as a standard of care. This will re- exchange of money for basic needs of living. These data Pre-post simulations showed an increase in willingness to sult in earlier intervention, which enhances the safety and highlight that women struggling with illiteracy, lower so- ask questions about DV of women seeking health care At the end of this session, participants in attendance will: well-being of IPV victims and their children. cial status, and less economic opportunities are especially • Appreciate the various factors that serve as “turning vulnerable to work as sex worker as they were left with Intimate Partner Violence That Results In points” for change for women dealing with IPV The Effect Of A Brief Educational Intervention On The few options to earn money. We recommend full medical Hospitalization, New York City (Nyc) situations. Domestic Violence Knowledge Base And Screening assessment for sex-workers to allocate any source of infec- Catherine Dean Stayton, DR.P.H., M.P.H. • Appreciate that change in IPV situations is a gradual Practices Of Physicians tion and provide treatment if needed. Scientific Poster process. Heather V. Rozzi, M.D. How do intimate partner violence (IPV)-related hospital- Scientific Poster Reliability Of Self Determination Theory Questionnaires izations, an understudied area, differ from other types of The City Of Alexandria And Inova Alexandria Hospital: The objective of this study was to determine whether In A Population Of Women Experiencing Intimate assault hospitalizations in New York City? Hospital chart A Collaborative Effort To Meet The Complex Needs Of a lecture improved physicians´ DV screening practices. Partner Violence review found significant differences in patient and injury Women Experiencing Intimate Partner Violence First, emergency physicians were surveyed regarding prior Natalie Anika Cort, M.A. characteristics. For example, IPV victims were more likely In Pregnancy training and screening practices before and one year fol- Scientific Poster than other assault victims to be pregnant, to have injuries Rachael Kane Thomasson, A.S. lowing a brief lecture. Next, interns in multiple special- This study examined the reliability of Self Determina- to multiple sites, and to be injured at home. Specialized Innovative Program/Promising Practice Poster ties were surveyed before and three months following a tion Theory questionnaires in a sample of abused women. services, distinct from standard care for assault victims, A presentation of how a hospital (Inova Alexandria similar lecture. Most new medical school graduates had These questionnaires were adapted to assess intimate are warranted for IPV victims in inpatient settings. Hospital) and city government agency (The Domestic received minimal training in DV. Following the one hour partner violence survivors´ engagement in safety planning Violence program of the City of Alexandria´s Office On lecture, self-reported screening rates rose significantly, and belief in their ability to decrease the danger in their Are The Experts Really Expert? Exploring Domestic Women) collaborated to provide care to victims of domes- suggesting that a brief lecture improves physicians´ lives. High levels of internal consistency demonstrated by Violence Learning Needs Of Health Care Social Work tic violence especially those patients presenting to Labor screening practices. the adapted questionnaires allow researchers to effectively Professionals and Delivery. This program defines domestic violence as it measure abused women´s belief in their ability to achieve Danica Delgado, M.S.W. occurred at Inova Alexandria Hospital and the steps that Play Therapy Interventions With Children Who Witness safety as well as their source of motivation. Clinical and Innovative Program/Promising Practice Poster were implemented to improve assessment, identification, Violence research recommendations are addressed. At Hartford Hospital, health care providers are trained in and care delivery to these patients. Flora Colao, M.S.W. basic domestic violence intervention, and refer to social Innovative Program/Promising Practice Poster Communities Taking Charge (Ctc) work clinicians for the provision of advanced intervention

Poster Presentation Healthcare Providers Advocating For Victims Of Children who witness violence are in need of interven- Purvi Shah, M.ENG. services to patients experiencing domestic violence. The Domestic Violence: The Best Kind Of Managed Care tions that allow them to express their experiences in safe Innovative Program/Promising Practice Poster Domestic Violence Prevention Program provides educa- Jan Biresch, B.A. ways in order to recover and heal from the trauma. Allow- South Asian women in the New York City metropolitan tion and consultation to providers, including social work Innovative Program/Promising Practice Poster ing children to re-experience the trauma through play and area face tremendous barriers in receiving services to ad- staff. The Program developed a survey tool to explore Health care providers play a pivotal role in ending family art empowers them with a sense of safety and control over dress family violence – including cultural stigma attached knowledge, experience, skills, and comfort level of social violence. To do so, they must be educated to understand experiences that were previously fraught with fear and to disclosing abuse & seeking services & a lack of under- work clinicians in providing domestic violence services domestic violence and how with very little time and ef- anxiety This workshop will allow participants to learn standing of their rights as women & immigrants. Com- to survivors, children, and batterers. Upon collection of fort, their intervention can make a difference in the lives practical play and art therapy techniques to utilize with munities Taking Charge reduces these barriers, in order to data, a training series was developed to provide advanced of victims and their children. This program will give children in a variety of settings. serve more women & eventually eliminate family violence, education for social work clinicians in a variety of health Presentation Poster health care educators and advocates guideline for how to through a strategic, targeted outreach and community- care settings. offer detailed training to health care providers and engage Demography And Social Characteristics Of Female building campaign including healthcare providers. them in collaboration with social service agencies to sup- Sex Workers In Egypt Educating Nurses About Domestic Violence port the end of family violence Amal M. El Safty, M.D. Connecting Medical Practice Screening And A Public Intervention: Trends Among Magnet Hospitals Scientific Poster Health Response Danica Delgado, M.S.W. Domestic Violence Incidence And Prevalence Study Significantly higher rates of HIV infection have been Bob Morrow, M.D. Scientific Poster Elizabeth A. Burke, B.A. documented among sex work than other populations. We Joan Faxon, M.S. Magnet status is awarded to hospitals that have achieved Scientific Poster aimed at studying the social and demographic character- Innovative Program/Promising Practice Poster certain standards of excellence in nursing care. These find- Domestic Violence HELP conducted a pilot study, the istics of sex-worker females in Egypt as they constitute A six hour program was developed to improve general ings on educational practice among Magnet status hospi-

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tals highlights a trend toward routine training of nursing Linking Domestic Violence And Substance Abuse tion. Studies of veterans have shown a robust relationship personnel in domestic violence.The session will focus on Interventions Through Support Groups For Battered between posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and abuse the results of this research, including data on strategies Women In Recovery perpetration. This workshop will review this research, and and delivery of educational offerings to nurses in Magnet Marjorie Mills, BA will present a trauma-focused intervention that utilizes institutions, and correlations between hospital character- Innovative Program/Promising Practice Poster techniques commonly used for treating PTSD and abuse istics and education policies. This poster describes the efforts of the a collaborative perpetration. program´s to link community health center (CHC)-DV Physical And Sexual Violence In Us And Non-Us Born programs with substance abuse treatment programs to Diagnosis Of Intimate Partner Violence: Women enhance services for battered women in substance abuse A New Diagnostic Protocol Versus Standard Emergency Lise E. Fried, D.SC., M.S. treatment and recovery, including the development of a Department Protocol Scientific Poster support group curriculum for battered women in recovery, Leslie R. Halpern, M.D.,DDS,PHD,MPH Physical and sexual violence against women occurs fre- a training for group facilitators interested in implement- Scientific Poster quently. Lifetime exposure to physical or sexual partner ing this curriculum, and the implementation of support Success in preventing intimate partner violence (IPV) violence for women ranges from 15 to 71% worldwide. groups in CHCs and in-patient and outpatient substance -related injuries is predicated on early diagnosis and in- The prevalence varies from country to country and these abuse treatment programs. tervention. The absence of objective signs and symptoms, differences may be reflected among immigrant groups in however, results in the under diagnosis /reporting. We the US. The goal of this project was to assess the relation- Validation Of English And Spanish Versions Of The DV have developed a protocol composed of: injury location ship between adult and childhood exposure to physical Program Client Feedback Form and subject response to administered questionnaires to and sexual violence and country of origin, number of years Jeanne E. Hathaway, M.D., M.P.H. identify women at high risk for reporting IPV-related in the US, and primary language. The study found that Scientific Poster injuries. Our diagnostic protocol will identify a higher US-born women reported higher rates of physical and This poster will present findings from initial tests of the frequency of women with IPV-related injuries than cur- sexual violence as well as childhood and adult violence. reliability and validity of English and Spanish versions rently used methods, in the ED i.e. standard operating Additional analyses will include a comparison of risk fac- of a new client progress measure for healthcare-based DV procedure (SOP). tors for violence between the US born and non-US born Programs, the DV Program Client Feedback Form. groups. An Evaluation Of The Bridgespan Hospital-Based Prevalence And Lived Experience Of Early Exposure To Domestic Violence Advocacy Program: Client Outcomes The Community Advocacy Program: An Innovative Family Violence Zita J. Surprenant, M.D.,, M.P.H. Community Health Center-Based Domestic Violence Susan Hagedorn, PH.D. Scientific Poster Collaboration Scientific Poster Learn about client outcomes of a metropolitan healthcare Sue Chandler, MPH, MSW The purpose of the study was to describe the lived experi- based advocacy program for victims of domestic violence. Innovative Program/Promising Practice Poster ence, prevalence and type of exposure to family violence This poster overviews a collaborative project of CHC- of individuals with early exposure to family violence. Documentation and Referral For Domestic Violence Poster Presentation based DV prevention and intervention programs based While the literature represents extensive literature related in the Emergency Department our of a pilot project and formalized as a sustained part- to the effects of early exposure to family violence, there Margaret M. Nucero M.S.N. nership. The program has three core functions: 1. provid- is little literature that either describes effects of different Scientific Poster ing direct services for victims of DV; 2, improving the types and doses of exposure, nor that describes the experi- The purpose of this study was to determine if an educa- health care response to DV; and 3, collaboration in efforts ences from the exposed individual´s perspective. Subjects tional program increases the documentation and referral to improve the community response to DV. Community included adolescents with behavioral and mental health of patients who experience domestic violence. health centers in several neighborhoods of Boston are the problems and women and children recently exposed to The t-test for related groups determined that the setting, and challenges to the program include confiden- family violence. number of nursing assessments (p=.001) and referrals

tiality issues in case conferencing and referring clients, (p=.05) for domestic violence significantly increased after Presentation Poster standardizing practice across settings while tailoring The Role Of Ptsd In Domestic Abuse And Its Treatment the educational program. Recommendations related to programs to the individual site, its culture, policies and Among Combat Veterans this study include: periodically perform an educational practices, and its consumer population. Casey T. Taft, A.M.T, PH.D. needs assessment related to domestic violence and design Innovative Program/Promising Practice Poster a user-friendly screening tool and referral policy. Interest in domestic violence in the military has increased since the well-publicized 2002 domestic homicides at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Studies of military samples have found domestic violence rates that are one-to-three times higher than rates found among the general popula- 87 88 EXHIBITORS EXHIBITORS

The Asian & Pacific Islander Institute on Domestic Violence The Family Violence Prevention Fund The Asian & Pacific Islander Institute on Domestic Violence is a national resource center and clearinghouse on gender violence in The Family Violence Prevention Fund (FVPF) is one of the nation’s leading advocacy organizations working to end violence against Asian and Pacific Islander (API) communities. It serves a national network of advocates, community members, organizations, ser- women and children. For more than twenty-five years, the FVPF has transformed the way health care providers, police, judges, vice agencies, professionals, researchers, policy advocates and activists from community and social justice organizations working to employers, coaches, and the public at large respond to abuse eliminate violence against Asian and Pacific Islander women. The API Institute provides training and technical assistance; engages Instrumental in developing the landmark Violence Against Women Act passed by Congress in 1994, the FVPF in policy advocacy on language access and the Violence Against Women Act; analyzes critical issues such as gender-based violence continues to break ground by reaching new audiences including men and youth, building community leadership, and fostering across the lifespan against API women, domestic violence related homicide, sexual violence, trafficking and cultural competency partnerships with countless groups around the world. within API programs; conducts research; and collaborates with national and local organizations working to end violence against Stopping violence before it even starts is the FVPF mission because everyone has the right to live a life free from violence. women. It is funded by a grant from the Department of HHS, Administration for Children, Youth and Families, Family Violence Prevention and Services Administration (FVPSA). Health Net, Inc MHN Government Services, a subsidiary of Health Net, Inc., delivers a wide range of immediate and ongoing advocacy services to The Academy on Violence and Abuse victims of domestic abuse and sexual assault at approximately 60 military installations nationwide. Some of the key features of our The Academy on Violence and Abuse (AVA) is an organization of health professionals, health educators, and researchers, who are Advocacy Program include providing 24 x 7, 365 days a year emergency response, needs assessment and safety planning, and determined to reverse the epidemic of disabling health problems resulting from exposure to violence and abuse. It is AVA’s mis- connecting victims with military and civilian support resources. For more information, visit our website: www.mhn.com or sion to advance health education and research on violence and abuse. www.healthnet.com. Community United Against Violence Healthy Teen Network Community United Against Violence (CUAV) is a multicultural organization working to end violence against and within our Healthy Teen Network is a national membership organization focused on a broad array of teen sexual, reproductive and parenting lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning (LGBTQQ) communities. We believe that in order for homophobia and issues. The intersection of child maltreatment and family violence and the sexual, reproductive and parenting behaviors of teens is heterosexism to end, we must fight all forms of oppression, including racism, sexism, ageism, classism, and ableism. CUAV offers a of special interest to us. Come visit our booth to learn about our two new documents exploring these relationships. 24-hour confidential, multilingual crisis line, free counseling, legal advocacy, and emergency assistance (hotel, food, and transportation) to survivors of hate and domestic violence. CUAV uses education as a violence prevention tool through our speakers bureau, IMPACT Bay Area youth program, and education and outreach program. IMPACT Bay Area is a primary violence prevention program teaching full-force self-defense with padded “mock-assailants” to role- play real-life crime scenarios so students will know how to protect themselves in various situations. Courses include: Adult Basics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Teen “Kick-Like-a-Girl”, Young Adult “On-Her-Own” and advanced courses. Our classes are recommended for all ages and ability More than 32 million adult Americans have experienced intimate partner violence at some time in their lives. Each year, close to levels by victim advocates, therapists, police officers, high schools, parents and even Dr. Phil and Oprah. 1,600 deaths in this country are attributed to intimate partner violence. As intimate partner violence has often been described as a community problem requiring a community solution, the use of community coalitions to address this public health problem is The International Association of Forensic Nurses quite common. The legislation for the DELTA Program, U.S.C. Title 42 Chapter 110 Section 10148 Demonstration Grants for The International Association of Forensic Nurses provides leadership in forensic nursing practice by developing, promoting, and Community Initiatives, authorizes Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to support such coalitions by providing grants to disseminating information internationally. Forensic nursing is defined as the global practice of nursing when health care and legal nonprofit private organizations to support local coalitions that address intimate partner violence. systems intersect. Forensic nurses work with interpersonal violence, public health and safety, emergency/trauma, patient care facilities and secure environments. For more information visit: www.iafn.org. Donaldina Cameron House Donaldina Cameron House is a non-profit, community and faith-based organization that has been serving the Asian Americans Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing in the San Francisco Bay Area since 1874. We provide counseling, case management, information, and referrals to monolingual Among the faculty at the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing are internationally known experts in forensic nursing, inti- Cantonese, Mandarin, and Vietnamese-speaking victims of domestic violence and human trafficking. Monthly support groups mate partner violence, family violence, elder and vulnerable person abuse/neglect and sexual assault forensic examinations. We offer are available for the women survivors of domestic violence. We also offer employment counseling, job readiness training, and job academic preparation for the future leaders in the profession of nursing to practice in national and international settings. Degreed placement to limited English speaking immigrants. A Chinese cancer support group is offered twice a month to cancer patients programs include Baccalaureate, Master’s and Doctoral education. Areas of focus include, but are not limited to : Forensic Nurs- and family members. An after school tutorial program, summer programs, Friday night youth program, and youth leadership ing, Emergency Preparedness/Disaster Response, Nurse Practitioner, MSN/MBA, MSN/MPH. www.son.jhmi.edu . training are offered to children and youth. Kaiser Permanente Northern California Exhibitors Cookie Lee Jewelry In 2000, Kaiser Permanente Northern California began systematic implementation of an innovative, comprehensive model of Cookie Lee Jewelry offers fun fashion jewelry at an affordable price. Office shows, home shows, fundraiser’s and business care to address domestic violence at all 35+ facilities in northern California. The components of the model include screening and opportunities available. referral, creating a supportive environment, providing on-site mental health services, and connecting to local community advocacy services. Since the program began, identification of patients experiencing domestic violence has increased 3-fold, and this identifi- Domestic Violence Resource Network cation is shifting to less acute settings, such as primary care. The Domestic Violence Resource Network works to strengthen the existing support systems serving battered women, their chil- Exhibitors dren and other victims of domestic violence. Each resource center partners with community based domestic violence programs, Juan Carlos Areán, MM state coalitions, federal, state and local government agencies, Indian tribal organizations, policy makers and others involved in Juan Carlos Areán works as a program manager for the Family Violence Prevention Fund. He has devoted the last 16 years to assisting victims of domestic violence to identify and respond to emerging information and technical assistance gaps. engaging men across different cultures to become better fathers, intimate partners and allies to end domestic violence and achieve Family PACT gender equity. For over a decade, he worked at the Men’s Resource Center for Change in various capacities, including director of Family PACT is California’s innovative approach to provide comprehensive family planning services to under-insured and unin- the Men Overcoming Violence and the Refugees and Immigrants Programs. He also worked as a sexual assault prevention special- sured low-income women and men. Family PACT provides comprehensive family planning services to women and men including ist at Harvard University. Mr. Areán is co-author of various articles, curricula and educational tools for men and an active trainer, all FDA approved forms of contraception, emergency contraception, pregnancy testing with counseling, preconception counseling, who has led hundreds of workshops and presentations nationally and internationally. male and female sterilization, limited infertility services, STI testing and treatment, cancer screening, and HIV screening.

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Leaders in Community Alternatives, Inc. Safe at Home Leaders in Community Alternatives, Inc. (LCA) is a social service/criminal justice agency providing drug testing, continuous Safe at Home is an effort to keep secret the whereabouts of those who successfully have fled violent relationships or alcohol monitoring, electronic monitoring, GPS, day reporting centers and other community based alternatives to California since environments. Administered by the California Secretary of State Office since 1999, Safe at Home—California’s Confidential Ad- 1991. LCA is dedicated to providing quality community based programs that enable individuals to change their lives while pro- dress Program--has offered more than 3,800 victims of domestic violence, stalking and sexual assault (women, men and children) moting public safety. a substitute mailing address. Participants in the Safe at Home program can receive the following optional and confidential services for added security: new voter registration, safely filing of a name change through a California Superior court, Department of Motor Medical Directions, Inc. Vehicles record suppression, address protection in new vital and public records, secure and safe transfer of children school records Medical Directions, Inc. (MDI) develops, evaluates, and distributes online medical education programs to physicians and other and the ability to smog participants vehicles safely. Safe at Home provides added peace of mind and safety to those in need. Every health professionals. The company has offered online intimate partner violence (IPV) education to physicians since 1999. In 2005, Californian should feel and be safe at home. MDI’s federally-funded research in IPV medical education was awarded the William Campbell Felch/Wyeth Award for Excellence in CME Research by the Alliance for Continuing Medical Education. MDI offers online education and written materials that IPV The Society for Social Work Leadership in Health Care advocates and health care organizations use to improve the IPV management skills of physicians and physicians in training. The Society for Social Work Leadership in Health Care is an association, 1000 members strong, dedicated to promoting the universal availability, accessibility, coordination, and effectiveness of health care that addresses the psychosocial components of health and Narika illness. Out vision is to be the premiere national and international professional organization and voice for social work leadership Embracing the notion of women’s empowerment, Narika is a domestic violence agency set out to address the unmet eneds of and leader development in healthcare. abused South Asian women by providing advocacy, support, information and referrals within a culturally sensitive model. Sutter Health Sutter Health is one of the nation’s leading not-for-profit networks of community-based health care providers, delivering high- National Domestic Violence Hotline quality care in more than 100 Northern California communities. It is also the regional leader in infant deliveries, neonatology, Until the violence stops, the National Domestic Violence Hotline will continue to answer…One Call at a Time. Help is available orthopedics, pediatrics and cancer care services. Sutter Health supports more than two dozen locally run acute care hospitals as well to callers 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Hotline advocates are available for victims and anyone calling on their behalf to provide as physician organizations; medical research facilities; regionwide home health, hospice and occupational health networks; crisis intervention, safety planning, information and referrals to agencies in all 50 states, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. and long-term care centers. Assistance is available in English and Spanish with access to more than 140 languages through interpreter services. If you or some- one you know is frightened about something in your relationship, please call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800- The UCSF National Center of Excellence in Women’s Health 799-SAFE (7233) or TTY 1-800-787-3224. Loveisrespect.org The online home of the National Teen Dating Abuse Helpline The UCSF National Center of Excellence in Women’s Health strives to transform women’s health by: 1. Improving our under- is a community where you can find support and information to understand dating abuse. You can talk one-on-one with a trained standing of women’s health and illness through leading edge research; 2. Designing innovative models of women centered preven- advocate 24/7 who can offer support and connect you to resources. Call toll free 1-866-331-9474 or TTY 1-866-331-8453. tive and therapeutic care; 3. Partnering with individual women and their communities to enhance their choices and health; 4. One-on-one live chat is also available from 4-midnight Central Standard Time, 7 days a week. Training the next generation of women’s health providers, researchers, educators, advocates; 5. Fostering diverse leaders who No names. No judging. Only help — anytime you need it. will take women’s health into the future. A powerful “connector” of different disciplines, the Center of Excellence creates the settings and programs that enable patients, clinicians, researchers, educators, and community advocates to advance women’s health The Nursing Network on Violence Against Women, International together. The Nursing Network on Violence against Women, International (NNVAWI), is a not-for-profit, volunteer organization founded in 1985. Its mission is to contribute to national and international efforts towards the elimination of violence against women Village Counseling through education, practice, research, and public policy. Village Counseling has been in operation since 1980 and has a highly experienced team of clinicians providing quality services at Coachella Valley’s largest community counseling clinic. Services include individual and group therapy, family counseling, and The Office for Justice Programs drug testing; State approved groups addressing anger management, domestic violence, substance abuse, and parenting classes. The Office for Justice Programs (OJP) provides federal leadership in enhancing the Nation’s ability to prevent and reduce crime. Programs administered through OJP’s bureaus and offices support Federal, state, and local efforts to Volcano Press address crime, improve the criminal and juvenile justice systems, increase awareness of crime-related issues, and Volcano Press has been publishing books on domestic violence for forty years at a time when the movement consisted of a handful meet the needs of crime victims. of grass-roots shelters, struggling to survive. Although today there are organizations like FVPF, dedicated community activists, counselors, attorneys, law enforcement, caring families and friends, there is still a long way to go.

