National Health Collaborative on Violence and Abuse

The presentation slides and recording from the Supporting Our Troops’ Families: The Impact of Family Violence on Military Families webinar are now available to download.

NEW RESOURCES

• Affordable Care Act Fact Sheet

• AMA Interim Meeting presentation on Domestic Violence and Affordable Care Act

• Confronting Commercial Sexual Exploitation and Sex Trafficking of Minors in the United States report from the Institute of Medicine

• Trauma-Informed Approaches: Federal Activities and Initiatives: Federal Partners Committee on Women and Trauma
  

  In the early 1990s, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) began a series of initiatives to raise awareness regarding the increasing numbers of women who had experienced violence and trauma, frequently beginning in childhood, who were seeking services from public mental health and substance abuse programs. This document reflects how the Federal Partners Committee on Women and Trauma’s efforts to promote, adopt, and implement trauma-informed approaches have enhanced the effectiveness of a wide range of government services and supports.

• Resources for IPV Screening and Counseling Coverage Guidelines in the Affordable Care Act

OTHER RESOURCES

• Domestic Violence: The Secret Killer That Costs $8.3 Billion Annually in Forbes Magazine

• An International Comparative Public Health Analysis of Sex Trafficking of Women and Girls in Eight Cities: Achieving a More Effective Health Sector Response published in the Journal of Urban Health

• 2013 IOM Annual Meeting – The Science of Violence: Causation, Mitigation, and Prevention. View the webcast and presentations from the 2013 IOM Annual Meeting.