National Health Collaborative on Violence and Abuse

Resources: 

• Toxic Stress, Behavioral Health, and the Next Major Era in Public Health
• Marketplace Series on Health and Trafficking: http://www.marketplace.org/2016/03/02/health-care/health-care-takes-fight-against-trafficking 
• Together for girls:
  • Breaking the Cycle of Violence Infographic
  • Together for girls Knowledge Center

Recent Webinar:

New Public Health Strategies for Violence Prevention

Wednesday, January 13, 2016

Watch the recording: http://futureswithoutviolence.adobeconnect.com/p4ncnvpm1od/ 

Download the presentation slides here. 

Resources mentioned in the webinar discussion:

• http://nationallatinonetwork.org/research/nln-research
• AvielleFoundation.org
• http://jech.bmj.com/content/59/7/603.abstract
• http://www.api-gbv.org/violence/lifetime-spiral.php

Learning Objectives:

1. Describe how violence prevention can be integrated into efforts to address social determinants of

   health;

2.  Incorporate both risk (trauma exposure) and resiliency (safeness) into violence prevention planning

3. List examples of new strategies for public health surveillance that incorporate trauma exposure;

4. Integrate violence exposure into a health equity framework to better address disparities in health

   related to violence.

Featured Speaker:

Connie Mitchell, MD, MPH, Deputy Director, Center for Family Health, CA Dept of Public Health

 Recent Resources:

• Kaiser Permanente Continues Longstanding Commitment to Ending Domestic Violence 

• Defining the Children’s Hospital Role in Child Maltreatment, Second Ed.

• ACEs Informing Best Practices Postcard

• Webinar: “Addressing the Effects of Violence and Abuse to Improve the Health Outcomes of Women Living with HIV” 

• Forbes: Can We Stop a Traumatized Child From Becoming a Traumatized Adult?

• Firearm-Related Injury and Death in the United States: A Call to Action from 8 Health Professional Organizations and the American Bar Assocation

• Reducing Firearm-Related Harms: Time for Us to Study and Speak Out

• AVA Health’s ACEs Best Practices

• Nadine Burke Harris: How Childhood Trauma Affects Health Across a Lifetime (TED Talk)

• Elder Abuse Roadmap

For more resources, please visit our resources page.