Exhibitors The Office on Violence Against Women Since its inception in 1995, the Office on Violence Against Women (OVW) has handled legal/policy issues regarding violence WORLD (Women Organized to Respond to Life-threatening Diseases) against women, coordinated Departmental efforts, provided national and international leadership, received international visitors WORLD is a diverse community of women living with HIV/AIDS and their supporters working together to: interested in learning about the federal government’s role in addressing violence against women, and responded to information requests regarding violence against women. w Provide support and information to women with HIV/AIDS and their families, friends, and loved ones. w Educate and inspire women with HIV/AIDS to advocate for themselves, one another, and their communities. Exhibitors RehabPlus Staffing Group w Promote public awareness of women’s HIV/AIDS issues and a compassionate response for all people with HIV/AIDS. RehabPlus Staffing Group is a health and social service staffing and consulting company established in 1998. The company is an 8a, minority owned, small disadvantaged business. We offer services to a variety of federal, state and local agencies including the Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security, school districts and community based organizations using a variety of contract vehicles. We provide direct clinical care, rehabilitation, consultation, program management and administrative services.

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Dolores Aguirre, BA Megan H. Bair-Merritt, MD, MSCE Dolores Aguirre is the Domestic Violence Program Community Liaison and Trainer for the Boston Public Health Commission. Megan Bair-Merritt, MD, MSCE is an assistant professor of pediatrics at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Dr. Bair-Merritt She has worked in the field of DV since 1987 as an advocate, program coordinator, volunteer coordinator, outreach coordinator, completed both her residency and a general pediatrics research fellowship at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Her research partner contact and support group facilitator. She has been working with the Advocate Education and Support Project since 1999 interests include examining physical health outcomes of children exposed to intimate partner violence and determining effective and most recently assisted in adapting the curriculum and co-facilitating the first series for Latino advocates. screening strategies in a pediatric setting for intimate partner violence. She has recently published both a systematic review looking at physical health outcomes of children exposed to intimate partner violence and a randomized clinical trial studying intimate Baheia Ahmad, MA, LCPC partner violence screening methods in a pediatric emergency department. Baheia Ahmad, MA, LCPC has been serving for more than 15 years as a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor and Therapist in a various domestic violence programs and shelters in Chicago area. Currently, works as a clinical supervisor for the Metropolitan Jane Baldwin, MSW Family Services. In addition to owning a private practice in Chicago Southwest Side area, she is also a co-finder of anti- Domestic Jane Baldwin is the Associate Executive Director of Jersey Battered Women’s Service (JBWS). In over 24 years at JBWS, she Violence program, and consults for the Arab American Action Network (AAAN). Well known in the Chicago area as an activist helped to develop the protective shelter, volunteer, legal advocacy, batterer intervention and women’s counseling programs. Jane and educator against domestic Violence within the Arab-American Community. has collaborated with community organizations to develop projects that train professionals (attorneys, mental health professionals) to provide probono services to victims of domestic violence. Jane currently fosters community partnerships to increase the commu- Jennifer Alvarez, PhD nity’s capacity to prevent and address domestic violence. Jane is a licensed clinical social worker and New Jersey Domestic Violence Jennifer Alvarez, PhD., is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Center for Health Care Evaluation, VA Palo Alto Health Care System & Specialist. She holds a Master’s degree in Social Work from Rutgers University. Stanford University School of Medicine in Menlo Park, California. She completed a predoctoral clinical internship at the VA Palo Alto Health Care System and received her PhD in Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania in 2005. Dr. Alvarez is cur- Noel H. Ballentine, MD FACP rently working on the Study on Health and Employment (SHE) which provides ongoing consultation and research to the California Dr. Ballentine is a member of the Division of General Internal Medicine at the Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, University of Department of Social Services and other state agencies on the health, mental health, and economic consequences of violence against Pennsylvania College of Medicine. He is a general internist with a subspecialty in geriatrics. He has had a longstanding interest women. in training health care workers in DV.

Angela Frederick Amar, PhD, RN Patricia Barry, BS Angela Amar is an assistant professor in the Connell School of Nursing at Boston College. She is an advanced practice psychiatric Patricia Barry has a bachelor’s of science degree in Human Services and Spanish from the University of Scranton. After graduating, nurse. Her research interests include intimate partner violence, responses to victimization, and help seeking behaviors. Patricia worked for two years at a non-profit in Los Angeles with immigrant women and their children. Patricia has been with the CAMP program since it’s inception as the on-site domestic violence counselor. Patricia works to develop and provide trainings that Bruce Ambuel, PhD are catered to the individual clinics, responds to domestic violence cases and serves as a resource for the entire hospital. Dr. Ambuel is Associate Professor of Family and Community Medicine at the Medical College of Wisconsin. He is an expert in health psychology, community research and action. Dr. Ambuel’s research and advocacy focus on primary and secondary prevention Sally Black, PhD of intimate partner violence (IPV) through health care systems, and developing community partnerships to promote health in un- A registered nurse, Dr. Black is Assistant Professor at Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia. Her area of expertise is children’s derserved, marginalized communities. He leads 2 grants, Health Care Can Change from Within: A Sustainable Model of Intimate health, specifically youth violence prevention. Partner Violence Prevention in HealthCare, and a grant implementing IPV education for medical students. He has published 12 papers and chapters on IPV and family violence. Tina Lee Bloom, RN, MPH Tina Bloom is a senior research assistant at the Center for Health Disparities Research and a second-year doctoral student at Cheryl Anderson, RN, PhD the OHSU School of Nursing, with interests in collaborative and participatory community-based research and intimate Cheryl Anderson, RN, PhD is an associate professor at the University of Texas at Arlington where she teaches undergraduate partner violence. maternal-child health (MCH) nursing. Dr. Anderson has worked in the area of MCH with special interest in abusive and addictive families for nearly 30 years. Emily A. Bobrow, MPH Emily A. Bobrow, MPH is a PhD Candidate in the Maternal and Child Health Department at the University of North Carolina Melissa L. Anderson, MS – Chapel Hill(UNC-CH) where she is also a Predoctoral Trainee at the Carolina Population Center and the first recipient of the Melissa L. Anderson is a biostatistician at the Center for Health Studies at Group Health Cooperative. She is involved in many Katherine Ann Wildman Memorial Scholarship. As an accomplished researcher, she has been involved with research projects areas of research, including mammography screening, child development services, improved access to medical care, and intimate through her previous work with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Save the Children, The World Bank, and the

Workshop Faculty partner violence. Her methods interests focus on diagnostic testing accuracy. World Health Organization. She and her co-investigator, Melissa Roche, received funding for their research on IPV from the UNC Injury Prevention Center at UNC-CH. Juan Carlos Areán, MM Juan Carlos Areán works as a program manager for the Family Violence Prevention Fund. He has devoted the last 16 years to Amy E. Bonomi, PhD, MPH engaging men across different cultures to become better fathers, intimate partners and allies to end domestic violence and achieve Amy Bonomi, PhD, MPH is a senior research associate at the Center for Health Studies, Group Health Cooperative, Seattle, WA. gender equity. For over a decade, he worked at the Men’s Resource Center for Change in various capacities, including director of Dr. Bonomi accepted the position of Associate Professor at The Ohio State University starting October 1, 2006. the Men Overcoming Violence and the Refugees and Immigrants Programs. He also worked as a sexual assault prevention specialist at Harvard University. Mr. Areán is co-author of various articles, curricula and educational tools for men and an active trainer, Sarah Boonin, JD

who has led hundreds of workshops and presentations nationally and internationally. Ms. Boonin earned her juris doctor from Harvard Law School with honors in 2004. After graduating, Ms. Boonin served as Law Faculty Workshop Clerk to the Honorable Justice Judith A. Cowin of the Supreme Judicial Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Upon Gail Arnold, MPsych completing her clerkship, Ms. Boonin worked in coordination with attorneys at Harvard Law School’s Legal Services Center and Gail Arnold is a child psychotherapist with many years experience working within a relational model with parents and their domestic violence advocates at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital’s Passageway Program to develop an innovative health-law children. While in Australia, she was involved in the development of a Parent-Infant inpatient program and is presently the team collaborative for delivering legal services to low-income victims of domestic violence (the Passageway Health-Law Collaborative). leader of the Infant and Preschool Team, North Shore Children’s Hospital, NSMC, Salem, MA 93 94 FACULTY FACULTY

She was awarded the prestigious Skadden Fellowship to implement the Passageway Health-Law Collaborative, becoming one of the homeless. Michelle is a licensed clinical social worker and a member of the NASW and Society for Social Work Leadership in twenty-five young lawyers nation-wide to receive full funding to carryout legal services projects on behalf of low-income clients. Health Care. Michelle has a Masters degree in Social Work from Rutgers University. Through her work on the Passageway Health-Law Collaborative, Ms. Boonin is able to meet the legal needs of low-income victims of domestic violence through a novel and holistic approach: working hand-in-hand with licensed social workers and domestic Michele Catherine Gantois Chaban, MSW, RSW, PhD violence advocates who serve the clients in a healthcare setting. Prior to attending law school, Ms. Boonin worked for four years Dr. Michele Chaban is an internationally renowned thanatologist. Michele completed her PhD at the University of Wales in in Washington, D.C. for a national women’s rights organization, where she directed a nationwide campaign to foster leadership in 1997specializing in end-of-life care. She currently is a PhD supervisor at University of Wales. She mentors people around the world young women on college campuses. Ms. Boonin graduated magna cum laude from Duke University in 1997 with a BA in Psychol- both clinically and academically. She has been asked for consultation on end-of-life issues globally. ogy and Women’s Studies. Linda Chamberlain, Ph.D, MPH Margaret Brackley, PhD Dr. Chamberlain is the founding director of the Alaska Family Violence Prevention Project. An epidemiologist specializing in the Dr. Brackley has numerous publications in peer reviewed journals, has given presentations at national and international meetings, health effects of domestic violence on women and children, she is a frequent keynote speaker on the impact of violence on children and has funded research projects. She currently has National Institute of Nursing Research funding to Project WATCH: Children and brain development. She holds affiliate faculty appointments at the University of Alaska and Johns Hopkins and is editor for of Women Seeking Help for Domestic Violence. the e-journal, Family Violence Prevention and Health Practice. Linda resides on a rural homestead near Homer, Alaska, and uses her dog team to talk about lessons from the trail on leadership and teamwork. Vicki Breitbart, Ed. D., MSW Dr. Breitbart, Senior Vice President at Planned Parenthood of New York City, directs training and research and program develop- Nita Chatwani, MS ment in reproductive health. Previously, she worked at NYC Health and Hospitals Corporation’s Office of Women’s Health where Nita Chatwani, MS is a fourth-year medical student at UCSF planning to go into Obstetrics and Gynecology. She received a she monitored services for women; at NYC Department of Health where she had oversight of a 300 staff multi-million-dollar Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics at Princeton University and a Master’s degree in Biological Sciences at Stanford University. She initiative to reduce infant mortality and at Women’s Space, a shelter for women, where she was Director of Counseling. She re- has conducted independent researching both these areas and her current interests focus on women’s reproductive health, the role of ceived her doctorate from Columbia University Teacher College in Organizational Development and Leadership and authored and family planning, and the impact of domestic violence. She has organized conferences on domestic violence, completed the Califor- co-authored numerous articles on reproductive health. nia domestic violence training program, and volunteered at a shelter for two years.

Eric Brown, MD Danielle M. Christiano-Smith, MD A member of Eastern Maine Medical Center Family Medicine Residency Program, Dr. Brown has worked throughout his medi- Danielle Christiano-Smith, M.D. is a second-year Emergency Medicine resident at Orlando Regional Medical Center in Orlando, cal career to improve physician response to domestic violence. He is a member of the Penobscot Domestic Abuse Task Force, the FL. She became involved in Domestic Violence research and advocacy early in medical school through the Bridge Program in Kan- Maine State Domestic Abuse Homicide Review Panel, and the Maine Coalition to End Domestic Violence. Working in collabora- sas City, and it is her primary research focus. tion with Spruce Run, he has developed and presented training to increase physician screening for and appropriate responses to domestic violence. He was a key part of establishing EMMC’s domestic violence policy for employees and the EMMC domestic Patricia A. Cluss, PhD violence advisory committee, while advocating tirelessly for training opportunities for all hospital staff. Patricia Cluss, Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Associate Director of the Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic’s Behavioral Medicine Program, Director of Prevention and Health Outcomes at the Jessica Burke, PhD, MHS UPMC Health Plan, and a clinical psychologist in private practice. Her clinical and research interests are in the area of women’s Dr. Burke’s research adopts an ecological perspective and a community participatory approach in addressing health promotion. health and mental health issues and in behavior change strategies for individuals and providers. She chairs the WPIC Intimate Much of her work has focused on intimate partner violence, HIV/AIDS, and pregnancy outcomes. Dr. Burke is an Assistant Profes- Partner Violence Task Force and engages in research and program development related to intimate partner violence, smoking cessa- sor in the Department of Behavioral and Community Health Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public tion for special populations, and pediatric obesity. Health. She graduated from New York University with a BA in Cultural Anthropology and went on to complete her MHS and PhD at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health where she holds an adjunct faculty appointment in the Department Darla Spence Coffey, PhD of Population & Family Health Sciences. Darla Spence Coffey, Associate Professor of Social Work at West Chester University of PA. She is currently serving as the interim Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs. Dr. Coffey has twenty years of social work practice experience in the areas of child Debi Cain, MSA welfare, juvenile delinquency, domestic violence, psychiatric social work, and addiction treatment. Her research includes com- Debra Cain is executive director of the Michigan Domestic Violence Prevention and Treatment Board. She has been active in the munity and domestic violence, particularly the effects of domestic violence on children. She is a consultant for the Institute for Safe movement to end violence against women for more than 25 years and is a founding member of the Michigan Coalition Against Families in Philadelphia, where she has evaluated a child protective services domestic violence project.

Workshop Faculty Domestic and Sexual Violence. Prior to her current position she served as the director of both domestic violence and sexual assault victim service programs in Michigan. Larry Cohen, MSW Larry Cohen is founder and Executive Director of Prevention Institute. He trains, consults, and writes on health promotion, strat- Simone Carter, RN egy and policy development, coalition building, and injury and violence prevention. Larry developed the Spectrum of Prevention, Simone Carter has been a Registered Nurse for the past 31 years. Simone has served as Maliseet Clinic Nurse/Health Educator a strategy tool that promotes a systematic approach for effective prevention. Larry’s current violence against women prevention for the past12 years. She is a member of the Maliseet Domestic Violence Task Force for the past 6 years. Simone is the Project work includes: developing and leading a series of online trainings with California Coalition Against Sexual Assault and consulting Co-Coordinator for the Indian Health Service (IHS)/Administration for Children, Youth and Families Maliseet (ACYF) Domestic with the Sexual Violence Prevention Action Council of the Minnesota Health Department. He has authored several articles on the Violence Demonstration Project. The Maliseets are one of four Leadership Sites for this National Pilot Project. Spectrum of Prevention and primary prevention of sexual and intimate partner violence. Workshop Faculty Workshop Michelle Cavanaugh, MSW Dean Coonrod, MD, MPH Michelle Cavanaugh is the Clinical Coordinator for the Social Work Services Department at Morristown Memorial Hospital. Dr. Coonrod is the co-founder of the Center for Healthcare Against Family Violence and is the Chair of the OB/GYN Department Michelle supervises the social work staff and provides clinical resource to families and physicians. Michelle works closely with com- at Maricopa Integrated Health System. munity organizations referring patients to sub-acute rehab and assisted living facilities, mental health care services and shelters for

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Jill Cory, BA to England in 1992 to work in the National Health Service where she investigated how health services could best assist women Jill Cory, B.A., Director of Provincial Woman Abuse Response Program at BC Women’s Hospital, has twenty-three years of experi- experiencing IPV. Returning to Columbia University in 2002, she now directs the Dating Violence Program of the Center for the ence in the field of violence against women. For the past 10 years, she has managed the health-care response to woman abuse prov- Prevention of Youth Violence and is principal investigator on three studies involving IPV funded by the CDC. ince-wide, providing training, conducting research and developing policy to address the health impacts of violence against women. She is the co-author of several publications, including “Reasonable Doubt: The Use of Health Records in Criminal and Civil Cases Martha B. Davis, MSS of Violence Against Women in Relationships”(2004), “When Love Hurts: A woman’s guide to understanding abuse in relation- Martha Davis, the Co-Director of the Institute for Safe Families, shares responsibility for the overall direction and development of ships” (2005, 5th printing) and the “Safety and Health Enhancement Framework and Evidence Paper” (2006). ISF’s family violence prevention efforts and programs. In addition, Ms. Davis is an Instructor at the Community College of Phila- delphia, where she developed and teaches a semester-long course on Family Violence for students seeking an associate degree in the Peter F. Cronholm, MD, MSCE Behavioral Health Social Service Department. In 1995 Martha received her Masters in Social Service degree from Bryn Mawr Col- Peter Cronholm, MD, MSCE is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health at the Uni- lege, the Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research, Bryn Mawr, PA with a concentration Advocacy, Policy and Program versity of Pennsylvania. He recently completed a Faculty Development Fellowship and a Master of Science in Clinical Epidemiol- Development ogy at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Cronholm’s time is divided between clinical, teaching, research and advocacy interests. He is an Adjunct Scholar at the Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, a Senior Scholar at the Leonard Davis Center Lonna Davis, MSW for Healthcare Economics and an Associate of the Firearm and Injury Center at Penn. Dr. Cronholm directs Community Programs Lonna Davis is the Director of the Children and Youth Program at the Family Violence Prevention Fund. For the last 15 years she for the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health. He is a Clinical Consultant and has Directed the Men’s Council has provided states and communities technical assistance on the overlap of child abuse and violence against women. Ms. Davis on Family Violence for the Institute for Safe Families (ISF) in addition to being a member of ISF’s Clinical Network on Family currently works on three national initiatives including: the Greenbook Demonstration Project, the Safe Havens Grant Program Violence. Dr.Cronholm also serves as a Clinical Consultant and member of the Policy Committee for the Women’s Death Review and the Family to Family Initiative. Prior to her current position at the FVPF, Ms. Davis worked for a variety of domestic violence team: A project of the Philadelphia Department of Public Health, the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office, Women in Transi- programs, including two shelters for battered women, the Advocacy for Women and Kids in Emergencies (AWAKE) project at tion, and the Philadelphia Health Management Corporation. Boston Children’s Hospital, and the Massachusetts Department of Social Services, where she co-founded a state-wide domestic violence program within the children protection setting. Ms. Davis has co-authored various articles, tools and publications. She holds Kelly J. Crotty, MD a master’s degree in social work from Salem State College in Massachusetts. Kelly Crotty, MD graduated from Boston University Medical Center in2001. She trained in Internal Medicine at New York Uni- versity Medical Center. Following serving as a Chief at NYU, she became a Preventive Medicine resident at the New York City Sandra H. Dempsey, MSS, MLSP Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, where she is currently in her second year. Ms. Dempsey is the Co-Director of the Institute for Safe Families whose mission is to end family violence. She is responsible for the fiscal and programmatic health and integrity of the organization. She has been working to prevent violence against women and Joan Cuadra children for over 25years. Ms. Dempsey was a principal in the development of the RADAR Domestic Violence Training Project, Joan Cuadra has been a Project Coordinator for various community education projects specializing in outreach to Spanish speak- which has been recognized with two national awards. Additionally, she was instrumental in the creation of DIVA and Peaceful ing farmworkers since 1976. Over the last five years, Ms. Cuadra has trained Domestic Violence providers on utilizing Proteus, Posse, youth violence prevention programs for girls and boys. She has presented and written on family violence issues nationally Inc.’s Domestic Violence education curriculum and working with rural, low literate populations. In 2002, Ms. Cuadra earned the and locally. She is a certified rape crisis counselor and a trained hospice volunteer California Peace Prize for her dedication and commitment to public service, which was presented to her by the California Wellness Foundation. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Human Services from Antioch College West. Ann Marie Dewhurst, PhD Dr. Ann Marie Dewhurst is a psychologist in private practice. A variety of people consult with Ann Marie, including those who Diana Cummings, NP, MSN have perpetrated sexual and spousal assault, experienced family and/or general violence, or are professionals needing ethical reme- Diana Cummings, NP, MSN, is the Clinical Coordinator of the Keller Center for Family Violence Intervention at San Mateo Medi- diation. Ann Marie’s research interests include professional ethics, risk assessment and clinical work with people who are mandated cal Center in San Mateo, CA. She performs approximately 200 forensic medical exams per year and testifies as an expert witness ap- into counseling. Ann Marie teaches with Athabasca University (undergraduate) and the Campus Alberta Applied Psychology proximately 2 times a month. In addition, she serves as a committee member on the State Advisory Group of the CA Department (master’s level distributive learning) Program. of Criminal Justice Planning and as the Chairperson of San Mateo County Domestic Violence Death Review Committee. In 2005, she earned a Masters of Science in Nursing with eligibility in forensic nursing at Duquesne University. Bernadette Di Re, BS, MBA Bernadette Di Re, BS, MBA, is Director of Planning and Administration at Neighborhood Health Plan (NHP), a Medicaid MCO Mary Ann Curry, DNSc located in Boston. Ms. Di Re leads NHP’s Domestic Violence Program which aligns and integrates primary care strategies within Dr. Curry is a Professor Emeritus at the Oregon Health & Science University School of Nursing. She has worked in the field of its Community Health Center(CHC)-based primary care provider (PCP) network. Before joining NHP, Ms. Di Re served as Direc-

Workshop Faculty violence against women for over a decade as a researcher and clinician. She is a member of the Nursing Research Consortium on tor of Clinical Business Planning at Fallon Community Health Plan and Director of Product Management and Medicare Programs Violence and Abuse and received the NNVAWI Researcher Award in 2001. at Harvard Pilgrim Health Care.

