Addressing family violence across the lifespan through an innovative healthcare program

Bass, Diana

Saturday, March 21, 2015: 11:25 AM-12:45 PM

Room 15 (Renaissance Washington, DC Downtown Hotel)

Speaker:
Diana Bass, MPH, UNC Hospitals Beacon Child and Family Program

Author:
Amy Weil, MD, FACP, UNC Chapel Hill School of Medicine

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Presentation Format:
Innovative/Promising Practice Program Report

Learning Objectives:

Learn the process of development of an interdisciplinary hospital-based family violence intervention program.
Become knowledgeable about the components of the program: intervention, education, and development.
Understand the challenges/barriers and benefits of this type of intervention.

Description:
The UNC Hospitals Beacon Program is a model family violence intervention program in the system's hospital and clinics. It has been educating providers to ask about abuse since 1996. Program staff assist victims of child abuse, domestic violence, sexual assault, human trafficking, and elder abuse. We provide referrals to relevant agencies for these victims. Presenters will demonstrate the benefit of such a system to patients, families and employees in any healthcare system at any resource level.