Home visitors: Identifying and responding to intimate partner violence

Nagy, Beth

Saturday, March 31, 2012: 2:10 PM-3:30 PM

Yerba Buena Salon 13-15 (San Francisco Marriott Marquis)

Speakers:
Beth Nagy, MPH, MA Department of Public Health
Claudia Catalano, MPP, Massachusetts Department of Public Health

Authors:
Karin Downs, RN, MS, MPH, MA Department of Public Health
Carlene Pavlos, MTS, MA Department of Public Health

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Presentation Format:
Innovative/Promising Practice Program Report

Learning Objectives:

Acquire an understanding of the federal home visiting initiative as it relates to intimate partner violence
Explore how this work is being carried out in Massachusetts
Recognize the challenges and opportunities for the field of intimate partner violence as it collaborates with home visitor programs

Description:
Massachusetts is developing a protocol for home visitors to screen and respond to intimate partner violence and enhance needed local collaborations. The discussion will include a review of the role of both home visitors and community based domestic violence advocates. Through the Affordable Care Act, a federal home visiting program was created to provide states with funding to implement evidence-based programs to improve maternal and child health, including a focus on addressing intimate partner violence.