Category: DV/IPV

I’m curious if any FHO readers have used the myPlan app with patients as part of the safety planning process. I confess I had not heard about it (and I’m pretty surprised I hadn’t), but Futures Without Violence has a webinar coming up next week that looks at how it can be used in rethinking harm reduction and trauma-informed care, and I am intrigued. I have registered for the session, which will be held Monday, December 10th at 3pm ET. CMEs are available (but not CEUs–come on, Futures, this is a webinar that is specifically discussing a nursing-led intervention, and no nursing continuing education units?). From the website:

How can we move beyond simply domestic violence screening and referral to create health care responses to violence that offer critical strategies to promote prevention, healing, and health promotion. Further, how do we ensure that we are thinking holistically about patients and clients rather than focusing on their trauma alone? We know from anti-violence advocacy, that the most potent and sustained change with survivors is strength based and comes from building on what is already going well. Join us for a webinar discussion with luminaries in our field to explore universal education and healing centered engagement as a starting point for achieving the health outcomes that survivors desire. We will consider this approach conceptually and through the use of health interventions and myPlan (www.myPlanApp.org), a tool for patients and providers alike to help survivors weigh their options and make decisions that will help them meet their health and safety goals.

Learning outcomes:

Participants in the webinar will be able to:

• Describe the idea of universal education and healing centered engagement and how it differs from a checklist approach to IPV
• Describe patient-centered strategies to respond to health issues, healing and safety in the context of abusive relationships
• Describe the myPlan app and how to use it to support survivors in health and other settings.

Speakers:

• Dr. Elizabeth Miller, Director, Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine, UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh
• Dr. Nancy Glass, Professor, Johns Hopkins School of Nursing

This webinar was made possible by support from the Administration for Children and Families.

Register here.

And if you’d like to read more about the myPlan app, check out the dedicated website. Curious about the supporting science? (I was.) Here’s a list of published articles about its use (courtesy of):

Glass, N., Perrin, N., Hanson, G., Bloom, T., Messing, J., Clough, A., Campbell, J., Gielen, A., Case, J., & Eden, K. (2017) “The Longitudinal Impact of an Internet Safety Decision Aid for Abused Women.” Am Journal of Preventive Medicine. 52(5), 606-615.

Eden, K., Perrin, N., Hanson, G., Messing, J., Bloom, T., Campbell, J., Gielen, A., Clough, A., Barnes-Hoyt, J.,  & Glass, N. (2014). “Use of online safety decision aid by abused women: Effect on decisional conflict in a randomized controlled trial.” American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 48(4), 372-383.

Glass, N., Clough, A., Case, J., Hanson, G., Waterbury, A., Barnes-Hoyt, J., Alhusen, J., Ehrensaft, M., Grace, K.T., & Perrin, N. (2015). “A safety app to respond to dating violence for college women and their friends: The MyPlan Study randomized controlled trial protocol.” BMC Public Health, 15: 871.

Alhusen, J., Bloom, T., Clough, A., & Glass, N. (2015). “Development of the MyPlan safety decision app with friends of college women in abusive dating relationships.” Journal of Technology in Human Services, 33:3, 263-282.

Lindsay, M., Messing, J., Thaller, T., Baldwin, A., Clough, A., Bloom, T., Eden, K., & Glass, N. (2013). “Survivor feedback on a safety decision aid smartphone application for college-age women in abusive relationships.” Journal of Technology in Human Services, 31(4), 368-388.

Glass, N., Perrin, N., Bloom, T., & Hanson, G. (2010). “Computerized aid improves safety decision process for survivors of intimate partner violence.” Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 25(11), 1947-1964.

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Futures Without Violence has launched a new project, the Quality Improvement Center on Domestic Violence in Child Welfare (QIC-DVCW). The aim of the center is to “test an approach to improve how child welfare agencies and their partners work collaboratively to help families experiencing domestic violence. The safety and well-being of child survivors of domestic violence and child maltreatment are closely connected to the safety and well-being of the adult survivor of domestic violence.  For this reason, the QIC-DVCW is testing an Adult & Child Survivor-Centered Approach to addressing the needs of both the parent and child, which includes effectively engaging and working with the person causing them harm.” The site has a resource section that is worth exploring and they will be offering webinars in the future. I look forward to seeing the coming session topics.

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The National Center on Domestic Violence, Trauma, and Mental Health has a webinar coming up, Substance Use, Trauma and Domestic Violence: Critical Issues, Promising Approaches. The session will be held October 23rd at 2pm CT. This is part of their Trauma, Opioid and Domestic Violence series. They archive their sessions, so if you miss the live event, you can listen to the recording. From the website:

Substance use is a challenging issue facing domestic violence survivors and the programs that serve them. The national opioid epidemic has intensified the problem. But progress is being made. We are identifying promising approaches and building community capacity to address the complex needs of survivors. Recognition of the impact of trauma on survivors’ use of substances as well as the role of substance use-related coercion by perpetrators has led to more integrated approaches. 

This webinar will highlight strategies for addressing the multiple factors that contribute to substance use in the context of domestic violence; promising approaches to the opioid epidemic by rural domestic violence programs; and an evidence-based intervention to increase safety for people dealing with substance use and trauma.