Lynda Dautenhahn, BFA, MUP Terry Dobbs, MA Lynda Dautenhahn, BFA, MUP is Coordinator of Illinois Health Cares, a multidisciplinary, collaborative initiative working at state Terry Dobbs, MA, is Project Leader for Young Persons, Interdisciplinary Trauma Research Unit, Auckland University of Technol- and local levels to improve health system response to intimate partner, elder and sexual violence. Since the early 70’s she has been ogy, New Zealand. Terry Dobbs tribal affiliations are Ngapuhi Iwi, sub tribes Ngati Pakauand Te Mahurehure. Terry‘s background involved in efforts to lessen violence--as a founding mother of her city’s DV shelter and a nine year employee of the Illinois domes- is in Social Work, specialising in Child Protection, Child Advocacy and the Forensic Interviewing of Children. tic violence coalition. She joined the Illinois Department of Public Health in 1993. Dautenhahn serves on numerous professional

work groups, at both state and national levels, whose focus is violence reduction. Joanna S. Dognin, PsyD Faculty Workshop Joanna Dognin, PsyD, Behavioral Science Faculty, is a clinical psychologist who educates family physicians at the Department of Leslie Davidson, MD, MSci Family and Social Medicine at Montefiore Medical Center. Most recently she has taught family medicine residents: identifying and Dr. Leslie Davidson, Professor, Department of Epidemiology, the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University. From intervening with domestic violence; use of the genogram in a medical visit; and identification of personality disorders in primary 1987 to 1997 as part of the Harlem Hospital Injury Prevention Program, she launched injury and violence surveillance. She moved care. Prior to joining the faculty at Montefiore, Dr. Dognin served as psychologist at the HIV Center for Comprehensive Care on

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the EIPP and SAMHSA projects where she co-developed training for intimate partner violence screening, and provided psycho- Nina M. Fredland, PhD therapy to HIV-infected patients and their families. Dr. Fredland received her PhD from Johns Hopkins University, School of Nursing in May 2006. She received her Masters in Nurs- ing from the University of Pennsylvania and a Post Masters Certification as a Family Nurse Practitioner from Texas Woman’s Uni- Danielle Dunne, LLB, MSc versity. She is currently on the faculty at the University of Texas at Austin, School of Nursing. Her research areas focus on violence Danielle Dunne LLB MSc, is a systematic reviewer and part of the partner violence research group at Barts and the London, Queen exposure/prevention in children and adolescent health. Mary’s School of Medicine. The group is a team of researchers with extensive knowledge and experience in the field: they have completed two systematic reviews of health care interventions for abuse and a qualitative systematic review on abused women’s Samantha Garbers, MPA experiences of health services. Danielle is also currently conducting a systematic review into the prevalence of partner violence and As a Research Scientist at MHRA, Samantha Garbers conducts public health research focusing on health services, family planning, a review on the health impact of partner abuse on women and their children. birth outcomes and cancer screening, with a particular emphasis on reaching underserved populations. She currently serves as Project Director for a Susan G. Komen Foundation-funded research grant, “Health Literacy &Breast Cancer Screening & Fol- Karen B. Eden, PhD low-Up.” In addition to her research, she serves as an internal resource, working with MHRA staff to carry out evaluations of the Dr. Karen Eden’s research is focused on healthcare decision-making. She received her doctorate in Engineering Management from organization’s program efforts. She also directs evaluations for external organizations, including the Literacy Assistance Center and Portland State University. She has built decision analyses and written evidence reports on patient preferences. Dr. Eden works for the Adult Literacy Media Alliance. the OHSU Eisenberg Center for Decision Sciences and Communication Center in Portland, Oregon. She leads a team of investigators in creating interactive evidence-based decision aids on various topics related to women’s health. Dr. Eden and Dr. Nancy Glass Doug Gaudette, MA have just completed a pilot study evaluating a safety planning computerized decision aid for survivors of intimate partner abuse Doug is the Director of the Family Safety Project at Caritas Holy Family Hospital. He is a licensed clinician and has worked in the -- the topic of this presentation. area of domestic/family violence for over twenty years. He is the former director of the Court Clinic at Lawrence District Court, and is on the training faculty of the MA Judicial Training Institute, The National Training Project in Duluth MN, and the MA Chioma L. Enwerem, B. Ed. Criminal Justice Training Council. He founded the Batterer Intervention Program (a state certified program for abusive men), Chioma L. Enwerem, Nigerian, obtained a B.Ed. (Hons.) degree from the University of Nigeria in 1997, and is at present writing and is a MA Department of Public Health approved trainer and supervisor. Doug is a past recipient of the NOVA ‘Morton Bard a Masters thesis for Imo State University, Owerri, where she is also employed as Senior Master at the University Staff School. Her Award’ . research interests are in the areas of social policy and social reform, gender justice, and the study of Nigerian video films and novels. She is affiliated to a number of civil society organizations engaged in social welfare work, advocacy and the campaign to stop gen- Megan R. Gerber, MD, MPH der violence, and other forms of discrimination and abuse against women. She has written a number of poems and short stories, and Dr. Megan Gerber is a primary care internist and researcher currently practicing in Cambridge, MA. Her interests include health- enjoys music and singing. care-based advocacy for victims of violence, health effects of intimate partner violence and women’s headache.

John Erwin, MBA April Gerlock, PhD, ARNP John Erwin currently serves as Executive Director of the Conference of Boston Teaching Hospitals (COBTH). COBTH is an Dr. Gerlock is a board certified adult psychiatric nurse practitioner. She was supervisor of the combined VA Puget Sound Health organization of fourteen Boston-area hospitals that works to maximize member hospitals’ visibility and influence on the issues that Care System and Madigan Army Medical Center Domestic Violence Rehabilitation Program, and as such worked with over a are fundamental to their unique missions of teaching, research and community service. Prior to becoming Executive Director in thousand domestic violence perpetrators (both active duty military and veterans). She is a member of the Pierce Co. Commission September of 2005, John held several progressively responsible positions during his seven years at Tufts Health Plan including Di- Against Domestic Violence and the Washington State Domestic Violence Fatality Review Project, and has participated on addi- rector of Government Affairs. Prior to Tufts Health Plan, John held several positions in the public sector including Boston City tional ‘Think Tanks’ focusing on domestic violence suicide/homicide. In addition, she is a clinical associate professor with Psycho- Council Staff Director, overseeing financial and research staff assigned to Council Committees and Assistant Director of the State social and Community Health Nursing at the University of Washington, School of Nursing. Council on Vocational Education under Governor Michael Dukakis. John received his B.S. from the University of Massachusetts and his M.B.A. with a concentration in public and non-profit management from Boston University. Andrea Gibas, MA Andrea L. Gibas, M.A. received her Masters in Clinical Psychology from York University (2005), with a focus on Health Psychol- Joan Faxon, MS ogy. She is continuing with her PhD studies at Simon Fraser University in the Clinical Forensic Psychology program. She con- Joan Faxon serves as a state-wide educator for the Office for the Prevention of Domestic Violence ducts research that is intimate partner violence victim-focused. She is also interested in the long-term health impacts of domestic violence on victims. She is supervised by Stephen Hart, Ph.D., a renowned researcher with interests in violence risk prevention and Gene S. Feder, MD, FRCGP domestic violence. Gene Feder MD FRCGP is a family physician and professor of primary care at Barts and the London, Queen Mary’s School of Medi-

Workshop Faculty cine, where he leads the partner violence research group. His studies include the epidemiology of IPV in primary care, systematic Andrea C. Gielen, ScD reviews of screening, advocacy, psychological interventions and expectations of health care professionals of women experiencing Andrea Carlson Gielen, Sc.D., Sc.M. is Professor and Director of the Center for Injury Research and Policy at the Johns Hopkins IPV, a pilot trial of a family practice based educational intervention, and qualitative studies of women from ethnic minority com- Bloomberg School of Public Health. Her research focuses on health education and behavior change interventions to prevent child- munities in London. He is an expert advisor to the UK Department of Health on IPV policies and co-author of Cochrane reviews hood injury and reduce domestic violence. Dr. Gielen has directed studies examining the relationship between HIV risk and inti- on IPV. mate partner violence and developing theory-based interventions to reduce these risks for low-income, urban women. In 2002, Dr. Gielen received the Distinguished Career Award of the American Public Health Association’s Public Health Education and Health Heather Fiedler, MA, NCP, LPC Promotion Section. Mrs. Heather Fiedler received her Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology at Marywood College in 1995 and in 1999 a Master of

Arts degree in Psychology from Marywood University. In 2003, Heather earned her credentials as a Nationally Certified Psycholo- Anne E. Gillespie, JD Faculty Workshop gist and as a Licensed Professional Counselor. Presently, Heather is an Associate Professor at Marywood University in the Under- Anne Gillespie, Esq. – Staff Attorney, Family Advocacy Program, Boston Medical Center Anne Gillespie is an expert in the inter- graduate Psychology Department. Heather also works full time as the Family Advocacy Program Manager (FAPM), Exceptional section of clinical and legal information relating to domestic violence and other trauma. Ms. Gillespie was an Assistant Regional Family Member Program Manager (EFMP), and Sexual Assault Response Coordinator (SARC) at Tobyhanna Army Depot serving Counsel with the Department of Social Services. Ms. Gillespie has taught Family Law and Juvenile Law at Boston University military families. In addition, Heather practices counseling as part of a private counseling group in Northeastern Pennsylvania. School of Law and Northeastern University School of Law.

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Nancy Glass, PhD, MPH, RN ris has also practiced Internal Medicine and served as a Medical Director and senior executive in national managed care organiza- Nancy Glass is Associate Professor, Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing. She is the PI on a NIH/NINR funded study to tions. During the Iranian revolution, he was assigned to Tehran and served as the Army’s Internal Medicine consultant to the evaluate a workplace intervention to prevent and reduce the impact of IPV on the health, safety and employment of immigrant and Middle East. US born women. She is the PI of CDC funded study to assess risk and protective factors of repeat victimization for women in same- sex relationships. She is co-PI of a CDC funded study to evaluate the effectiveness of a permanent housing program for battered Jeanne E. Hathaway, MD, MPH women. She is the President of the Nursing Network on Violence Against Women, International. Jeanne Hathaway received her M.D. from the University of Massachusetts Medical School and her M.P.H. from the University of California, Berkeley School of Public Health. Dr. Hathaway is currently a Research Scientist at the Harvard School of Public Rivka Greenberg, PhD Health. She has conducted research on intimate partner abuse for the past 13 years and is particularly interested in the health Rivka Greenberg received her PhD in Education from the University of Michigan. She has worked in the areas of maternal/child/ consequences of partner abuse and the evaluation of healthcare-based survivor services. Her recent studies include an evaluation family education and health as a direct service provider, academic, researcher, administrator and consultant. Her work encompasses of a new client progress measure for healthcare-based domestic violence programs and a qualitative study exploring the impact of the areas of substance abuse and family focused treatment; children at risk and children with special needs, and their families; early partner abuse on cancer treatment. childhood education and intervention; and families/parenting. As a specialist in infant mental health, she brings a family focus and interdisciplinary emphasis to her work within educational, social services and healthcare programs in the United States and abroad. James L. Heffernan, MBA She has published in the areas of substance abuse, incarceration and families. Jim Heffernan has held a variety of senior executive roles in healthcare organizations and held volunteer advisory positions with domestic violence service organizations. Asha Gupta, BS Asha Gupta is a third year medical student at the University of California, Irvine School of Medicine. Over the past three years, Kelsey Hegarty, MBBS, FRACGP, DipRACOG, PhD she has been actively involved in several underserved community outreach programs including Clinica Cariño, a free student-run Kelsey Hegarty, MBBS, FRACGP, DipRACOG, PhD. is Associate Professor and Director of Postgraduate Studies and Co-Director healthcare clinic and PALS, a mentoring program that pairs chronically-ill children with medical students. In addition, she has co- of Research Higher Degree Programs at the University of Melbourne, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Practice. She has founded Victims of Violence, a student-driven domestic violence awareness group. Through her involvement with this program, been involved in mental health and partner abuse research in general practice over the past 15 years. she has been a strong advocate of educating health care professionals to promptly identify and prevent domestic violence. Candace J. Heisler, JD Melissa J. Hagan, MPH Candace J. Heisler served for more than 25 years as an Assistant District Attorney for the City and County of San Francisco. She Melissa Hagan is the Project Coordinator of the Suffolk County Safe and Bright Futures for Children Initiative based at the Child headed the Domestic Violence, Charging, Misdemeanor, and Preliminary Hearing Units. Ms. Heisler has served as a trainer and Witness to Violence Project at Boston Medical Center. consultant for a variety of federal, state, and other organizations and governmental entities in the areas of elder abuse and domestic violence. She continues to teach and write for the California District Attorneys Association as well as the California Commission Leslie Hagen, JD on Peace Officer Standards and Training. Ms. Heisler has published numerous articles on both elder abuse and domestic violence. Leslie A. Hagen is employed as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Western District of Michigan. She is currently detailed She has helped design curricula for judges and law enforcement and has designed training curricula on domestic violence for first to the Executive Office of United States Attorneys where she is assigned to serve as staff liaison to several committees: Indian responders, field training officers, investigators, crisis negotiators, and expert witnesses. Ms. Heisler provides statewide training for Country, Child Exploitation and Obscenity and Civil Rights. Her assignment in the Western District of Michigan is Violent California victim advocates on elder abuse and domestic violence in later life and for probation officers on elder abuse. Ms. Heisler Crimes in Indian Country where she handles federal prosecutions and training on issues of domestic violence, sexual assault and received her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California, Los Angeles; and her Juris Doctorate degree from the Uni- child abuse affecting the eleven federally recognized tribes in the Western District of Michigan. Ms. Hagen has worked on criminal versity of California’s Hastings College of the Law, San Francisco, where she is currently an Assistant Adjunct Professor of Law. justice issues related to child abuse, domestic violence and sexual assault for over 15 years earning a national reputation as a legal expert and trainer. Sally M. Helton, BSN, MSN Sally M. Helton has 30 years experience as a psychiatric nurse and 25years experience as a nurse educator. She is ANCC certified as L. Kevin Hamberger, PhD a clinical specialist in Adult Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing and is a certified Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE-A). Dr. Hamberger is Professor of Family and Community Medicine at the Medical College of Wisconsin and Co-Chair of the Wiscon- She has practiced as a SANE for the past six years, completed over 150 cases, and is a SANE training instructor. She is active in sin Governor’s Council for Domestic Abuse. He has served as a consultant to the National Institutes of Health, National Institute the Coalition Against Family Violence, the YWCA Board of Directors and Victim Advocacy Program, and the Domestic Vio- of Mental Health, the National Institute of Justice, the Department of Defense, and the Family Violence Prevention Fund. He lence Fatality Review Board. She is currently Assistant Professor in the College of Nursing at the University of Tennessee and is is on the editorial boards of 4scholarly journals and has published 86 articles, chapters and 6 books, including Violence Issues for involved in research about domestic violence, abuse survivors, and the psychoneuroimmunology of rape. She is the recipient of The Health Care Educators and Providers (The Haworth Press) and Domestic Violence Screening in Medical and Mental Healthcare University of Tennessee Provost Excellence In Teaching Award and the American Psychiatric Nurses Association Tennessee Chapter

Workshop Faculty Settings with Dr. Mary Beth Phelan (Springer). Award for Excellence in Education.

Jennifer L. Hardesty, PhD Lynn A. Hoefer Jennifer L. Hardesty is an assistant professor of Human and Community Development at the University of Illinois at Urbana- Lynn provides advocacy services to patients through individual counseling and group sessions. She facilitates women’s support Champaign. Before coming to Illinois, she was a postdoctoral research fellow at the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing, and she groups, and assists with the batterer’s intervention program. She provides safety checks for referrals from the batterer’s intervention earner her PhD from the Department of Human Development and Family Studies at the University of Missouri-Columbia. Her program. Lynn assists with grant-writing and reporting to ensure future program sustainability. She provides leadership and helped research examines the intersection of parenting and intimate partner violence, particularly in the context of separation, for hetero- develop the local Domestic Violence Task Force. (Multi-agency) She has provided development and leadership for the Sexual As- sexual and lesbian mothers. sault Response Team. Workshop Faculty Workshop John Harris Jr., MD, MBA Debra Houry, MD, MPH John M. (Skip) Harris Jr., MD, MBA is the President of Medical Directions Inc (MDI), a position he has held since 1995. MDI Debra Houry, MD, MPH is an Assistant Professor in the Departments of Emergency Medicine, Environmental and Occupational markets online educational programs for health professionals and does researching online medical education. Harris has received Health, and Behavioral Sciences and Health Education at Emory University. She is Director of the Center for Injury Control, eight NIH research grants and published seven peer-reviewed papers dealing with online physician education since 1998.Dr. Har- jointly supported by the Department of Emergency Medicine and the Rollins School of Public Health. Dr. Houry has authored

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more than 40 publications and has been the recipient of several national awards, including the Jay Drotman Award, given annu- Jane Koziol-McLain, PhD, RN ally by the APHA for the most outstanding young public health professional. She is federally funded by the NIH and CDC to study Jane Koziol-McLain, PhD, RN, is Co-Director of the Interdisciplinary Trauma Research Unit and an Associate Professor within screening for IPV the Faculty ofHealth, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand. Jane’s background includes emergency nursing and health care research. She has been a member of several family violence research teams aimed at informing practice and policy to improve Edwin B. Hutchins, PhD healthcare system responsiveness to women and children living with partner violence. Edwin B. Hutchins, PhD is President of The Healthier People Network and Adjunct Professor at the Emory University School of Public Health. From 1987 to 1991 he was the Director of the Health Risk Appraisal Program at the Carter Center of Emory Joan Kub, PhD, RN University. He served as Professor of Psychology at Iowa State University, the University of Missouri, Indiana University, and the Joan Kub, PhD, RN, Associate Professor at the Johns Hopkins University(JHU), School of Nursing, with joint appointments in University of Pennsylvania. Administrative roles include Dean of Student Affairs and Dean of Faculties. Dr. Hutchins has published the Bloomberg School of Public Health and the JHU School of Medicine, coordinates the MSN/MPH program. She practices and widely in peer-reviewed journals and has been a Fellow in the World Academy of Arts and Sciences since 1978. conducts research on issues of substance abuse and violence. Investigations have examined the physical and mental health outcomes of domestic violence and the role of alcohol/substance use on partner violence. She is currently analyzing data from a school project Donna M. Kausek, M.Ed., LMHC focused on dating violence and another on bullying. She is the CO-PI on a NIOSH funded grant focused on workplace violence. Donna Kausek, M.Ed., LMHC, is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor with over 20 years experience working with battered women and their families. Ms. Kausek is the Domestic Violence Specialist with the Partners Employee Assistance Program at Massachusetts Kathryn Laughon, PhD General Hospital. She is responsible for advocating for and counseling employees who are victims of domestic violence or perpetra- Dr. Laughon is an assistant professor at the University of Virginia School of Nursing. She obtained her PhD at the Johns Hopkins tors of domestic violence. She also develops educational tools to raise awareness and promote an institutional response to the effects of University in May 2004. Her current research interests concern preventing intimate partner violence toward women, including domestic violence in the workplace. Ms. Kausek is a participant in a national training team on Dangerousness Assessment. intimate partner homicide, and preventing the poor health outcomes associated with intimate partner violence, including sexually transmitted infections, mental health problems, and substance use. Current funded research projects include developing and test- Lori L. Kelley, BA ing to assist families who are caring for child survivors of intraparental homicide and a study of the violence in the lives of women Lori L. Kelley, BA, has twelve years of experience in the field of domestic violence. She was an on-site DV medical advocate for leaving jails and prisons. six years at Mercy Hospital of Pittsburgh, a Level 1 Trauma Burn Tertiary Care Hospital serving the poor and underserved. She is currently the Director of Health Care Projects for Domestic Violence HELP. The mission of DV HELP is to reduce the incidence Mai Thi Phuo Le, PhD of domestic violence through HELP: Healthcare consultation, Education, Legal systems advocacy and Promoting awareness. She is Le Thi Phuong Mai, PhD is senior researcher at the Population Council Hanoi. She has been working on the gender and gender co-principal investigator of the Health Care Cost Impact Study. based violence topics since 1997. She has worked with both health and community based settings and has been principal investigators in several intervention researchs on gender based violence. Her research focused on investigating knowledge, attitude and Rachel Kimerling, PhD behavior of health and local authorities toward gender based violence. She is author of the paper: “Violence against women and its Rachel Kimerling is a Clinical Psychologist at the National Center for PTSD in Palo Alto, California. She is also the Research Direc- consequence for reproductive health: Viet Nam case”. It is the South and South-East Regional Working Paper, Population Council. tor of the VA Palo Alto Health Care System Women’s Mental Health Center, and an Investigator at the VA Palo Alto / Stanford University School of Medicine Center for Health Care Evaluation. She received her Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of Lisa Lederer Georgia in 1997 and completed a postdoctoral research fellowship at Stanford University School of Medicine. Dr. Kimerling is cur- Lisa Lederer is the president of PR Solutions, which serves national organizations that promote social justice. Lederer has exten- rently the Principal Investigator for the Study on Health and Employment (SHE) which provides ongoing consultation and research sive experience as a media strategist, managing projects for the Family Violence Prevention Fund, Afterschool Alliance, Elizabeth to the California Department of Social Services and other state agencies on the health, mental health, and economic consequences of Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, National Partnership for Women & Families, Service Employees International Union, and violence against women. others. Lederer has helped manage media relations for the Family Violence Prevention Fund since 1993. She was on the team that developed the public education campaigns, There’s No Excuse for Domestic Violence and Coaching Boys Into Men. She edits the Leiana Kinnicutt, BA newsletter Speaking Up, writes media materials, pitches stories, and more. Leiana Kinnicutt is a Program Specialist in the Children’s Program at the Family Violence Prevention Fund. Recently transfer- ring to the Boston office, she provides technical assistance on issues relating to the overlap of domestic violence and child abuse for ManChui Leung, BA various federal initiatives such as Greenbook, Family to Family, and Safe Havens. Previously she helped to develop and implement ManChui Leung is the Director for the HIV Program at the Asian &Pacific Islander American Health Forum (APIAHF) – a na- various Public Education initiatives, including the FVPF’s Coaching Boys into Men, and It’s Your Business campaigns. She was also tional advocacy organization dedicated to promoting policy, program and research efforts to improve the health and well-being of project staff for the San Francisco Greenbook Initiative. Leiana also worked as an AmeriCorps domestic violence courtroom advocate Asian American and Pacific Islander communities. She currently directs a national program that advocates for the needs of people in Hawaii, and as a crises line volunteer for Community United Against Violence. of color and immigrants living with HIV/AIDS; provides capacity building assistance to community based organizations deliver-

Workshop Faculty ing HIV/AIDS services; and builds community leadership to advocate for increased health access, resources, and data. She recently Pat Koppa, MPH completed a CDC Price Fellowship on a domestic violence and HIV project. ManChui recently finished a Price Fellowship at the Pat Koppa, MPH is President of Public Health Consultants, LLC, a Minneapolis company that fosters positive collaborative relation- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, GA. Her fellowship project focused on the intersection of HIV/AIDS and ships and healthcare initiatives across public, private and nonprofit sectors. Her business mix includes strategic planning, project domestic violence. Prior to joining APIAHF, she worked at the HIV/AIDS Services Program at the Chinese-American Planning management and qualitative research. In addition to consulting, Pat also coaches physicians and nurses on work/life balance and Council in New York City, and at the Asian Society for the Intervention of AIDS in Vancouver, BC, Canada on “Facing Out To- stress management. As a current contractor with the Minnesota Department of Health’s Sexual Violence Prevention Program, she gether” – a coming out project for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Asian youth and their parents. In addition, ManChui focuses on violence prevention in healthcare. Personally, Pat’s passion for primary prevention and quality patient care is related to is active in the lesbian, bisexual, transgender and queer of color community in the Bay Area. her extended family’s experience with both sexual assault and domestic violence.

