Project Connect Maryland: A project to integrate screening and a brief counseling intervention for intimate partner violence and reproductive coercion into Title X family planning programs. implementation, evaluation and systems change

Beaulieu, Michele

Friday, March 20, 2015: 10:15 AM-11:35 AM

Room 3 (Renaissance Washington, DC Downtown Hotel)

Speakers:
Michele Beaulieu, MSW, LCSW-C, Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Michele R. Decker, ScD, MPH, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Presentation Format:
Innovative/Promising Practice Program Report

Learning Objectives:

Gain knowledge of Maryland’s approach to implementing screening and brief counseling for IPV/RC in family planning clinics and the lessons learned through evaluation that moved statewide implementation forward including protocol and policy change.
Be able to consider application of the project on both a micro (single clinic/practice) and macro (jurisdictional or statewide programs) level as a strategy and intervention that can positively impact the health and safety of women.

Description:
Presentation will describe the implementation and evaluation of Project Connect Maryland: A project to integrate screening and a brief counseling intervention for Intimate Partner Violence and Reproductive Coercion into Title X Family Planning Programs. We will also describe the process of engaging policymakers, practitioners and other key stakeholders across family planning and violence support sectors, and the additional policy recommendations and changes that emerged from this partnership.