Rebecca Levenson, MA Faculty Workshop Krista Kotz, PhD, MPH Rebecca Levenson, MA has worked with the Family Violence Prevention Fund since 2000. She has worked extensively in the areas Krista Kotz, PhD, MPH is the Program Director for the Kaiser Permanente Northern California Family Violence Prevention of reproductive and perinatal health within community clinics and home visitation programs for 15 years. She managed the Cali- Program. She oversees the implementation of a comprehensive, coordinated approach for improving screening, identification, and fornia Clinic Collaborative project in 2000-03; and worked with state and federal programs to integrate family violence assessment, services for intimate partner violence. intervention, and system change. From 2003-06, Ms. Levenson managed a domestic violence TA and training program for Healthy

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Start Programs. Prior to her work at the FVPF, Ms. Levenson was the Director of a Title X clinic in Vacaville, CA and was the Cen- Witness to Violence Project, and articles in the Journal of the American Medical Association, and Pediatrics, She has served as ter Director for Planned Parenthood Fairfield and Vallejo. As a childhood survivor and witness of abuse, Ms Levenson frequently consultant with the National Center for Children Exposed to Violence and the Safe Start Initiative. She also serves on the Mass. speaks about violence and resiliency. Governor’s Commission on Domestic Violence.

Annie Lewis-O’Connor, PhD, MPH, NP Jennifer McAllister-Nevins, JD Annie Lewis-O’Connor, PhD, MPH, NP is a board certified Pediatric and Ob-Gyn Nurse Practitioner and a certified Sexual -As Jennifer McAllister-Nevins joined the Project in the winter of 2003. As a state strategies attorney, she leads reproductive rights sault Nurse Examiner. She is recognized as an expert on Child Sexual Abuse, Physical Abuse and Domestic Violence. In 1994 campaigns and special projects with our state affiliates. In particular, she headed our state affiliates’ mobilization effort for the Governor Weld of Massachusetts appointed Ms. O’Connor to the Governors’ Commission on Domestic Violence recognizing her 2004 March for Women’s Lives in Washington, DC, for which the ACLU was a principal organizer. Most recently, Ms. McAllister- efforts. In 2004, Governor Romney commissioned Ms. Lewis-O’Connor to the Governor’s Commission on Sexual Assault and Nevins initiated an affiliate campaign on comprehensive sexuality education entitled, “Take Issue, Take Charge: School by School.” Domestic Abuse. She lectures to a broad spectrum of providers, specifically on the medical and nursing approaches to caring for Ms. McAllister-Nevins also participates in litigation, particularly on behalf of prisoners who need abortions and women who are victims of violence. Her work emphasizes the need to educate and cross train medical, nursing, law and social service professionals. being prosecuted for their conduct during their pregnancy. In 1992, Ms. McAllister-Nevins graduated magna cum laude from the She holds Faculty Appointments at Boston University (Associate Professor), Boston College and Simmons College. Ms. O’Connor University of Pennsylvania; in 1994,s he received her master’s degree in literature from Merton College, Oxford University; and in has testified as an expert witness in over 30 cases of child abuse, sexual assault and domestic violence. Ms. O’ Connor is currently a 1998, she received her J.D. magna cum laude from New York University School of Law, where she was a Root-Tilden-Snow public Nurse Practitioner at the Child Advocacy Center in Plymouth County and on the Child Protection Team at Boston Medical Center. interest scholar. Following law school, she clerked for Judge Audrey B. Collins of the U.S. District Court of the Central District of Ms. O’Connor has a number of publications related to violence against women and children. Ms. O’Connor received her Masters in California. She came to the Project from the Legal Aid Society, Criminal Defense Division, where she worked as a staff attorney. Primary Care Nursing from Simmons College in Boston and completed her Masters in Public Health from Boston University. She is currently a PhD Candidate at Boston College. Her dissertation, which has been funded by NIH/NINR will address screening Laura McCloskey, PhD mothers for domestic abuse during their child’s pediatric visit. Laura McCloskey is Director of the Merrill Palmer Skillman Center and Professor of Psychology at Wayne State University. Her research investigates the impact of domestic violence on women and their children in the United States and globally. She also Dale Little, BA studies the effectiveness of interventions for abused women and their children. Her research has been federally funded through the I was the first FV hospital advocate to be appointed in NZ, in a contract with National Women’s Hospital. I had personal contact AHRQ, NIMH, and ACYF. Dr. McCloskey holds a doctorate in psychology from the University of Michigan, and has held faculty with, and learnt so much from over three hundred women dealing with family violence in the hospital setting and co-managed appointments at the University of Pennsylvania, Harvard, and the University of Arizona. their cases with health social workers, doing risk assessments and developing safety plans. Maria D. McColgan, MD Natalia V. Lokhmatkina, MD Dr. Maria McColgan is a board certified Pediatrician and the Director of the Child Protection Program at St. Christopher’s Hospi- Natalia Lokhmatkina, MD, director of IPV prevention programs at NGO Medical Center Anastasia. She has 6 years of experience tal for Children. After graduating from Temple University College of Medicine, Dr. McColgan completed her pediatric residency in the provision of domestic violence services and preventing programming in the nonprofit sector. She is one of the founders of at St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children in June 2003, where she then practiced as an Urgent Care Physician. Dr. McColgan NGO Medical Center Anastasia, Vladivostok, Russia. Her 19-year experience of physician practice enabled her to start involv- completed the Pennsylvania Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics Preceptorship in Child Abuse and the Michigan State ing medical practitioners in IPV prevention in 2002. She established an innovative partnership between the Far Eastern Regional University Primary Care Development Fellowship and developed a child abuse curriculum for pediatric residents. As Principal Medical Center and NGO Anastasia to do the project A Practical Approach to IPV at the Out-Patient Department in 2005. Investigator for the Children and Mom’s Project (CAMP), Dr. McColgan helped to develop a successful domestic violence screening project in the pediatric setting. Judith MacIntosh, RN; BN, MSc, PhD Judith MacIntosh, RN; BN, MSc, PhD is Professor and CIHR New Investigator at the Faculty of Nursing in the University of David McCollum, MD New Brunswick in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada. Current research interests include work place bullying and its conse- Dr. McCollum received his medical degree from the University of Minnesota in 1974. He completed his residency in family prac- quences and exploring the potential intersection of abuse experiences, particularly intimate partner violence and work place bul- tice in 1977 at San Bernardino, California. After working in a burn center for three years, he returned to Minnesota in 1980 to set lying. Co-investigators Dr. Judy Wuest and Marilyn Merritt-Gray. This team also has current funded research on how experienc- up a solo family practice in Chanhassen. In 1993 he joined Physicians for a Violence-free Society and later served on the Board of ing work place bullying influences women’s engagement in the workforce. Additionally, MacIntosh has funding to study how to Directors of that organization. He has worked with the Minnesota Center Against Violence and Abuse. He was the MMA (Min- develop organizational strategies for work place bullying reduction. nesota Medical Association) representative to the Minnesota Health Care Coalition on Violence during its existence from 1996 to 2000, served on their Board during two of those years and co-chaired the Practice Guidelines, Education, and Training Committee Harriet MacMillan, MD, MSc, FRCP(C) of that Coalition. For the past 13 years he has worked as an emergency physician at Ridgeview Medical Center in Waconia, MN. Harriet MacMillan, MD, MSc, FRCP(C) is a pediatrician and psychiatrist at McMaster Children’s Hospital in Hamilton, Ontario, There, he helped develop a position for a Family Violence Services Coordinator and has developed new screening tools for use in

Workshop Faculty Canada. She is Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, and Pediatrics at McMaster University, and holds the Dan health care settings. For the past five years he has served as Chair of the American Medical Association National Advisory Council Offord Chair in Child Studies. Her research focuses on prevention of violence against women and children. on Violence and Abuse. He is a founding member of the Board of Directors of the Academy on Violence and Abuse.

Robin Mason, PhD Judith M. McFarlane, DPH Robin A. Mason is a community-based researcher interested in the health effects of intimate partner violence (IPV), the experience Dr. Judith McFarlane is the Parry Chair in Health Promotion and Disease Prevention at Texas Woman’s University, College of of IPV in minority cultural communities, and training and educating health care professionals to these issues. She is a Research Nursing, in Houston, Texas. Dr. McFarlane conducts research on the health effects of violence against women and the effectiveness Scientist in the Violence and Health Research Program at the Women’s College Research Institute and an Assistant Professor with of interventions to prevent further violence. Her research has been funded by the National Center for Injury Prevention, Agency for the Department of Public Health Sciences at the University of Toronto. Robin has been involved in the development of policies Health Research & Quality, The National Institute of Justice, and the National Institutes of Health. Dr. McFarlane began studying

and curricula on IPV locally, provincially and nationally. abuse during pregnancy in 1984 and has since authored seminal studies on abuse of pregnant women and its connection with low Faculty Workshop Betsy McAlister Groves, MSW, LICSW birth weight. Her research findings have been presented to congressional committees, included in national health objectives, and Betsy McAlister Groves, MSW, LICSW, is founding Director of the Child Witness to Violence Project at Boston Medical Center, used by clinicians in the U.S. and abroad to set standards of care for pregnant women. and Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Boston University School of Medicine. She has been a fellow at the Malcolm Weiner Center of Social Policy at Harvard University. Her publications include a book, Children Who See Too Much: Lessons from the Child

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Vibhuti R. Mehra, MCIS, MA Diane Sharon Morse, MD Vibhuti Mehra is the Program Manager for Community Outreach and Education at Narika - a California based domestic violence Diane Morse is an internist who has completed a fellowship in biopsychosocial medicine. Her research has been related to Intimate help line for South Asian women. Vibhuti has been engaged to anti-domestic violence education and advocacy efforts for over six Partner Violence (IPV) and physician-patient communication and has included the relationship of multiple unexplained symptoms years. She has also worked with the Family Violence Prevention Fund’s National Health Resource Center on Domestic Violence. (MUS) to a history of childhood abuse, and most recently, a pilot IPV intervention utilizing self-determination theory. She also She continues to support healthcare providers on culturally competent responses to domestic violence survivors in the health care teaches medical students, residents in internal medicine and obstetrics and gynecology, and other medical faculty about a variety of setting. biopsychosocial topics including IPV, MUS, and behavior change. She chairs the research committee of her local battered women’s shelter and co-directs her residency’s women’s health track. Jerry Meints, PhD, LMFT Dr. Jerry Meints Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist Ph.D. University of California, Riverside. Former Professor: Chapman Jyoti Mudgal, PhD University, Orange. Lecturer: University of California, Riverside; California State University, Fullerton. 101st Airborne infantry Author has more than 20 years of experience working in the area of social inequity and health. She acquired her PhD in Public Vietnam: Purple Heart and Bronze Star. Custom home builder, father of four. Dr. Meints and his wife Deborah co-host a popular Health from UCLA in 2000, and ever since she is working in the Mexican Institute of Social Security as a researcher. She heads the Time Warner Cable TV show, “It’s a Family Affair” now in its 9th season. He and Deborah have a new self help book titled Love research area in social epidemiology and mental health at a research unit of IMSS in Cuernavaca, Mexico. Tools: for Everyday Heroes. Dr. Meints has facilitated Riverside County’s largest treatment program for domestic violence offenders for over a decade. MaryLou Mylant, PhD, NP, RN Dr. Mylant is a certified Family Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner and currently teaches at South Dakota State University College of Marilyn Merritt-Gray, RN, MN Nursing in the undergraduate and graduate programs. Her expertise is in infant and child mental health and family nursing, espe- Marilyn Merritt-Gray, RN, MN is Professor at the University of New Brunswick, School of Nursing. She is an expert community cially within the areas of attachment, IPV, and substance abuse. She was the program evaluator and intervention specialist for the mental health practitioner with particular interest in working in rural communities with midlife women, and individuals with ma- teen project at the time of the study she will report on today. The study was federally funded by the Office of Adolescent Pregnancy jor psychiatric disabilities. She has an established research record in the area of woman abuse and has published extensively on the Programs, Office of Population Affairs, Department of Health and Human Services. process of survival for women in the time just prior to leaving and during the early years after leaving an abusive partner. Marilyn is actively involved in several not-for-profit women’s groups and advocacy work at a policy level. Tina Nappi, MSW Tina Nappi, MSW is currently the director of Passageway at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston where she has worked since Susan Marie Michalski, RN, MS 1997. She manages clinical supervises, supervises advocates and develops policies and protocols in health care to improve access Sue Michalski RN, MS is the training and education director for the Domestic Violence Coordinating Council in Omaha, NE. Sue and safety for victims. Previously she worked at the AWAKE Project at Children’s Hospital Boston, the Massachusetts Department has worked in the issues of domestic violence and sexual assault for over 20 years. She has served as a crisis line counselor, group of Social Services Domestic Violence Unit and at a teen parenting program at Bridge Over Troubled Waters, Inc. in Boston. Tina facilitator for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault. She provides workshops and seminars on a local, state and national received a B.S. in Journalism from Boston University and a Masters in Social Work from Boston University School of Social Work. level regarding these and related issues. Huy Ngo, BA Elizabeth Miller, MD, PhD Huy Ngo is a research assistant at the Center for Health Improvement and Prevention studies at the University of California, San Dr. Miller is Assistant Professor in Pediatrics at the U.C. Davis Medical Center, Center for Reducing Health Disparities. Dr. Mill- Francisco. He serves as the lead coordinator for the Health in Pregnancy study. He graduated from the University of California at er’s qualitative research has included examination of gendered risk for HIV among women in Japan as well as dating violence and Santa Cruz with degrees in Psychobiology and American Literature. Huy is planning to attend medical school for the 2007 fall class. health risks among adolescent girls in the United States. She is currently funded by the William T. Grant Foundation to conduct a mixed methods study of adolescent dating violence in the clinic setting; additionally, she participates in a CDC-funded study as- Christina Nicolaidis, MD, MPH sessing sexual and reproductive health risk among female adolescent victims of IPV and male adolescent perpetrators of IPV. Christina Nicolaidis, MD, MPH, is Assistant Professor of Medicine at Oregon Health & Science University. She focuses her research on the health and health care of intimate partner violence survivors. Funded research project have addressed chronic health Connie Mitchell, MD effects of IPV; mental health and chronic pain in IPV survivors; the use of a chronic care model to address IPV, and interventions Connie Mitchell, MD is a Specialist in Emergency Medicine with a special interest in violence and abuse. For 9 years she served to change provider attitudes and practices. She is the creator of the Voices of Survivors program, which uses narratives from as the Director of Domestic Violence Education for the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services. She is the author of California’s domestic violence survivors to train healthcare workers. She also has a small clinical practice focusing on chronic pain and she Guidelines for the Health Care of Intimate Partner Violence as well as book chapters and articles on health and forensic care of teaches about IPV, general internal medicine, research issues, and behavioral health to students and residents. victims of violence. Now, after early retirement from the University of California Davis, she is pursuing her MPH at UCLA in order to continue to improve health policy on issues of violence and abuse. Karen M. Nielsen, PH.D.

Workshop Faculty Karen Nielsen, PH.D. is a clinical social worker in private practice. Karen offers children, adolescents and adults the opportunity Lucy Mkandawire-Valhmu, PhD to engage in psychotherapy, art therapy and play therapy. The people she works with have often experienced violence within their Lucy Mkandawire-Valhmu is from Malawi, South East Africa. She came to the United States to pursue a degree in nursing and family environment. Karen’s research interests include building hope, hosting secondary education and battered women and art graduated from Syracuse University and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her present interests are in the health promotion therapy. Karen is an instructor within the Department of Women’s Studies, Criminal Justice, and Master’s of Integrated Study of Southern African women through the development of services that cater specifically to women and girls who have been abused. at Athabasca University. Her goal is to participate in the development of services that are based on sound research findings and to do so in a manner that involves the women who would benefit from such services. Christine Nollen, MPH, MPA Christine Nollen, MPH, MPA, Deputy Director of the CCC, served as Project Director for the CDC Early Intervention and Preven-

Bob Morrow, MD tion Program, SAMHSA Mental Health and HIV Services Collaborative, and HRSA SPNS Prevention for Positives program. Ms. Faculty Workshop Dr. Morrow is a family physician in private practice. He is a researcher in CME education, studying how to change learner behav- Nollen has been instrumental in developing and managing consumer-driven services. She revitalized and facilitates the CCC’s Con- ior, and how to measure that change, particularly in the context of patient outcomes. He has worked with Managed Care Organi- sumer Advisory Board (CAB). Ms. Nollen also developed a peer training curriculum, trained two classes of peers and manages the zations, Departments of Public Health, Academies, and others to develop case based interactive training on domestic violence, as CCC’s Peer Support Program. She is a co-facilitator of Living Well, a self-management education program based on the Positive well as STD screening, asthma, immunizations, emergency contraception, and informed consent in clinical research. Self Management Program developed by Stanford University.

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Alicia Oathout, MSW, MPH Division of the Centers for Disease Control. The first study documented the frequency and severity of violence against pregnant Ms. Oathout is a public health social worker at Children’s Hospital Boston in the Emergency Department. She works with sexual women and documented the relationship between abuse and low birth weight babies. The second study tested an empowerment abuse, child abuse and other trauma survivors and their families. She has also completed an epidemiology research fellowship with intervention for abused pregnant women and found that women who received the empowerment intervention reported significantly the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. less violence one year later than women in the comparison group. Parker’s current research focuses on children and adults who experienced the homicide of one of their parents at the hand of the other parent as a child. With co-investigators Richard Steeves Cheryl O’Donnell, BSJ and Kathryn Laughon they are funded by the National Institute of Nursing Research for three years to interview 90 adults who Cheryl O’Donnell has been raising awareness about domestic violence since 1999, after co-founding a communications boutique had this experience as a child. To date, over 74 interviews have been conducted. In 2004 she received an award for excellence in concentrating on public relations and public affairs campaigns aimed at advancing the health and well-being of women and chil- research from the Nursing Network on Violence Against Women International and the faculty leadership award from the Univer- dren. Cheryl’s specialized in working with major cable networks to create campaigns to end family violence, including Lifetime sity of Virginia, School of Nursing. Television for Women and Animal Planet. Cheryl joined NNEDV in 2004 to launch Vote Power, NNEDV’s initiative to overcome the institutional barriers that prevent battered women from exercising their right to vote. In 2005, she transitioned into Sue Parry, PhD Communications Director, providing technical assistance and support to state domestic violence coalitions around messaging and Sue Parry, Ph.D. is coordinator of the mental health and chemical dependency training for the New York State Office for the public awareness activities. Prevention of Domestic Violence. She presents at state and national conferences, trains mental health and chemical dependency clinicians and other service providers throughout New York State, and works with state agencies and organizations to develop Amy Okaya, MPH training materials and protocols on domestic violence. Before coming to OPDV, she had a long career in higher education, and as a Amy Okaya has coordinated the Sexual Violence Prevention Program at the Minnesota Department of Health (MHZ) since 1997, therapist specializing in women’s issues. where she has contributed to the development of a statewide Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence surveillance system, and managed CDC-funded projects to prevent violence against women. Her program is a leader in the application of health promotion Terri Pease, PhD strategies to prevent sexual violence. Amy holds a Master of Public Health degree from the University of Minnesota, and is pursu- Dr. Terri Pease is the Adult Trauma Specialist at the Domestic Violence & Mental Health Policy Initiative in Chicago, and was ing a Masters of International Management degree at the University of St. Thomas. formerly the Clinical Director of the Mental Retardation Residential and Support Division of ServiceNet, Inc. She has devoted much of her work to addressing trauma and abuse among people with disabilities. Her exceptional work was recognized in 2000 E. Carolyn Olson, MPH by the Family Violence Prevention Fund with the Health Care and Domestic Violence Advocate Leadership Award. Dr. Pease was Ms. Olson works as an epidemiology research analyst at the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene in the appointed to the faculty of the National Academy for Equal Justice for Persons with Disabilities at Temple University Division of Epidemiology. An MPH graduate of Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health, Ms. Olson has focused on violence prevention and women’s health issues in her work at the DOHMH, as well as leading a project to produce 42 neighbor- Beata Peck Little, MA, NCC, LPC hood profiles for the City of New York. Ms. Olson serves on the Domestic Violence Research Group at the Mailman School of Pub- lic Health at Columbia University and the Research Advisory Committee of the New York City Alliance Against Sexual Assault. Mary Beth Phelan, MD During her studies at Columbia, she was the research coordinator on a collaborative project with Planned Parenthood New York Dr. Mary Beth Phelan is an Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine in the Department of emergency medicine, and an affiliate City on screening for intimate partner violence in young women aged 15-24. Before her graduate studies, Ms. Olson was a Teach faculty member of the Injury Research Center at the Medical College of Wisconsin. Dr. Phelan’s areas of interest include the health for America teacher in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and subsequently, the community education director at The Rape Crisis Center in consequences of intimate partner violence, injury prevention and intimate partner violence education for health care providers. San Antonio, Texas. She has collaborated with researchers to determine the impact of intimate partner violence on women and men seeking emergency medical treatment. Dr. Phelan has co-authored the book Domestic Violence Screening in Medical and Mental Healthcare Settings Judee E. Onyskiw, RN, PhD (Springer). Judee Onyskiw, RN, PhD, is a Canada Research Chair in Family Violence and Health and an Associate Professor at the University of New Brunswick. She has a Doctorate in Nursing from the University of Alberta and completed post doctoral studies in the Laurie Powers, PhD Faculty of Medicine at that same institution. She has a clinical background in pediatric and emergency nursing. Her scholarly Laurie Powers, Ph. D. is a Distinguished Professor in the Regional Research Institute for Human Services, Graduate School of interests include all aspects of family violence, but particularly the impact of witnessing violence on children’s health and develop- Social Work at Portland State University. As Principle Investigator on several anti-violence, community-based research projects, ment and the intergenerational transmission of violence. Laurie has been advocating for systems change related to policy and practice protocols concerning violence against people with disabilities. Patricia A. Paluzzi, CNM, DrPH Patricia Paluzzi, CNM, DrPH is currently the President and CEO of a national membership organization focused on adolescent Elana Premack, MSW, MPH

Workshop Faculty reproductive health. Dr. Paluzzi has worked in women’s and public health for over two decades. She has been interested in issues Ms. Premack is the Outreach Coordinator for Kol Isha, the Jewish Domestic Violence Program at Jewish Family & Children’s of violence in women’s lives since working with substance abusing pregnant women in the1990’s. She ran a national project on Service of Greater Boston. Her work includes developing and presenting trainings, organizing program outreach to the Jewish integrating violence screening among midwives in practice. She will report on her dissertation research completed in 2001. and secular communities, coordinating Kol Isha’s Teen Safe Program, and creating and implementing program outcome measurement tools. Anuradha Paranjape, MD, MPH Anuradha Paranjape, MD, MPH, is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Medicine, Department of Medicine at Emory Uni- Scot R. Prinz, MA versity School of Medicine. Her primary research interest is in the prevention of violence against women and older adults. She is In the current capacity as the Director of Behavioral Health & Rural Services and behavioral health consultant for Alaska Native also an Emory Mentored Clinical Research Scholar (NIH/NCRR K12 RR 017643) and is working with Dr. Kaslow on a series of Tribal Health Consortium, working toward the development of village-based behavioral health services in all rural and remote

research studies to look at family violence and abuse in older African American women. Alaska Native communities. Additionally, supervise five other programs having impact upon Alaska Native community and pub- Faculty Workshop lic health. Previously held positions include: Alaska Area Alcohol Program Coordinator (Indian Health Service, 1988-1998); Clini- Barbara J. Parker, RN, PhD, FAAN cal and Administrative Director “Team Leader” of Readjustment Counseling Services (Veterans Administration, Alaska, Nevada Dr. Barbara Parker has been actively involved in the field of violence against women since 1975. She conducted several studies and Texas, 1985-1987); Counseling Psychologist (Veterans Administration, Arizona and Ohio, 1980-1985); Teaching Graduate on violence against pregnant women with Dr. Judith McFarlane of Texas Women’s University funded by the Intentional Injury Assistant (University of Arizona, 1977-1980); Counseling Psychologist (California State University at Sacramento, 1976-1977);

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and Rehabilitation Counselor (California Department of Rehabilitation,1973-1976). Education includes: ABD – Rehabilitation Peter Sawires, MA Psychology & Public Administration – University of Arizona (1980); MA –Rehabilitation Counseling - University of Northern Peter J. Sawires, MA, is the Director of Medical Education at Physicians for Reproductive Choice and Health® (PRCH). PRCH Colorado (1973); and BA – double majored in Psychology & Communication (1971).Active military service in the US Army’s 1/1 enables concerned physicians to take a more active and visible role in support of universal reproductive health and is committed Cavalry Squadron (Texas and Vietnam, 1966-1968) to ensuring that all people have the knowledge, access to quality services, and freedom of choice to make their own reproductive health decisions. At PRCH, Peter directs all educational activities and has introduced several innovative new programs including Jean Ramsay, PhD the Adolescent Reproductive Health Education Project, the Ford-funded Residency Education Initiative, and the Kenneth J. Ryan, Jean Ramsay, PhD, is a senior research fellow at Queen Mary’s School of Medicine and Dentistry, London. In collaboration with col- MD Memorial Program and lecture series. leagues, Jean has completed two systematic reviews of health care interventions for abuse and one on qualitative studies on abused women’s experiences of health services. She has also helped to pilot a RCT of a primary care based intervention. Currently Jean is Bradley Joseph Schaffer, MSW conducting a systematic review of screening for the UK Department of Health, as well as a series of reviews for the Cochrane Col- Mr. Schaffer is the Div. Dir., Community Psychiatry at the Cincinnati VA Medical Center. He has over 20 years federal service. laboration. A national trial of primary care interventions is planned for the near future. He facilitates Incarcerated Veterans Reentry and Domestic Relations (Batterers) Programs. He is a Licensed Master Social Worker, Board Certified Diplomat in Clinical Social Work and Assistant Professor, Clinical Psychiatry, University of Cincinnati. Paula R. Renker, PhD, RN Dr. Renker is an assistant professor at Ohio State University College of Nursing where she is active in university programs on dat- Elise Schuster, BA ing violence. Her program of research focuses on abuse screening and intervention in pregnant adolescents. Elise Schuster, BA is currently the Medical Education Associate at Physicians for Reproductive Choice and Health® (PRCH). PRCH enables concerned physicians to take a more active and visible role in support of universal reproductive health and is Karin Verlaine Rhodes, MD, MS committed to ensuring that all people have the knowledge, access to quality services, and freedom of choice to make their own Karin Rhodes MD, MS (Health Studies) is an Assistant Professor and Director of Health Care Policy Research in the Department reproductive health decisions. Prior to holding this position she worked as an assistant. During her time at PRCH she has worked of Emergency Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. Her research focuses on use of the acute health care setting for screening on public policy and medical education issues spanning the supreme court, residency education, the Unborn Child Pain Aware- and intervention with intimate partner violence and other major psychosocial health risks. Dr Rhodes has received federal funding ness Act, and Emergency Contraception. In addition to working at PRCH Elise worked as a sex educator for a well known sex toy to evaluate the impact of computer screening on doctor-patient communication and an NIMH-funded career development award to boutique where she taught private and public workshops. evaluate the psychological profiles and design interventions for self-identified perpetrators of family violence. Phyllis W. Sharps, PhD, FAAN Vaughn Rickert, PsyD Phyllis Sharps, PHD, RN, CNE, FAAN is an Associate Professor, Community Health at the Johns Hopkins University School of Dr. Rickert, Professor of Clinical Population and Family Health and Director of the Academic Program for the Heilbrunn De- Nursing. Her research and teaching focuses on perinatal IPV and nurse home visitation interventions. partment of Population and Family Health at the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University. With a doctorate in Clinical Psychology from Central Michigan University, he joined Columbia in 2001 to serve as the Director of the Research and Karina Sicairos, MSW, BA Evaluation unit of the Center for Community Health and Education, the domestic service system of five school-based health centers The author completed her undergraduate degree at California State University, Long Beach, in Psychology and a minor in Women’s and a family planning clinic in the Washington Heights community. Dr. Rickert has authored and co-authored over 100 publica- Studies. She acquired an interest in social justice and equality, and decided to pursue a degree in Social Work, and will soon begin tions in adolescent health to work on her LCSW. She will be graduating with her MSW degree in June 2006 from CSU San Bernardino. Her specializations are Child Welfare and Domestic Violence. Debra J. Robbin, EdM Debra Robbin has more than 25 years of experience in directing diverse programs in women’s health, domestic and sexual violence Mona Sobhy Siha, MD services. Debra’s accomplishments include directing a citywide training initiative on infant mortality, creating an award winning Mona Siha, MD, Professor of Occupational Medicine, Cairo University, Egypt and has been working in this department for over 30 peer led prevention project and founding the first statewide domestic violence hotline in MA. She has also served on several boards years. She is interested in the hazards which may affect workers (mainly the underprivileged on as women, children and old age). with a particular interest in youth development, HIV/AIDS, substance abuse and community empowerment. Debra serves as Di- Most of her work is directed towards health education and hazards prevention. rector of Membership and Education at Jane Doe Inc., the MA Coalition Against Sexual Assault/Domestic Violence; she co-chairs the Prevention and Education Committee of the Governor’s Commission on Sexual/Domestic Violence. Jill Silverman, MD Dr. Silverman is a practicing general internist at Columbia University Medical Center and the medical director of the Fam- Jane Root, BS ily PEACE Program, a hospital based domestic violence program. In her capacity as a domestic violence program director she Jane Root, is the Director of the Domestic Violence Response Program for the Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians in Northern has been actively involved in training medical providers, working to foster collaboration with community advocates, developed

Workshop Faculty Maine. Jane developed and implemented the first Tribal domestic violence program in the northeast region of the United States. public awareness campaigns and is active in developing new programs to serve unmet needs in the community. She has worked on She has been working/advocating on behalf of battered women and their children for the past seventeen years. Jane is co-chair of domestic violence advisory committees with the New York City Department of Mental Health and Hygiene. She is the principal the Indian Health Service (IHS)/Administration for Children, Youth and Families Maliseet(ACYF) Domestic Violence Demonstra- investigator on a DHHS grant entitled ‘Integrated Model for Immigrants Living with Domestic Violence. ‘ tion Project. The Maliseets are one of four Leadership Sites for this Pilot Project. Jane currently sits on the Steering Committee for the National Health Conference on Domestic Violence; the Attorney General’s National Advisory Committee on Violence Jay G. Silverman, PhD Against Women; and the Health Panel for the Decade for Change Summit. Jay Silverman, PhD, is a public health researcher and advocate. He has conducted and published research on a broad range of issues regarding gender-based violence against adolescent and adult women and their children in the US and internationally, and co- Patti Rosell, MSW, LICSW authored the book The Batterer as Parent (Sage, 2002). Dr. Silverman is currently Assistant Professor of Society, Human Develop-

Patti Rosell, MSW, LICSW is a clinical social worker earning her MSW degree from Simmons School of Social Work in Boston MA. ment and Health at the Harvard School of Public Health. Faculty Workshop She has worked in several different capacities in the human service field including: child and adolescent services, Employee Assistance Programs, early intervention and domestic violence. Patti’s research experience has been in program evaluation and conducting qualita- Marilyn E. Smith, PhD tive interviews with survivors of partner abuse. She is currently the domestic violence advocate at the Massachusetts General Hospital Marilyn E. Smith, PhD, RN, is an assistant professor at West Virginia University with a joint appointment with the School of Revere Health Clinic providing training, consultation and clinical services to women and adolescents affected by domestic violence. Medicine and the School of Nursing. Her certifications include: 1) Clinical Specialist in Adult Psychiatric and Mental Health

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Nursing, 2) Licensed Professional Counselor, and 3) Rehabilitation Counselor. She has worked in various nursing areas for the past Jennifer L. Strauss, PhD thirty years, including adult mental health, pediatrics, geriatrics, and education. Her roles in these areas have included staff nurse, Jennifer L. Strauss, PhD is Core Investigator in Health Services Research at the Durham VA Medical Center, and Assistant Re- counselor, administrator, and course coordinator. Dr. Smith has been the PI in numerous research projects and has various publications. search Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Duke University. Her research interests include the role of the doctor-patient relationship in treatment outcomes, and the development of transportable, patient-centered mental health interventions. Her Andrea Spagat content areas of interest include post traumatic stress disorder, sexual trauma, and positive health. She is principle investigator of Andrea Spagat is the Education Director at Center for Digital Storytelling. She has worked as an educator for 12 years in a variety an investigation of advance treatment planning in persons with severe mental illness, and of a randomized controlled trial of a self- of settings, including adult literacy programs, a jail GED project, and a substance abuse and violence prevention initiative for administered intervention for PTSD related to military sexual trauma. youth. From 1999 to 2001, she was a Violence Prevention Academic Fellow with the California Wellness Foundation. Since 2003, Andrea has facilitated digital storytelling workshops in English and Spanish, working primarily with youth and members of im- Cris Sullivan, PhD migrant communities. Andrea has a Masters in Adult Education and specializes in curriculum development, in addition to her Dr. Sullivan has been an advocate and researcher in the movement to end violence against women since 1982. Her areas of exper- teaching. tise included developing and evaluating community interventions for battered women and their children, and evaluating victim services. Dr. Sullivan has received numerous federal grants to support her work and has published extensively in this area. In Jo Spangaro, BA addition to consulting for numerous local, state and federal organizations and initiatives, she conducts workshops on (1) effectively Jo Spangaro is currently undertaking a follow up study of routine screening for domestic violence in New South Wales (NSW) advocating in the community for women with abusive partners, and their children; (2) understanding the effects of domestic vio- health services as a Ph D student. Prior to then she directed policy and program development for child protection and violence pre- lence on women and children; and (3) evaluating victim service agencies. In addition to her MSU appointments, Dr. Sullivan is also vention programs for the NSW Department of Health and was closely involved in the development of the states routine screening the (pro bono) Director of Evaluation for the Michigan Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence and the Senior Research for domestic violence program. She also had policy oversight of the states Health based, child protection, sexual assault and child Advisor to the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence. and adolescent sexual offender treatment programs. Jo has worked as an educator developing and delivering specialist programs on working with victims of violence in the health system. Prior to then she worked as a social worker /victim advocate in sexual as- Zita J. Surprenant, MD, MPH sault services, including. This included working as a treatment coordinator in a program for fathers who have sexually abused their Zita J. Surprenant, M.D., M.P.H., is a Preventive Medicine physician and has an MPH with a concentration in Occupational own children. and Environmental Health and with a research emphasis on workplace and family violence. Dr. Surprenant is a representative to the American Medical Association’s National Advisory Council on Abuse and Violence Education Committee. Dr. Surprenant is Francine Garland Stark, BA actively engaged in family violence research in the areas of health care training of domestic violence, implementation of domestic Francine JG Stark is the Training Coordinator for Spruce Run Association, the domestic violence project serving Penobscot County, violence protocols within hospital and private practice settings, development of hospital based advocacy for victims of domestic Maine. Since 1986, has provided advocacy and crisis intervention for people affected by abuse in addition to developing training violence and strangulation in domestic violence cases. programs for a wide variety of audiences, including law enforcement, health care professionals, social service providers, clergy, and employers. Angela Sutton, JD Angela Sutton serves as the Project Coordinator of the Women of Color Network in Harrisburg, PA. In that role, she provides Richard Steeves leadership and comprehensive program support for a national project that responds to violence against women and families in com- Richard Steeves is a nurse researcher who comes to the area of domestic violence through an interest in grief and bereavement. This munities of color. Ms. Sutton’s primary responsibilities also include providing direct technical assistance and resources to women interest brought him to concern about children who have lost a parent to violence. His current work is an NIH-funded study on of color advocates and activists, assistance with the development of the WOCN Public Policy Project, and implementing outreach children who are survivors of intraparental homicide. and membership activities. Ms. Sutton received her JD from Syracuse University College of Law. During law school, Ms. Sutton worked in the criminal defense clinic and with the Syracuse University New Technology Commercialization Research Center. Ms. Lynne Stevens, LCSW, BCD Sutton has also performed research in bioethics law, reproductive health technology, and assisted reproductive technologies. Lynne Stevens, L.C.S.W., B.C.D.Boston University School of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine, Boston Medical Center, Director, Responding to Violence Against Women Program Angela J. Taft, MPH, PhD Dr Angela Taft is currently Senior Research Fellow at Mother and Child Health Research, La Trobe University, Australia and Kiersten Stewart, MA Honorary Fellow in the Department of General Practice, University of Melbourne. Her research focuses on both women’s expe- Kiersten Stewart is the Public Policy Director for the Family Violence Prevention Fund and manages the Fund’s Washington, D.C. riences of and the public health system response to intimate partner violence (IPV) and sexual and reproductive health. She is office. She has extensive national experience in campaign management, media relations, and progressive politics with a proven currently Principal Investigator of MOSAIC, an IPV social support community randomized trial and also a national evaluation of dedication to women’s and civil rights issues. Ms. Stewart has served as the Chief of Staff, Campaign Manager, and Communica- the implementation of ‘over the counter’ emergency contraceptive pills in Australia. She is Associate Investigator on the Australian

Workshop Faculty tions Director for United States Representative Maurice Hinchey (D-NY). She supervised all functions of the Congressional Office, Longitudinal Study of Women’s Health, and national co-convenor of the Public Health Association of Australia’s Women’s Health managed a winning campaign, acted as the Congressman’s on the record spokesperson, and handled legislative work pertaining to: Special Interest Group. women’s issues, HIV/AIDS, immigration, civil rights, welfare, and international family planning. Casey T. Taft, PhD Meg Stone, MPH Casey T. Taft, PhD, is a clinical psychologist at the Behavioral Sciences Division of the National Center for PTSD in the VA Boston Meg Stone is the Director of IMPACT Boston an organization dedicated to preventing domestic, sexual, and interpersonal violence Healthcare System, and is Assistant Professor of Psychiatry in the Boston University School of Medicine. Dr. Taft’s primary research and supporting the healing and empowerment of abuse survivors. She has worked in numerous domestic violence and sexual as- areas involve the examination of domestic abuse among the military veteran population, and the treatment of abuse perpetrators. sault programs since 1993 in capacities including program evaluation, curriculum development, qualitative research, event produc- He has recently been honored with the Chaim Danieli Young Professional Award of the International Society for Traumatic Stress

tion, legal advocacy and overnight shelter work. Studies for excellence in PTSD research by an individual who has completed training within the last five years. Faculty Workshop

Helen E. Straus, MD, MS William R. Tamayo, JD Dr. Straus has been working with emergency department patients who have experienced IPV for the last several years including William R. Tamayo (Bill Tamayo) was appointed in 1995 as the Regional Attorney for the United States Equal Employment projects evaluating ED screening, functional health status and IPV status overtime. Opportunity Commission, San Francisco District. He currently directs the Commission’s litigation and legal program in Northern

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California, Northern Nevada, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Alaska, Idaho and Montana. From 1979-2005 the San Francisco Dis- leadership development. (LíderesCampesinas has received several regional and national recognitions for its innovative training and trict covered Northern and Central California, Hawaii, American Samoa, Wake Island, Johnston Island, Guam and the Common- grassroots outreach model). As an adult, Mily returned to school in 1991. She obtained her Bachelor’s Degree in Chicano Studies wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. and a Minor in Women Studies, from California State University of Fullerton. Mily is a fellow for Rural Development Leadership Network and working on her Individualized Master’s Degree on Rural Development at Antioch, Ohio. She has been a recipient of Joyce N. Thomas, RN, MPH, FAAN numerous community and educational awards. Amongst some, she is an Alston/Bannerman since 2002; she was recognized as one Joyce N. Thomas is an internationally recognized pioneer in the field of child abuse and neglect. She is Co-Founder and of the “100Heroines of the World” in New York in 1998; she was recently selected by the Ford Foundation for the Leadership for a President of the Center for Child Protection and Family Support in Washington, DC. Changing World in New York, NY, November 2004. She sits on numerous boards and task forces.

Danielle M. Thomas-Taylor, MD Jessie Urban, MSW, MPH Danielle Thomas-Taylor, MD is an attending pediatric physician at Rochester General Hospital. Dr. Thomas-Taylor completed Jessie Urban, MSW/MPH is the Prevention/Children and Youth coordinator for the LA VIDA Program, based in southwest De- her residency and a dual fellowship in General Academic Pediatrics and Child Abuse & Forensic Pediatrics at the University of troit and operating out of CHASS (Community Health and Social Services). She attended the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Rochester. She maintains a clinical position in their child abuse program as well as directing the Pediatric Links with the Commu- and studied community organizing, interpersonal practice and health behavior and health education. She currently runs prevention nity resident education program. Dr. Thomas-Taylor’s research interests include community pediatrics, domestic violence screening programs in six Detroit elementary, middle and high schools to promote healthy relationships and address issues of sexual assault practices and young children’s clinical symptoms of violence exposure. and dating violence. Ms. Urban also provides individual counseling to children and teens who have witnessed domestic violence or survived sexual assault. She also has experience with program development. Robert S. Thompson, MD Robert S. Thompson, MD, Scientific Investigator, Group Health Cooperative (GHC). Dr. Thompson has a particular interest in Colleen Varcoe, PhD translational research and the use of systems approaches for planning program implementation. He recently concluded a three-year Colleen Varcoe is an Associate Professor at the University of British Columbia School of Nursing. Her teaching focuses on culture, AHRQ funded study of an intervention to improve domestic violence (DV) identification and management in primary care. The inequity and health. Her research focuses on women’s health with emphasis on violence against women, and the culture of health intervention was through the planned application of a systems model developed by Green and Kreuter. One of his current proj- care with emphasis on ethical practice. She recently completed a study of the interacting risks of violence and HIV infection for ects is Healthy Steps, which at GHC introduces new delivery models for integrating developmental and behavioral content into rural and Aboriginal women. She is currently Co-PI and leader of the BC site the CIHR New Emerging Team grant on violence well-child healthcare. He recently completed an examination of patterns of utilization and costs of DV (2003). In 2002, he was against women and co-PI of a participatory study regarding rural maternity care for Aboriginal women. awarded a four year grant that assesses the long-term healthcare effects of domestic violence in women and their children with a focus on prevalence, severity, chronicity, impacts on health status, and medical care costs. Dr. Thompson served (2000-2001) on Aruna Venkatesan, BSc. the Institutes of Medicine’s committee examining training needs of health professionals to respond to family violence. Aruna Venkatesan is a third year UCSF medical student. She began her domestic violence work as a crisis counselor and member of the Board of Directors for Kiran Inc., a non-profit organization that provides DV support services for South Asians in the North Lisa A. Tieszen, MSW, LICSW Carolina RTP area. As a medical student and graduate health intern, she led national organizing efforts for health professional Lisa Tieszen, MSW, LICSW has been a long-time clinician and advocate for battered women and their children. She has worked students with the Family Violence Prevention Fund. Aruna currently works on the UCSF School of Medicine DV curriculum, hav- in family violence for over 25 years. Her work has been consistently collaborative, joining with others in 1986 to develop the ing developed learning modules and updated syllabus sections, and has spoken on nationally organized panels on the intersection of Advocacy for Women and Kids in Emergencies Project (AWAKE) at Children’s Hospital in Boston, and in 1994 to initiate the Safe DV and health. Transitions: Domestic Violence Intervention Program at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. It has been in healthcare that she has seen the potential to respond to victims/survivors of all ages and all backgrounds, to train health care providers and other clini- Iatamze Verulashvili, PhD cians in responding with increased sensitivity and greater efficacy, and to work toward systems change to benefit the outcome for Verulashvili Iatamze is currently professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology in Tbilisi State Medical Academy –Department post- the survivor. She is currently the Program Coordinator of the Advocate Education and Support Project in Boston, MA. graduate training doctors and Director of Women’s Center. She focuses her work on the protection of women’s rights, trafficking, domestic violence and Reproductive Rights and Health. From 2000 began work on the problem of influence DV on health. She is Natalie Tobier, MPH, LMSW the first in Georgia who made awareness of domestic violence among health care professionals, developed special program Impact Natalie Tobier, MPH, LMSW. Ms. Tobier, currently the Senior Deputy Director, Reproductive and Behavioral Health Programs Domestic Violence on Reproductive Health “for licensing and re-certification of health care providers. She is an author of a book has been at MHRA for fifteen years, throughout which time she has been responsible for the development and management and “Domestic Violence: The Health Sector Responds”, has several leadership positions in academic and clinical medicine, is a found- numerous service programs including those related to family planning, medical abortion, home visiting, home safety, smoking ces- ing member of European Menopause Association and European Cervical Cancer Association. sation, and most recently mental and behavioral health programs. She is also a psychotherapist in private practice. Benita Jeanne Walton-Moss, DNS, APRN, BC

Workshop Faculty Hiroko Tomoda, MS, RN Benita Walton-Moss, DNS, APRN, BC is and Assistant Professor at Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing. She has been Hiroko Tomoda, MS, RN is a professor of Nursing in Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan. She is specialized in Pediatric nursing. a family nurse practitioner for 24 years and currently provides gynecological care to women in substance abuse treatment. she currently has a Career Award(K23) from the National Institute on Drug Abuse to pursue research in the area of women, substance Mily Trevino-Sauceda, BA abuse, and intimate partner violence. Mily Trevino-Sauceda was born in the state of Washington to an immigrant and migrant farm worker family. She is the third of ten children. She was an agricultural and migrant worker in Idaho and California, since age eight. During her teenage years she Carole Warshaw, MD organized teenage groups in the 1970s (through her church), and became a United Farmworkers’ union worker (1975-1981.) As Dr. Warshaw is the Executive Director of the Domestic Violence & Mental Health Policy Initiative and Director of the National a farmworker and a supporter she volunteered for the United Farmworker union as an organizer during the 1975-1990. She Training and TA Center on Domestic Violence, Trauma & Mental Health. She chaired the committee that wrote the AMA Guide-

worked as a Community Worker/Paralegal for California Rural Legal Assistance for the Migrant Program in the Coachella Val- lines on Domestic Violence and was a member of the National Research Council Committee on the Assessment of Family Violence Faculty Workshop ley 1981-1991. She was the founder and first President of “Mujeres Mexicanas” (Mexican Women) group, in the Coachella Valley Interventions. She is also a member of the Chicago DV Advocacy Coordinating Council, the AMA Council on Family Violence, region 1988-1991 (a Mexican farmworker women’s group advocating against violence against farmworker women). She is a co- the Family Violence and Abuse Committee of the American Psychiatric Association and the Illinois Psychiatric Society Executive founder and the Executive Director for Organización en California de Líderes Campesinas, Inc. (1992-present). Líderes Campesinas Council. is a statewide organization of farmworker women leaders advocating against violence against farmworker women and promoting

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Kim Webster, BA Kim Webster is a Senior Project Officer in the Mental Health and Wellbeing Unit of the Victorian Health Promotion Founda- tion where her work has a focus on gender based violence, culturally based discrimination and health inequalities. Kim is a Social Worker with 22years experience in direct care and policy and program development in government and non-government settings. Among other publications, Kim wrote the first report addressing government responses to intimate partner violence in her home state of Victoria, Australia in 1985. She is currently undertaking a Masters in Behavioural Science (research) exploring health care models for people from refugee backgrounds.

Gina Wingood, ScD, MPH Gina M. Wingood, ScD, MPH is an Associate Professor in the Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education; the Agnes Moore Endowed Faculty in HIV/AIDS Research and; Director, Social and Behavioral Science Core, Emory Center for AIDS Research. Dr. Wingood received her MPH in Maternal and Child Health from the University of California, Berkeley and her ScD from the Harvard University School of Public Health in Health and Social Behavior. Dr. Wingood currently serves as the Principal Investigator on four NIH-funded studies

Gwen Wright, BFA Gwen Wright is Director of Training and Policy Development for the New York State Office for the Prevention of Domestic Violence, overseeing criminal justice, human service, and health care training and policy programs. She has also directed various other projects at OPDV. She was the Executive Director of the New York State Coalition Against Domestic Violence, and currently serves on the Board of Directors of In Our Own Voices, a program that provides health-related services to people of color in the LGTB community. She is an organizational development consultant and activist committed to eliminating racial, sexual and heterosexual injustice.

Mayumi Yamada, MA Mayumi Yamada, MA is a DV/Rape crisis counselor and consultant. She works internationally between US and Japan, providing consultation and trainings of violence against women. Former DV advocate at HAVEN at Massachusetts General Hospital

Mieko Yoshihama, PhD, MSW, ACSW Mieko Yoshihama, PhD, MSW, ACSW is an associate professor of Social Work at the University of Michigan. In addition to serving on the Steering Committee of the Asian & Pacific Islander Institute on Domestic Violence, she serves on advisory committees of various organizations dedicated to ending domestic violence. Dr. Yoshihama has conducted numerous community-based research projects both in the U.S. and Japan, including a nationwide survey in Japan, Life History Calendar studies of battered women in Michigan and Japan, and a study of Japanese American women in Los Angeles. Her research interests are violence against women, immigrants and mental health.

Bonnie Zimmer, MSW Bonnie Zimmer is Director of HAVEN at MGH. She has worked as an advocate, therapist, supervisor and trainer for the past 20 years. Workshop Faculty Workshop Faculty Workshop

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(Designed for those who want more in - depth information on specific areas of health care response to domestic violence. The institutes The Marcy Gross Research Symposium highlight the critical components of a clinical and system response to family violence for specific settings as well as new policy, research Research Priorities for IPV: Where do we need to go? and educational approaches to violence prevention within the health care context. Presenters share comprehensive materials and critical Golden Gate Hall—A2 teaching strategies that enhance learning. This symposium is dedicated to the memory of Marcy Lynn Gross, who helped coordinate research, forums and policy that convinced health leaders to recognize family violence as the public health issue it is. She was a creative and strategic expert who gave her time FULL DAY SESSIONS and talent to efforts to improve the health care response to abuse 8:30 am-4:00 pm with lunch break from 11:30 am-1:00 pm Course Leaders: Robert S. Thompson MD, Center for Health Studies, Group Health Cooperative; Jacquelyn C. Campbell, PhD, RN, Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing [Co-facilitator]; Debbie Lee, Family Violence Improving the Health Care Response to Domestic Violence in American Indian/Alaska Native Communities Prevention Fund [Co-facilitator]; Peter Cummings, MD, MPH, School of Public Health and Community Medi- Pacific Suite—C cine, University of Washington; Robert Reid MD, PhD, Center for Health Studies, Group Health Cooperative; and Co-sponsored by The Indian Health Service, Mending the Sacred Hoop Technical Assistance Project and Sacred Circle Diana Buist, PhD, MPH, Center for Health Studies, Group Health Cooperative. Responding Panelists: Kathleen Course Leaders: Anna Marjavi, FVPF, Jeremy Nevilles-Sorell, Mending the Sacred Hoop Technical Assistance Basile, PhD, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, CDC; Charlotte Mullican, BSW, MPH, Agency for Project, Denise Grenier, The Indian Health Service, Elena Giacci, Sacred Circle Don Clark, MD, MPH, AASTEC IHS Healthcare Research and Quality, Susan E. Salasin, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Assignee, Rachel Locker, MD, Warm Springs Health & Wellness, Jane Root, Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians (SAMHSA), and Kristin Schubert, M.P.H., The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Domestic Violence Response Program and Tina Costillo, Family Harmony Project Description: This training session Description: How can we move forward in establishing the effectiveness of screening/assessment and intervention for is geared for all health care providers, administrators, and domestic violence advocates providing care to American IPV? We wills tart by looking at our gaps in knowledge, discuss the planned care models for multi-faceted, multi-level Indian/Alaska Natives in direct, tribal and urban health settings and communities. Drawing from a national initiative interventions which have met with success for our other health problems, experimental and non experimental research working with eighteen I/T/U health care facilities, the broad team of faculty and experts will discuss their particular designs, the pros and cons of multi-site collaborations for large scale longitudinal studies and intervention studies, and approaches to serving AI/AN communities. explore avenues for funding the needed research. This working session promises to include some of the best thinkers in the field. Building Academic Capacity and Expertise in Violence and Abuse: A Blueprint for Advancing Health Professional Education Golden Gate Hall—A1 HALF DAY SESSIONS Morning sessions (8:30 am-11:30 am) Sponsored by: The Academy on Violence and Abuse (AVA) Course Leaders: Tasneem Ismailji, MD, MPH, Stanford University; Connie Mitchell, MD; Ellen Taliaferro, MD, “What About Domestic Violence?”: Experts Discuss Next Steps for Home Visitation Programs Health After Trauma; Debra Houry, MD, MPH, Emory University; Elaine Alpert, MD, MPH, Boston University School Pacific Suite—H (This course compliments the afternoon course “Parenting After Violence: Strategies for Home Visitation and other of Public Health; Robert Block, MD, The University of Oklahoma College of Medicine‑Tulsa, Leslie Halpern; Programs Serving Families” Janice Humpheries, PhD, RN, UCSF; Jackie Campbell, PhD, RN, FAAN, Johns Hopkins School of Nursing; Perry Pugno, MD, American Academy of Family Physicians; Peter Sawires, MA, Physicians for Reproductive Course Leaders: David Olds, PhD, MD, founder of the Nurse Family Partnership program (NFP), Choice and Health; William Smock, MD, University of Louisville; Michael Wilkes, University of California, Davis Harriet MacMillan, M. Sc, F.R.C.P. Evaluator NFP domestic violence program, Rebecca Levenson, MA Description: In 2002 the Institute of Medicine released a report highly critical of health care education on violence Family Violence Prevention Fund, Linda Chamberlain, PhD, MPH, Phyllis Sharps, PhD, RN, FAAN, and abuse. While there has been increased awareness of the health impacts of violence and abuse much work needs to Johns Hopkins University, Becky Ruffner, Healthy Families America be done to incorporate violence and abuse in health professional education. Help AVA create a blueprint with three Description: Home visitation programs hold much promise to improve perinatal outcomes and intervene in child panels of academicians and experts from nursing, medical, dental and public health. Working sessions after each panel abuse. A common issue that has emerged is the high prevalence of Domestic Violence among home visitation clients will discuss the creation of improved curriculum recommendations for health professionals and possibly a new medical and the challenge of how to safely and systemically address Domestic Violence during home visits. During this highly subspecialty. This symposium is geared towards medical and health professional students, academicians, clinicians and interactive session panelists will discuss how home visitation programs can best address past exposure to violence, decision makers. current victimization, and the impact on health and parenting. Leaders in the area of home visitation and domestic violence will discuss best practices, next steps, and identify research needed to help inform the field. Beyond Identification, Response and Treatment: The Critical Role of Health Care in Preventing Intimate Partner

Pre-Conference Violence Before it Occurs Victim or Perpetrator?: Assessing and Intervening in Cases of GLBT Domestic Violence. Pacific Suite—B Pacific Suite—A Institutes Course Leaders: Kelcie Cooke, MA, LCSW, Fenway Community Health; Peter Botteas, MA, Course Leaders: Lisa Fujie Parks, MPH, Prevention Institute; David S. Lee, MPH, Prevention Connection, Fenway Community Health California Coalition Against Sexual Assault; Larry Cohen, MSW, Prevention Institute, Lynne Lee, Family Violence Description: Studies indicate that domestic violence in GLBT relationships is just as widespread as domestic violence Prevention Fund; Greta Tubbesing, BA, Prevention Institute; Elizabeth Waiters, PhD, Prevention Institute; Suzanne in heterosexual relationships, with a prevalence ranging from 20% to 35%. However, few clinical settings are ad- Brown-McBride, California Coalition Against Sexual Assault Description: This pre-conference training will focus equately equipped to assess the complexities of GLBT domestic violence and intervene appropriately. Fenway Com- Institutes

on comprehensive primary prevention – that is, taking action before IPV is perpetrated to foster healthy environments munity Health has developed and implemented a unique model for dealing with DV in a multidisciplinary setting. Pre-Conference and behaviors and reduce the likelihood that IPV will occur. Specific strategies for health care will be explored, includ- This session will examine the distinct features of GLBT DV, demonstrate assessment skills that are used to distinguish ing clinical practice, organizational practice and advocacy leadership. Comprehensive efforts such as CALCASA’s “My between perpetrator and victim (with an opportunity for audience participation, debate and discussion), and present Strength Is Not For Hurting” campaign and the Family Violence Prevention Fund’s “Coaching Boys into Men” will the cutting-edge model used at Fenway. be highlighted. The training is designed for leaders in health/public heath settings and domestic violence prevention advocates, and will include didactic information, highlights of example initiatives and action-planning

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Developing a Domestic Violence Medical Advocacy Program: The successes of the Bucks County, Pennsylvania Taming Pandora’s Box: Lessons Learned from Sustaining a Health Care Response to Domestic Violence and the Kansas City, Missouri Bridge Pacific Suite—I Pacific Suite—I (This course compliments the morning course “Developing a Domestic Violence Medical Advocacy Program: The successes of the Bucks (This course compliments the afternoon course “Taming Pandora’s Box: Lessons Learned from Sustaining a Health Care Response to County, Pennsylvania and the Kansas City, Missouri Bridge”) Domestic Violence”) Course Leaders: Brigid McCaw, MD, MS, MPH – Family Violence Prevention Program, Kaiser Permanente; Course Leaders: Zita Surprenant, MD, MPH (Private Practice); Mary Sonke, A Woman’s Place; Leigh Kimberg, MD - San Francisco Department of Public Health, University of California - San Francisco; Alison Bellavance, A Woman’s Place; Jill Bleything, Rose Brooks Center; Lisa Fleming, Rose Brooks Center Nancy Durborow, MS, Health Projects Manager, Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence Description: Three of the most experienced experts in the country who have developed and sustained health care Description: This session will provide practical strategies to DV program administrators, advocate staff, health care responses to domestic violence in public health clinics, hospitals and health systems will share their knowledge and providers, hospital administrators and educators who wish to start or expand a medical advocacy program (MAP). Staff skills about the elements essential to the successful institutionalization of a multi-disciplinary response to domestic from two of the country’s oldest programs will compare and contrast their experiences. The focus will be on strate- violence. Topics will include gies to develop, implement and expand medical advocacy programs and discussion of model protocols, procedures and lessons learned. Participants will receive a MAP Development and Implementation Toolkit, containing valuable w leadership and sponsorship resources: protocols, procedures, client intake and program service audit forms, staff and volunteer training material, w protocols, training, and incorporation of new technology and recommendations for health care trainings. w continuous quality improvement including quality measures, patient and clinician satisfaction, w the critical role of strong community collaboration Afternoon sessions (1:00 pm-4:00 pm) w and the challenges of vicarious -traumatization, funding, and competing clinical priorities. This will be an interactive session in which we will also draw from the rich experience of the participants. Parenting After Violence: Strategies for Home Visitation and Other Programs Serving Families Pacific Suite—H (This course compliments the morning course ““What About Domestic Violence?”: Experts Discuss Next Steps for Home Visitation Programs”) EVENING SESSIONS (5:30 pm – 8:30pm)

Course Leaders: Lonna Davis, MSW, Juan Carlos Areán, MM, and Rebecca Levenson, MA, Family Violence Health Professional Students and Campus Activism Prevention Fund Pacific Suite—I Description: How can perinatal and home visitation programs, Healthy Start, Headstart, batterers intervention pro- Sponsored by: Office on Women’s Health in collaboration with the American Medical Students Association (AMSA) grams, visitation centers, and fatherhood programs better engage mothers and fathers about parenting after exposure to violence? Adults who experience Childhood Exposure to Violence (CEV)have an increased likelihood of harsher Course Leaders: Anita Nageswaran, MS-II UCSF and FVPF Graduate Student Intern; Anna Marjavi, Family Violence Prevention Fund; and Eileen Wang, American Medical Student Association, National Domestic Domestic Violence, Trauma and Mental Health: Responding to Complex Trauma in the Context of Ongoing Violence Coordinator, 2006-07; Nicole Baran, Center for Relationship Abuse Awareness; Jill Bleything, Domestic Violence Rose Brooks Center Golden Gate Hall—A3 Course Description: In an energizing three-hour session, students from all areas of the health care field will come Co-sponsored by: The National Training and Technical Assistance Center on Domestic Violence, Trauma & Mental Health together for a common goal: to become leaders in the realm of domestic violence. Medical, Nursing, Social Work, Public Health, Dental and other professional health students will discuss domestic violence activism and leadership Course Leaders: Carole Warshaw, MD, Terri E. Pease, PhD, National Training and TA Center on Domestic Violence, within the context of their everyday lives. From the classroom to the clinic, this session aims to inspire a new Trauma & Mental Health generation of health care professionals to think critically about their abilities to capably screen for and prevent Description: Advances in the fields of traumatic stress, child development and neuroscience are generating new mod- domestic violence. Participants will engage in an interactive session highlighting: leadership training, domestic els for understanding the impact of early experience on health and mental health. These models, particularly when violence activism on graduate campuses, recent research, and the link between community and campus programs. grounded in survivor and advocacy perspectives, provide a more useful framework for addressing complex trauma in the context of ongoing domestic violence. This course will provide an overview of emerging research and perspectives on responding to domestic violence in the context of other lifetime trauma; offer practical recommendations for Pre-Conference addressing these issues in clinical and advocacy settings and describe strategies for building cross-sector collaboration.

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Nicole Baran, MSW while simultaneously pursuing a Master’s in Public Health degree. He has worked to improve the health care response to DV for Nicole Baran, MSW, founded the Center for Relationship Abuse Awareness in September, 2005. The organization’s mission is to 10+ years. He is currently assigned to the brand-new Albuquerque Area Southwest Tribal Epidemiology Center, which serves all provide education and training so that institutions and communities respond effectively to women experiencing relationship abuse. the tribes of the Albuquerque Area IHS. With a new partnership with Stanford University, the Center’s main focus is to improve the response to women at colleges and Larry Cohen, MSW universities, training departments and students to recognize and respond to relationship abuse. The Center also provides training Larry Cohen is founder and Executive Director of Prevention Institute. He trains, consults, and writes on health promotion, strat- to professionals such as health care providers, corporations and social workers. In addition to her work with the Center, Nicole vol- egy and policy development, coalition building, and injury and violence prevention. Larry developed the Spectrum of Prevention, unteers at the Cooperative Restraining Order Clinic in San Francisco, interviewing abused women seeking civil restraining orders a strategy tool that promotes a systematic approach for effective prevention. Larry’s current violence against women prevention in San Francisco. work includes: developing and leading a series of online trainings with California Coalition Against Sexual Assault and consulting Kathleen C. Basile, Ph.D. with the Sexual Violence Prevention Action Council of the Minnesota Health Department. He has authored several articles on the Kathleen Basile is a Behavioral Scientist in the Division of Violence Prevention at the National Center for Injury Prevention and Spectrum of Prevention and primary prevention of sexual and intimate partner violence. Control at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Dr. Basile received her Ph.D. in Sociology from Georgia State Peter Cummings MD, MPH University in 1998. Her main research interest is the prevalence, risk factors, and consequences of intimate and non-intimate Peter Cummings is Professor of Epidemiology at the School of Public Health and Community Medicine and a member of the sexual violence. Harborview Injury Prevention & Research Center, both part of the University of Washington, Seattle, Washington. His research Alison Bellavance, BA interests are in injury epidemiology and study design. Alison Bellavance is the Medical Advocacy Project Coordinator and Education and Training Coordinator for A Woman’s Place Lonna Davis, MSW (AWP), the only domestic violence agency in Bucks County, Pa. Since earning her B.A. in Women’s Studies from Temple Univer- Lonna Davis is the Director of the Children and Youth Program at the Family Violence Prevention Fund. For the last 15 years she sity, Alison has worked in education and program development with both domestic violence programs and Planned Parenthood. has provided states and communities technical assistance on the overlap of child abuse and violence against women. Ms. Davis She has extensive curriculum development and implementation experience, training a wide variety of audiences. Currently, Alison currently works on three national initiatives including: the Greenbook Demonstration Project, the Safe Havens Grant Program coordinates domestic violence training, advocacy, and counseling across Bucks County’s seven hospitals and nine healthcare clinics, and the Family to Family Initiative. Prior to her current position at the FVPF, Ms. Davis worked for a variety of domestic violence and coordinates prevention education programs at the elementary, middle, and high school levels. programs, including two shelters for battered women, the Advocacy for Women and Kids in Emergencies (AWAKE) project at Jill Bleything Boston Children’s Hospital, and the Massachusetts Department of Social Services, where she co-founded a state-wide domestic vio- Jill Bleything has worked as a hospital advocacy coordinator at Rose Brooks Center in Kansas City, Missouri for four years. She is lence program within the children protection setting. Ms. Davis has co-authored various articles, tools and publications. She holds currently the Director of the Bridge Program, which serves six hospitals and over 600 victims in the medical setting each year. a master’s degree in social work from Salem State College in Massachusetts. Jill has trained hundreds of doctors, nurses, and social workers on recognizing and working with domestic violence victims and Nancy Durborow survivors. She has presented at a city-wide trauma consortium, forensic nursing training, and other community events centered Nancy Durborow, Health Projects Manager, Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence. Ms. Durborow has worked for the on intimate partner violence. In 2006, along with her co-workers at Rose Brook Center, Jill planned a successful state-wide Coalition for twenty years and is the Health Projects Manager. She oversees the Coalition’s medical advocacy projects providing conference on healthcare and domestic violence. direct services to battered women in over 85 Pennsylvania hospitals and other healthcare settings. She provides technical assistance Diana Buist, PhD, MPH and training to health care professionals and domestic violence program personnel statewide and nationally on the development of Diana Buist, PhD is an epidemiologist and an Associate Investigator at Group Health Center for Health Studies, Seattle, WA. a healthcare response to domestic violence. In 2002, Ms. Durborow received a national award from the Family Violence Prevention Dr. Buist’s current work focuses on breast cancer, spanning from etiology through prognosis. She has expertise in the design and Fund for her advocacy and state and national leadership on changing health care systems response to domestic violence. analysis of longitudinal cohort studies, studies on screening for early breast cancer detection, randomized interventions, breast Lisa Fleming, MSW cancer treatment, and pharmacoepidemiology. She has further experience contributing to several large multi-center collaborative Lisa Fleming, MSW, Chief Operating Officer for Rose Brooks Center has 16 years of domestic violence advocacy, leadership and studies including the Cancer Research Network, the Centers for Education and Research on Therapeutics, and the National Cancer program development experience. Under her leadership, Rose Brooks Center established the Bridge Program, a hospital-based ad- Institute-sponsored Breast Cancer Surveillance Consortium (BCSC). Dr. Buist is currently the co-chair of the BCSC. vocacy program; Project SAFE, a school-based violence prevention program; and the Center’s 26 unit transitional housing program. Jacquelyn C. Campbell, RN, PhD She is a founding member of the Jackson County Safe Family Coalition and currently is a Safety Audit Team and Improved Services Jacquelyn C. Campbell, PhD, RN is the Anna D. Wolf Chair and a Professor at the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing Work Team member. She is the past Chair for the Jackson County Homeless Services Coalition Continuum of Care and the Mis- with a joint appointment in the Bloomberg School of Public Health. She has been the PI of 10 major NIH, NIJ or CDC research souri Coalition Against Domestic Violence Board of Directors. grants and published over 150 articles and seven books on DV. Dr. Campbell has also been an elected member of the Institute Elena Giacci, BA of Medicine and the American Academy of Nursing, as well as member of the US Department of Defense Task Force on DV and Elena Giacci (Diné) is currently the Anti Sexual violence specialist for Sacred Circle, a national resource center for Native women. Pre-Conference House of Ruth Shelter Board; and currently on the Family Violence Prevention Fund’s Board of Directors. Elena has served as the Executive Director of the State Coalition to Stop Violence Against Native Women and as Executive mem-

Institutes Linda Burgess Chamberlain, PhD, MPH ber of the Coalition to Stop Violence Against Women and Children. She is chair for the Domestic Violence Learning Collaborative, Dr. Chamberlain is the founding director of the Alaska Family Violence Prevention Project. An epidemiologist specializing in the co-chair of the Albuquerque Mayors Sexual Assault Task force and member of the NM Victim Rights Alliance, VAWA imple- health effects of domestic violence on women and children, she is a frequent keynote speaker on the impact of violence on children mentation team, and the New Mexico Intimate Partner Death Review Team. She has 20 years experience in the Violence Against and brain development. She holds affiliate faculty appointments at the University of Alaska and Johns Hopkins and is editor for women field and has a B.A. in Criminal Justice. She has produced and directed a “Stop the Violence” TV show in Albuquerque,

the e-journal, Family Violence Prevention and Health Practice. Linda resides on a rural homestead near Homer, Alaska, and uses New Mexico for over 9 years. Institutes her dog team to talk about lessons from the trail on leadership and teamwork.

Corinne R. Meltzer Graffunder Pre-Conference Donald Clark, MD Ms. Graffunder joined the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 1987. Currently Chief of the Program Implementa- Dr. Donald Clark received has been a family physician in the IHS for 19 years, first in Chinle Navajo, then Jemez Pueblo and in tion and Dissemination Branch within the Division of Violence Prevention in the National Center for Injury Prevention and Con- Albuquerque. He began to address DV as a health care issue while working in the Albuquerque Service Unit’s busy Urgent Care, trol. She oversees and manages the work of the State and Community Assistance and Partnerships Section; the Health Education,

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Training and Communications Section; and the Research Synthesis and Application Section. Efforts within her Branch include Rachel Locker, MD leadership for the national Rape Prevention and Education (RPE), the Domestic Violence Prevention Enhancement and Leadership Dr. Locker is a Commander in the U.S. Public Health Service and has served with Indian Health Service for 10 years since com- Through Alliances (DELTA) programs and Choose Respect a national initiative addressing relationship abuse among youth. Other pleting residency at Anderson Area Medical Center, Anderson South Carolina in 1996. In 1998 she introduced domestic violence priority violence prevention efforts in her Branch address youth violence and suicide prevention. screening as a clinical objective for the Portland area of Indian Health Services and since has developed policy and procedures regarding domestic violence screening and intervention, sexual assault examination and treatment and workplace domestic violence Denise Grenier, MSW, LCSW policies. She is coordinator of the Indian Health Service Violence Against Native Women Web site and a Grantee in the IHS/ACF Denise Grenier is a licensed independent clinical social worker with Indian Health Service (IHS). Ms. Grenier has provided behav- Domestic Violence Pilot Projects. ioral health services on the on the Tohono O’Odham Nation in southern Arizona for over ten years. Since 2003 she has been the lead on the development of behavioral health functionality in the IHS health information system, Resource and Patient Manage- Harriet MacMillan, MD, MSc, FRCP(C) ment System (RPMS), and is the national clinical application coordinator for the RPMS Behavioral Health System. She was instru- Harriet MacMillan, MD, MSc, FRCP(C) is a pediatrician and psychiatrist at McMaster Children’s Hospital in Hamilton, Ontario, mental in the development and deployment of clinical tools and performance measures in RPMS used to record intimate partner Canada. She is Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, and Pediatrics at McMaster University, and holds the Dan violence (IPV) screening activities and evaluate rates of screening. Ms. Grenier is the IHS Project Officer on the Indian Health Offord Chair in Child Studies. Her research focuses on prevention of violence against women and children. Service – Administration for Children and Families Domestic Violence Technical Assistance Project. Anna Marjavi, BA Karen Hench, RN, MS Anna Marjavi has worked with the Family Violence Prevention Fund since 1999. She coordinates the “Indian Health Service/Ad- Karen Hench is the Deputy Director, Division of Healthy Start and Perinatal Services (DHSPS) for the Maternal and Child Health ministration for Children and Families Domestic Violence Project” working with 20 Indian/Tribal/Urban healthcare facilities. She Bureau, HRSA. The DHSPS administers Federal programs on perinatal, infant and women’s health, especially for those at high risk coordinates the National Health Resource Center on Domestic Violence; organizes domestic violence campus reform with profes- for adverse health outcomes. For the past 26 years, she has held key positions within HRSA and NIH focusing on public health sional health students; has directed Health Cares About Domestic Violence Day since 1999 and coordinated the 2007 National issues including family violence, HIV, mental health, substance use, breastfeeding and improving maternal and infant health. Conference on Health and Domestic Violence. Prior to working with the FVPF, Ms. Marjavi worked with the Human Rights Campaign and the Alliance for Justice, and as a volunteer for Communities United Against Violence and Project Open Hand. Debra Houry MD, MPH Debra Houry, MD, MPH is an Assistant Professor in the Departments of Emergency Medicine, Environmental and Occupational Brigid McCaw, MD, MS, MPH, FACP Health, and Behavioral Sciences and Health Education at Emory University. She is Director of the Center for Injury Control, Brigid McCaw, MD, MS, MPH, FACP is the Medical Director for Family Violence Prevention services for Kaiser Permanente (KP). jointly supported by the Department of Emergency Medicine and the Rollins School of Public Health. Dr. Houry has authored She oversees the implementation of a comprehensive, coordinated approach for improving screening, identification, and services more than 40 publications and has been the recipient of several national awards, including the Jay Drotman Award, given annually for intimate partner violence in the 35 Northern California KP facilities, and is leading the national efforts to improve intimate by the APHA for the most outstanding young public health professional. She is federally funded by the NIH and CDC to study partner violence services for over 8.5 million KP members in 10 states. This program received the 2003 Gold HERA Award from screening for IPV American Association of Health Plans (AAHP). She has authored articles about quality improvement measures for DV, use of the electronic medical record, and training for clinicians. Tasneem Ismailji, MD Dr Ismailji is an Educator/Researcher in Violence and Abuse. She has a particular interest in educating healthcare professionals and Connie Mitchell, MD in teen dating violence prevention. She is a former pediatrician and visiting scholar at Stanford University. She is a founding board Connie Mitchell, MD is a Specialist in Emergency Medicine with a special interest in violence and abuse. For 9 years she served member of the Academy on Violence and Abuse. as the Director of Domestic Violence Education for the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services. She is the author of California’s Guidelines for the Health Care of Intimate Partner Violence as well as book chapters and articles on health and forensic care of vic- Leigh Kimberg, MD tims of violence. Now, after early retirement from the University of California Davis, she is pursuing her MPH at UCLA in order Dr. Leigh Kimberg is a physician who practices at Maxine Hall Health Center. She is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine to continue to improve health policy on issues of violence and abuse. in the Division of General Internal Medicine at San Francisco General Hospital, UCSF. She trained at Harvard Medical School and the primary care medicine program at SFGH, UCSF. Dr. Kimberg coordinates domestic violence programs for the primary care Charlotte Mullican, BSW, MPH division of the San Francisco Department of Public Health. She does local and national policy work on domestic violence screening Ms. Mullican is Senior Advisor for Mental Health Research with the Center for Primary Care, Prevention, and Clinical Partner- in the health care setting. ships (CP3), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) where her areas of interest and responsibility are mental health and substance abuse. Her programmatic responsibilities include a broad research portfolio on mental health research and she is the Debbie Lee Lead on the Partnerships for Quality which is an agency wide research translation initiative that includes 20 Cooperative Agree- Debbie Lee has been with the Family Violence Prevention Fund (FVPF) for 25 years working to strengthen the health care response ments and spans five Centers. Past significant research related projects include the Schizophrenia and Depression PORTs, the Child to domestic violence through leadership development, health education and prevention efforts, and policy reform. This Initia- Mental Health research projects, and the Domestic Violence projects. tive includes: the US DHHS funded National Health Resource Center on Domestic Violence, the 15 state National Standards Campaign and a 15 Tribe health center initiative. She was a founding board member of the Asian Women’s Shelter, The Women’s Anita Nageswaran Pre-Conference Foundation and Asian and Pacific Islander Institute on Domestic Violence and the recipient of the first annual Helen Rodriguez- Anita Nageswaran currently is a Health Intern for the Family Violence Prevention Fund. She graduated in 2005 from the Univer-

Institutes Trias 2002 Award for Excellence in Women’s Health Leadership. sity of Southern California with dual degrees in Religion and Biology. While in LA she spent three years as a volunteer coordinator for a local women’s shelter. Currently, Anita is a second year medical student at UCSF, hoping to pursue her interests in Intimate Rebecca Levenson, MA Partner and Family Violence as a physician. Rebecca Levenson, MA has worked with the Family Violence Prevention Fund since 2000. She has worked extensively in the areas of reproductive and perinatal health within community clinics and home visitation programs for 15 years. She managed the Cali- Jeremy NeVilles-Sorell fornia Clinic Collaborative project in 2000-03; and worked with state and federal programs to integrate family violence assessment, Jeremy NeVilles-Sorell (Ojibwe) has worked in the field of domestic violence since 1994 on issues affecting children who have Institutes

intervention, and system change. From 2003-06, Ms. Levenson managed a domestic violence TA and training program for Healthy experienced domestic violence, supervised visitation, batterers intervention, and providing training and education. He worked Pre-Conference Start Programs. Prior to her work at the FVPF, Ms. Levenson was the Director of a Title X clinic in Vacaville, CA and was the Cen- for four years coordinating the Duluth Family Visitation Center serving families with a history of domestic violence and dealing ter Director for Planned Parenthood Fairfield and Vallejo. As a childhood survivor and witness of abuse, Ms Levenson frequently with visits and exchanges of children between parents. Jeremy concurrently worked during that time at the Women’s Transitional speaks about violence and resiliency. Housing Coalition in Duluth, Minnesota, as the Child Care Coordinator providing activities and groups for children who have witnessed violence. He joined the staff of Mending the Sacred Hoop Technical Assistance Project in 1998, a national program to

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assist American Indian Tribes and Alaskan Native Villages to develop responses to violence against Indian women through training Zita J. Surprenant, MD, MPH and technical assistance, and became Co-Team Leader of Mending the Sacred Hoop in 2002. Zita J. Surprenant, M.D., M.P.H., is a Preventive Medicine physician and has an MPH with a concentration in Occupational and Environmental Health and with a research emphasis on workplace and family violence. Dr. Surprenant is a representative to the David L. Olds, PhD American Medical Association’s National Advisory Council on Abuse and Violence Education Committee. Dr. Surprenant is actively David Olds, PhD is Professor of Pediatrics, Psychiatry, Preventive Medicine, and Nursing at the University of Colorado Health engaged in family violence research in the areas of health care training of domestic violence, implementation of domestic violence Sciences Center, where he directs the Prevention Research Center for Family and Child Health. The primary focus of his work protocols within hospital and private practice settings, development of hospital based advocacy for victims of domestic violence and has been on developing and testing in a series of randomized controlled trials a program of prenatal and infancy home visiting strangulation in domestic violence cases. by nurses known today as the Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP). The NFP has been found to improve women’s prenatal health, increase the spacing among subsequent births, reduce child abuse, neglect, and injuries, improve children’s school readiness, and Ellen Taliaferro, MD reduce adolescent crime and substance use; longitudinal follow-ups of each of the trials are underway to examine long-term effects Ellen H. Taliaferro, MD is the Medical Director of the Keller Center for Family Violence Intervention at San Mateo Medical Center on maternal and child health and development. Since 1996, his team has been helping new communities develop the NFP outside in San Mateo, CA. In 1998, she founded the Parkland Hospital Violence Intervention and Prevention (VIP) Center in Dallas, TX, of research settings, with a focus on faithfully implementing the model tested in the scientifically controlled studies. The program and served as its first Medical Director. She co-founded Physicians for a Violence-free Society (PVS). Dr. Taliaferro has written Well- is currently serving 13,000 families a day in more than 280 counties in 22 states. As the program is disseminated throughout the Writing for Health After Trauma and Abuse. Her other books include the Physicians Guide to Intimate Partner Violence (co-author United States, Professor Olds’s team is now conducting research with local communities to improve the NFP model. Professor Patricia Salber, MD) and Respond to Intimate Partner Violence - 10 Action Steps You Can Take (co-author Zita Surprenant, MD.) Olds obtained his B.A. from Johns Hopkins University and his Ph.D. from Cornell. Robert S. Thompson, MD Terri Pease, PhD Robert Thompson is Director Emeritus, Department of Preventive Care and Senior Investigator in the Center for Health Studies at Dr. Terri Pease is the Adult Trauma Specialist at the Domestic Violence& Mental Health Policy Initiative in Chicago, and was Group Health Cooperative. His career has been devoted to the development, implementation and evaluation of popula- formerly the Clinical Director of the Mental Retardation Residential and Support Division of ServiceNet, Inc. She has devoted tion-based preventive care services. The programmatic and research focus has included the development of a mammogra- much of her work to addressing trauma and abuse among people with disabilities. Her exceptional work was recognized in 2000 phy screening program for breast cancer, colon cancer screening, smoking cessation, injuries in general and especially the by the Family Violence Prevention Fund with the Health Care and Domestic Violence Advocate Leadership Award. Dr. Pease was use of bicycle helmets for prevention of head injuries, immunization tracking and reminder systems, child development appointed to the faculty of the National Academy for Equal Justice for Persons with Disabilities at Temple University services, and for the last 20 years intimate partner violence. He has over 120 publications in peer-reviewed journals. Robert Reid, MD, PhD Robert Reid is Associate Medical Director for Preventive Care and Assistant Investigator at the Center for Health Studies. His Eileen Wang research and administrative roles revolve around developing and testing innovations to optimize the delivery clinical preventive Eileen Wang is a second year medical student at the University of Michigan Medical School seeking a combined MD/ services in Group Health’s enrolled population. Robert is also Affiliate Assistant Professor of Health Services at the University of MPH degree. Prior to medical school, she worked in Washington, D.C. as an advocate and later as director of a court- Washington and Adjunct Professor of Health Care and Epidemiology at the University of British Columbia. Robert obtained his house-based advocacy program for survivors of domestic violence. She currently serves as the American Medical Student medical degree at the University of Alberta; completed an MPH in epidemiology, a medical residency in public health, and a PhD Association’s National Domestic Violence Coordinator. Locally, she works on advocacy, outreach, and curriculum issues in health policy and management at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. as the Women in Medicine Task Force Coordinator for her local chapter American Medical Student Association and the Kristin B. Schubert, MPH Domestic Violence Chair for her local chapter American Medical Women’s Association. Kristin Schubert, M.P.H., is a program officer for The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation working in the area of adolescent health Carole Warshaw, MD and well being and improving the quality of interventions for people with substance use problems. She is a member of the Founda- Dr. Warshaw is the Executive Director of the Domestic Violence & Mental Health Policy Initiative and Director of the tion’s Vulnerable Populations Portfolio and the Addiction Prevention and Treatment team. Before joining the Foundation in June National Training and TA Center on Domestic Violence, Trauma & Mental Health. She chaired the committee that 2000, Schubert was a policy analyst for a Centers for Disease Control-funded Prevention Research Center, focusing on barriers to health among racial and ethnic groups and the health and development issues of youth. Schubert holds an M.P.H. in health policy wrote the AMA Guidelines on Domestic Violence and was a member of the National Research Council Committee and administration from Yale University and a B.S. in molecular biology from Lehigh University. on the Assessment of Family Violence Interventions. She is also a member of the Chicago DV Advocacy Coordinating Council, the AMA Council on Family Violence, the Family Violence and Abuse Committee of the American Psychiatric Phyllis W. Sharps, PhD, RN, CNE, FAAN Association and the Illinois Psychiatric Society Executive Council. Phyllis Sharps, PhD, RN, CNE, FAAN Associate Professor is the Department Chair for Community Public Health at the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing. Her practice and research examines the consequences of intimate partner violence (IPV) parenting styles and perpetrating child abuse. CEV also increases the likelihood being either a perpetrator or a victim of against women. Specifically, her scholarship focuses on the effects of IPV on the physical and mental health of pregnant women, in- domestic violence during adulthood. Given these issues, this panel will discuss how a focus on adult’s childhood victim- fants and very young children. She is the recipient of a $3.5 M 5 year research grant funded by NINR to test a public health nurse ization in the context of parenting creates a venue for primary prevention, accountablity, healing, and healthier relation- Pre-Conference home visit intervention to reduce effects of IPV among pregnant women and their newborns. ships. The work is based on the FVPFs Fathering After Violence initiative with the premise that men, who use violence

Institutes Mary Sonke can be held accountable for their behavior and, at the same time, be encouraged to change it by using fatherhood as a Mary Sonke is Director of Services of A Woman’s Place (AWP), the only domestic violence agency in Bucks County, Pa. She has leading approach. The session will include case studies, exercises and practical strategies. more than 14 years of experience in the movement to end domestic violence. Prior to being appointed AWP Director of Services, Mary coordinated the implementation of the agency’s direct and indirect services to the county hospitals, clinics, and healthcare

professionals. As Director of Services, she oversees the management and operation of AWP’s complete roster of services, including Institutes the full-service residential shelter, 24-hour hotline, legal and medical advocacy and prevention education projects, and counseling, outreach, and children’s programs. Pre-Conference

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WORKSHOP EVALUATION Use one evaluation for each Workshop Session you attend Please indicate your primary career area: * - indicates continuing education units available ❑ MD/DO/DDS* ❑ DV Advocate/Provider ❑ Physician-Assistant* ❑ Other Health Care Provider ❑ Nurse ❑ Resident Physician ❑ Psychologist* ❑ Student ❑ Social Worker/MFT* ❑ Other Name of Participant (if receiving CEU): Workshop Session Name: THE RELEVANCY TO MY PROFESIONAL ROLE WAS: (CHECK ONE) ❑ Very Relevant ❑ Somewhat Relevant ❑ Not Relevant THE INFORMATION PRESENTED WAS: (CHECK ONE) ❑ Very Useful ❑ Somewhat Useful ❑ Not Useful THE WORKSHOP’S ABILITY TO MEET ITS STATED EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES: (CHECK ONE) ❑ Excellent ❑ Good ❑ Fair ❑ Poor INDIVIDUAL PRESENTERS: Presenter 1: Presenter 4: The quality of the presenter was: The quality of the presenter was: ❑ Excellent ❑ Good ❑ Fair ❑ Poor (check one) ❑ Excellent ❑ Good ❑ Fair ❑ Poor (check one) The ability of the presenter to present material clearly The ability of the presenter to present material clearly and respond to audience needs was: and respond to audience needs was: ❑ Excellent ❑ Good ❑ Fair ❑ Poor (check one) ❑ Excellent ❑ Good ❑ Fair ❑ Poor (check one) EVALUATIONS The presenter’s level of knowledge and expertise The presenter’s level of knowledge and expertise regarding the topic was: regarding the topic was: ❑ Excellent ❑ Good ❑ Fair ❑ Poor (check one) ❑ Excellent ❑ Good ❑ Fair ❑ Poor (check one) Presenter 2: Presenter 5: The quality of the presenter was: The quality of the presenter was: ❑ Excellent ❑ Good ❑ Fair ❑ Poor (check one) ❑ Excellent ❑ Good ❑ Fair ❑ Poor (check one) The ability of the presenter to present material clearly The ability of the presenter to present material clearly and respond to audience needs was: and respond to audience needs was: ❑ Excellent ❑ Good ❑ Fair ❑ Poor (check one) ❑ Excellent ❑ Good ❑ Fair ❑ Poor (check one) The presenter’s level of knowledge and expertise The presenter’s level of knowledge and expertise regarding the topic was: regarding the topic was: ❑ Excellent ❑ Good ❑ Fair ❑ Poor (check one) ❑ Excellent ❑ Good ❑ Fair ❑ Poor (check one)

Presenter 3: Presenter 6: The quality of the presenter was: The quality of the presenter was: ❑ Excellent ❑ Good ❑ Fair ❑ Poor (check one) ❑ Excellent ❑ Good ❑ Fair ❑ Poor (check one) The ability of the presenter to present material clearly The ability of the presenter to present material clearly and respond to audience needs was: and respond to audience needs was: ❑ Excellent ❑ Good ❑ Fair ❑ Poor (check one) ❑ Excellent ❑ Good ❑ Fair ❑ Poor (check one) Evaluations The presenter’s level of knowledge and expertise The presenter’s level of knowledge and expertise regarding the topic was: regarding the topic was: ❑ Excellent ❑ Good ❑ Fair ❑ Poor (check one) ❑ Excellent ❑ Good ❑ Fair ❑ Poor (check one)

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WORKSHOP EVALUATION Use one evaluation for each Workshop Session you attend Please indicate your primary career area: * - indicates continuing education units available ❑ MD/DO/DDS* ❑ DV Advocate/Provider ❑ Physician-Assistant* ❑ Other Health Care Provider ❑ Nurse ❑ Resident Physician ❑ Psychologist* ❑ Student ❑ Social Worker/MFT* ❑ Other Name of Participant (if receiving CEU): Workshop Session Name: THE RELEVANCY TO MY PROFESIONAL ROLE WAS: (CHECK ONE) ❑ Very Relevant ❑ Somewhat Relevant ❑ Not Relevant THE INFORMATION PRESENTED WAS: (CHECK ONE) ❑ Very Useful ❑ Somewhat Useful ❑ Not Useful THE WORKSHOP’S ABILITY TO MEET ITS STATED EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES: (CHECK ONE) ❑ Excellent ❑ Good ❑ Fair ❑ Poor INDIVIDUAL PRESENTERS: Presenter 1: Presenter 4: The quality of the presenter was: The quality of the presenter was: ❑ Excellent ❑ Good ❑ Fair ❑ Poor (check one) ❑ Excellent ❑ Good ❑ Fair ❑ Poor (check one) The ability of the presenter to present material clearly The ability of the presenter to present material clearly and respond to audience needs was: and respond to audience needs was: ❑ Excellent ❑ Good ❑ Fair ❑ Poor (check one) ❑ Excellent ❑ Good ❑ Fair ❑ Poor (check one) The presenter’s level of knowledge and expertise The presenter’s level of knowledge and expertise regarding the topic was: regarding the topic was: ❑ Excellent ❑ Good ❑ Fair ❑ Poor (check one) ❑ Excellent ❑ Good ❑ Fair ❑ Poor (check one) Presenter 2: Presenter 5: The quality of the presenter was: The quality of the presenter was: ❑ Excellent ❑ Good ❑ Fair ❑ Poor (check one) ❑ Excellent ❑ Good ❑ Fair ❑ Poor (check one) The ability of the presenter to present material clearly The ability of the presenter to present material clearly and respond to audience needs was: and respond to audience needs was: ❑ Excellent ❑ Good ❑ Fair ❑ Poor (check one) ❑ Excellent ❑ Good ❑ Fair ❑ Poor (check one) The presenter’s level of knowledge and expertise The presenter’s level of knowledge and expertise regarding the topic was: regarding the topic was: ❑ Excellent ❑ Good ❑ Fair ❑ Poor (check one) ❑ Excellent ❑ Good ❑ Fair ❑ Poor (check one)

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WORKSHOP EVALUATION Use one evaluation for each Workshop Session you attend Please indicate your primary career area: * - indicates continuing education units available ❑ MD/DO/DDS* ❑ DV Advocate/Provider ❑ Physician-Assistant* ❑ Other Health Care Provider ❑ Nurse ❑ Resident Physician ❑ Psychologist* ❑ Student ❑ Social Worker/MFT* ❑ Other Name of Participant (if receiving CEU): Workshop Session Name: THE RELEVANCY TO MY PROFESIONAL ROLE WAS: (CHECK ONE) ❑ Very Relevant ❑ Somewhat Relevant ❑ Not Relevant THE INFORMATION PRESENTED WAS: (CHECK ONE) ❑ Very Useful ❑ Somewhat Useful ❑ Not Useful THE WORKSHOP’S ABILITY TO MEET ITS STATED EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES: (CHECK ONE) ❑ Excellent ❑ Good ❑ Fair ❑ Poor INDIVIDUAL PRESENTERS: Presenter 1: Presenter 4: The quality of the presenter was: The quality of the presenter was: ❑ Excellent ❑ Good ❑ Fair ❑ Poor (check one) ❑ Excellent ❑ Good ❑ Fair ❑ Poor (check one) The ability of the presenter to present material clearly The ability of the presenter to present material clearly and respond to audience needs was: and respond to audience needs was: ❑ Excellent ❑ Good ❑ Fair ❑ Poor (check one) ❑ Excellent ❑ Good ❑ Fair ❑ Poor (check one) The presenter’s level of knowledge and expertise The presenter’s level of knowledge and expertise regarding the topic was: regarding the topic was: ❑ Excellent ❑ Good ❑ Fair ❑ Poor (check one) ❑ Excellent ❑ Good ❑ Fair ❑ Poor (check one) Presenter 2: Presenter 5: The quality of the presenter was: The quality of the presenter was: ❑ Excellent ❑ Good ❑ Fair ❑ Poor (check one) ❑ Excellent ❑ Good ❑ Fair ❑ Poor (check one) The ability of the presenter to present material clearly The ability of the presenter to present material clearly and respond to audience needs was: and respond to audience needs was: ❑ Excellent ❑ Good ❑ Fair ❑ Poor (check one) ❑ Excellent ❑ Good ❑ Fair ❑ Poor (check one) The presenter’s level of knowledge and expertise The presenter’s level of knowledge and expertise regarding the topic was: regarding the topic was: ❑ Excellent ❑ Good ❑ Fair ❑ Poor (check one) ❑ Excellent ❑ Good ❑ Fair ❑ Poor (check one)

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WORKSHOP EVALUATION Use one evaluation for each Workshop Session you attend Please indicate your primary career area: * - indicates continuing education units available ❑ MD/DO/DDS* ❑ DV Advocate/Provider ❑ Physician-Assistant* ❑ Other Health Care Provider ❑ Nurse ❑ Resident Physician ❑ Psychologist* ❑ Student ❑ Social Worker/MFT* ❑ Other Name of Participant (if receiving CEU): Workshop Session Name: THE RELEVANCY TO MY PROFESIONAL ROLE WAS: (CHECK ONE) ❑ Very Relevant ❑ Somewhat Relevant ❑ Not Relevant THE INFORMATION PRESENTED WAS: (CHECK ONE) ❑ Very Useful ❑ Somewhat Useful ❑ Not Useful THE WORKSHOP’S ABILITY TO MEET ITS STATED EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES: (CHECK ONE) ❑ Excellent ❑ Good ❑ Fair ❑ Poor INDIVIDUAL PRESENTERS: Presenter 1: Presenter 4: The quality of the presenter was: The quality of the presenter was: ❑ Excellent ❑ Good ❑ Fair ❑ Poor (check one) ❑ Excellent ❑ Good ❑ Fair ❑ Poor (check one) The ability of the presenter to present material clearly The ability of the presenter to present material clearly and respond to audience needs was: and respond to audience needs was: ❑ Excellent ❑ Good ❑ Fair ❑ Poor (check one) ❑ Excellent ❑ Good ❑ Fair ❑ Poor (check one) The presenter’s level of knowledge and expertise The presenter’s level of knowledge and expertise regarding the topic was: regarding the topic was: ❑ Excellent ❑ Good ❑ Fair ❑ Poor (check one) ❑ Excellent ❑ Good ❑ Fair ❑ Poor (check one) Presenter 2: Presenter 5: The quality of the presenter was: The quality of the presenter was: ❑ Excellent ❑ Good ❑ Fair ❑ Poor (check one) ❑ Excellent ❑ Good ❑ Fair ❑ Poor (check one) The ability of the presenter to present material clearly The ability of the presenter to present material clearly and respond to audience needs was: and respond to audience needs was: ❑ Excellent ❑ Good ❑ Fair ❑ Poor (check one) ❑ Excellent ❑ Good ❑ Fair ❑ Poor (check one) The presenter’s level of knowledge and expertise The presenter’s level of knowledge and expertise regarding the topic was: regarding the topic was: ❑ Excellent ❑ Good ❑ Fair ❑ Poor (check one) ❑ Excellent ❑ Good ❑ Fair ❑ Poor (check one)

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Program Evaluation Please comment on meeting proceedings for the National Conference on Health Care and Domestic Violence. Your feedback will help us improve the content and effectiveness of future conferences. Thank you. Please indicate your primary career area: * - indicates continuing education units available ❑ MD/DO/DDS* ❑ DV Advocate/Provider ❑ Physician-Assistant* ❑ Other Health Care Provider ❑ Nurse ❑ Resident Physician ❑ Psychologist* ❑ Student ❑ Social Worker/MFT* ❑ Other

Friday, March 16, 2007 Opening Session (8:00-8:50 am)

The information presented was: (check one) ❑ Very Useful ❑ Somewhat Useful ❑ Not Useful

Esta Soler ❑ Excellent ❑ Good ❑ Fair ❑ Poor A. Eugene Washington, M.D., M.Sc. ❑ Excellent ❑ Good ❑ Fair ❑ Poor George Lundberg, MD ❑ Excellent ❑ Good ❑ Fair ❑ Poor Denise Brown ❑ Excellent ❑ Good ❑ Fair ❑ Poor

The relevancy to my professional role was: (check one) ❑ Very Relevant ❑ Somewhat Relevant ❑ Not Relevant The quality of the presenters were: ❑ Excellent ❑ Good ❑ Fair ❑ Poor (check one) The ability of the presenter to present material clearly and respond to audience needs was: ❑ Excellent ❑ Good ❑ Fair ❑ Poor (check one) The presenters’ level of knowledge and expertise regarding the topic was: ❑ Excellent ❑ Good ❑ Fair ❑ Poor (check one) Additional comments: Evaluations Evaluations

137 138 2007 National Conference on Health and Domestic Violence 2007 National Conference on Health and Domestic Violence March 16-17, 2007 San Francisco, CA March 16-17, 2007 San Francisco, CA

Plenary 1: Gender Based Violence and HIV: Stories from Home and Abroad (9:00 – 10:30 am) Plenary 2B: On the Frontlines: War, Trauma and Family Violence (3:40 – 5:00 pm)

The information presented was: (check one) The information presented was: (check one) The relevancy to my professional role was: (check one) The relevancy to my professional role was: (check one) ❑ Very Useful ❑ Somewhat Useful ❑ Not Useful ❑ Very Useful ❑ Somewhat Useful ❑ Not Useful ❑ Very Relevant ❑ Somewhat Relevant ❑ Not Relevant ❑ Very Relevant ❑ Somewhat Relevant ❑ Not Relevant Presenters Presenters The quality of the presenter was: The quality of the presenter was: Frances Ashe-Goins, RN, MPH (facilitator) ❑ Excellent ❑ Good ❑ Fair ❑ Poor Scott Schaeffer, KQED (facilitator) ❑ Excellent ❑ Good ❑ Fair ❑ Poor ❑ Excellent ❑ Good ❑ Fair ❑ Poor (check one) ❑ Excellent ❑ Good ❑ Fair ❑ Poor (check one) Jacquelyn Campbell, PhD, RN, FAAN ❑ Excellent ❑ Good ❑ Fair ❑ Poor Esta Soler ❑ Excellent ❑ Good ❑ Fair ❑ Poor The ability of the presenter to present material clearly and Lori Heise ❑ Excellent ❑ Good ❑ Fair ❑ Poor The ability of the presenter to present material clearly and Heidi Lehman ❑ Excellent ❑ Good ❑ Fair ❑ Poor respond to audience needs was: respond to audience needs was: Gina Wingood, ScD, PhD ❑ Excellent ❑ Good ❑ Fair ❑ Poor Charles Marmar, MD ❑ Excellent ❑ Good ❑ Fair ❑ Poor ❑ Excellent ❑ Good ❑ Fair ❑ Poor (check one) ❑ Excellent ❑ Good ❑ Fair ❑ Poor (check one) April Gerlock, PhD ❑ Excellent ❑ Good ❑ Fair ❑ Poor The presenter’s level of knowledge and expertise regarding The presenter’s level of knowledge and expertise regarding the topic was: the topic was: ❑ Excellent ❑ Good ❑ Fair ❑ Poor (check one) ❑ Excellent ❑ Good ❑ Fair ❑ Poor (check one)

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Lunch Keynote (12:10 – 1:15 pm) Poster Viewing and Reception

The information presented was: (check one) The poster presentations were: The relevancy to my professional role was: (check one) ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Very Useful ❑ Somewhat Useful ❑ Not Useful Very Useful Somewhat Useful Not Useful ❑ Very Relevant ❑ Somewhat Relevant ❑ Not Relevant Presenter The Networking opportunity was: David Satcher, MD, PhD ❑ Excellent ❑ Good ❑ Fair ❑ Poor The quality of the presenter was: ❑ Excellent ❑ Good ❑ Fair ❑ Poor (check one) ❑ Excellent ❑ Good ❑ Fair ❑ Poor/ Non-effective The ability of the presenter to present material clearly and respond to audience needs was: The relevancy of poster presentations to my professional role was: (check one) ❑ Excellent ❑ Good ❑ Fair ❑ Poor (check one) ❑ Very Relevant ❑ Somewhat Relevant ❑ Not Relevant The presenter’s level of knowledge and expertise regarding the topic was: ❑ Excellent ❑ Good ❑ Fair ❑ Poor (check one)

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Plenary 2A: The Tipping Point: New Findings on Intimate Partner Violence, Costs and Quality of Care (3:40 – 5:00 pm) Saturday, March 17, 2007

The information presented was: (check one) Plenary 3A: Impacting the Next Generation: New Strategies for Adolescent Health (8:00 – 9:20 am) The relevancy to my professional role was: (check one) ❑ ❑ ❑ Very Useful Somewhat Useful Not Useful ❑ Very Relevant ❑ Somewhat Relevant ❑ Not Relevant Presenters The information presented was: (check one) The relevancy to my professional role was: (check one) Patricia Salber, MD, MBA (facilitator) ❑ Excellent ❑ Good ❑ Fair ❑ Poor The quality of the presenter was: ❑ Very Useful ❑ Somewhat Useful ❑ Not Useful ❑ Very Relevant ❑ Somewhat Relevant ❑ Not Relevant ❑ Excellent ❑ Good ❑ Fair ❑ Poor (check one) Robert Thompson, MD ❑ Excellent ❑ Good ❑ Fair ❑ Poor Presenters The quality of the presenter was: Fred Rivara, MD, PhD ❑ Excellent ❑ Good ❑ Fair ❑ Poor The ability of the presenter to present material clearly and Rose Pulliam, MSW (facilitator) ❑ Excellent ❑ Good ❑ Fair ❑ Poor ❑ Excellent ❑ Good ❑ Fair ❑ Poor (check one) Jeanne Anne Grisso, MD respond to audience needs was: Evaluations ❑ Excellent ❑ Good ❑ Fair ❑ Poor David Wolfe, CAMH ❑ Excellent ❑ Good ❑ Fair ❑ Poor ❑ Excellent ❑ Good ❑ Fair ❑ Poor (check one) The ability of the presenter to present material clearly and Laura McCloskey, PhD ❑ Excellent ❑ Good ❑ Fair ❑ Poor Jay Silverman, PhD ❑ Excellent ❑ Good ❑ Fair ❑ Poor respond to audience needs was: The presenter’s level of knowledge and expertise regarding Anna Karen Perez/Julia Perilla, PhD ❑ Excellent ❑ Good ❑ Fair ❑ Poor ❑ Excellent ❑ Good ❑ Fair ❑ Poor (check one) the topic was: Elizabeth Miller, MD, PhD ❑ Excellent ❑ Good ❑ Fair ❑ Poor ❑ Excellent ❑ Good ❑ Fair ❑ Poor (check one) The presenter’s level of knowledge and expertise regarding the topic was: ❑ ❑ ❑ ❑ Additional comments: Excellent Good Fair Poor (check one) Evaluations

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139 140 2007 National Conference on Health and Domestic Violence March 16-17, 2007 San Francisco, CA YERBA BUENA Plenary 3B: Engaging Men and Boys: Promoting Health and Family Violence Prevention (8:00 – 9:30 am)

The information presented was: (check one) ❑ Very Useful ❑ Somewhat Useful ❑ Not Useful The relevancy to my professional role was: (check one) Presenters ❑ Very Relevant ❑ Somewhat Relevant ❑ Not Relevant Hon. Ron Adrine (facilitator) ❑ Excellent ❑ Good ❑ Fair ❑ Poor The quality of the presenter was: Juan Carlos Arean, MFA ❑ Excellent ❑ Good ❑ Fair ❑ Poor ❑ Excellent ❑ Good ❑ Fair ❑ Poor (check one) Peggy Smith, PhD ❑ Excellent ❑ Good ❑ Fair ❑ Poor James Heffernan, MBA ❑ Excellent ❑ Good ❑ Fair ❑ Poor The ability of the presenter to present material clearly and respond to audience needs was: Bonnie Zimmer ❑ Excellent ❑ Good ❑ Fair ❑ Poor ❑ Excellent ❑ Good ❑ Fair ❑ Poor (check one) The presenter’s level of knowledge and expertise regarding the topic was: ❑ Excellent ❑ Good ❑ Fair ❑ Poor (check one) Additional comments:

Plenary 4: Promoting Victim Safety in the Health Setting: Benefits, Harms and Misperceptions about Assessment and Intervention (3:45 – 5:00 pm)

The information presented was: (check one) The relevancy to my professional role was: (check one) ❑ Very Useful ❑ Somewhat Useful ❑ Not Useful ❑ Very Relevant ❑ Somewhat Relevant ❑ Not Relevant Presenters The quality of the presenter was: Debbie Lee (facilitator) ❑ Excellent ❑ Good ❑ Fair ❑ Poor ❑ Excellent ❑ Good ❑ Fair ❑ Poor (check one) Connie Mitchell, MD ❑ Excellent ❑ Good ❑ Fair ❑ Poor The ability of the presenter to present material clearly and Betsy McAllister Groves, MSW ❑ Excellent ❑ Good ❑ Fair ❑ Poor respond to audience needs was: Linda Chamberlain, PhD, MPH ❑ Excellent ❑ Good ❑ Fair ❑ Poor ❑ Excellent ❑ Good ❑ Fair ❑ Poor (check one) The presenter’s level of knowledge and expertise regarding the topic was: ❑ Excellent ❑ Good ❑ Fair ❑ Poor (check one)

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Yerba Buena Ballroom Evaluations Lower B2 Level Maps

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Pacific Conference Suite Fourth Floor

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