Register for the webinar here.

Have you checked out the FHO store lately? You can find our newest research brief, Aging Bruises Based On Color, plus our original guide, Injury Following Consensual Sex. Both available now for electronic download.

Over at the Tribal Forensic Healthcare project they are offering a great webinar in time for Domestic Violence Awareness Month: Evolution of the Danger Assessment. Kim Nash will be leading the session, offered on October 18th at 11am ET. From the announcement:

This webinar will provide education in utilizing the Danger Assessment (a tool originally developed by Dr. Jacquelyn Campbell) as part of medical forensic care for the patient who has experienced Intimate Partner Violence. The discussion will include the prevalence of IPV and associated lethality, identify appropriate components of a medical forensic exam for the IPV patient and help the learner understand the Danger Assessment and how to use it effectively in the healthcare setting.

As with all of their sessions, it will be archived, and CEs are available for nurses and physicians. Register for the webinar here.

Have you checked out the FHO store lately? You can find our newest research brief, Aging Bruises Based On Color, plus our original guide, Injury Following Consensual Sex. Both available now for electronic download.

I’m heading out to the National Advocacy Center down in South Carolina for a couple days, but before I go, an excellent educational opportunity. PreventConnect has a webinar coming up, the Economic Cost of Intimate Partner Violence: Implications for Prevention. The session will be held on September 13th at 2pm ET. I’m particularly interested in the economics of the work we do. And so are many of your institutions and organizations, so perhaps that’s the thing that hooks you here (for those of you who may still be holding on to the belief that prevention is not the work of forensic clinicians).  Traditionally their webinars fill, so it’s possible by the time this posts it’s closed–however, it will be archived, so if you cannot attend live, consider listening to it at a later date. From the announcement:

The American Journal of Preventive Medicine has released new research from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on the lifetime economic burden of intimate partner violence among adults in the United States. Following CDC’s “Lifetime Economic Burden of Rape Among U.S. Adults,” this new study takes into account medical costs, lost productivity, criminal justice activities, and other costs such as victim property loss or damage. Understanding the costs of violence can help build the case for prevention. Join PreventConnect, the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence (NRCDV), and CDC researchers to learn more about the long-term economic cost of intimate partner violence and implications for prevention policy and practice.

Register for the session here. And seriously, if you do nothing else, download the articles linked in the description above. Both are excellent resources. Particularly for those of you doing policy work, making a case for new and/or expanded clinical programming, etc.

Have you checked out the FHO store lately? You can find our newest research brief, Aging Bruises Based On Color, plus our original guide, Injury Following Consensual Sex. Both available now for electronic download.

Battered Women’s Justice Project is hosting an upcoming webinar, Domestic Violence Related Mass and Spree Killings. The session will be held September 17th at 2pm CT. From the website:

Dr. Neil Websdale will define mass and spree killing and explain the differences between familicidal, felonious, and non-felony related forms of these offenses. The Webinar will concentrate on two forms of “public” mass and spree killings. The first form consists of those cases where the complex dynamics of domestic violence are of central significance and appear to be the principal precipitant of the killings. These cases involve offenders killing former or current spouses/partners and/or those such as family law attorneys, allied professionals, and/or friends who may have supported the spouse or partner. The second form involves those public mass killings, usually shootings, where domestic violence forms but one aspect of the case but may nevertheless be central to developing an understanding of the killings. Dr. Websdale will use case illustrations to flesh out themes across case types, examining, for example, the gendering of these offenses, the signaling of offenses, histories of intimate terrorism, planning and preparation, the possible role of mental illness, the social isolation of offenders, fascination and proficiency with weaponry, threatening changes in the life circumstances of offenders, and the role of suicidal feelings, depression, rage, extreme hatred, and vengefulness.

BWJP archives their webinars, so if you can’t attend live, you can check their site later for the recording. Register for the session here.

Have you checked out the FHO store lately? You can find our newest research brief, Aging Bruises Based On Color, plus our original guide, Injury Following Consensual Sex. Both available now for electronic download.

The Strangulation Prevention Institute has a webinar coming up with Drs. Ralph Riviello and Jacquelyn Campbell, Handling Strangulation Cases at the Front Lines (Part I). The session will be held August 28th at 10am PT. Note: this is a two-hour webinar. It appears nursing CEs are available for a cost of $25. Hopefully, this will be archived on their site. From the announcement:

Part 1 – “He choked me.  I thought I was going to die.” will cover:

• Updates on the Danger Assessment Tool and new research on Traumatic Brain Injury
• Understanding the impact of an of anoxic injury, traumatic brain injuries and delayed consequences
• How to explain the medical aspects of strangulation and suffocation to victims
• What to do when the victim answers YES to question about being “choked”
• Tools from the Institute to help front-line workers
• Emerging practices at Family Justice Centers and DOVE
• How to support a survivor who has been strangled and potentially suffering from the long-term consequences of strangulation such as traumatic brain injury
• Practical tips from the panel, the field and survivors

Objectives:

• Improve our understanding of the immediate, delayed, and long-term health consequences of non-fatal strangulation
• Discuss promising practices emerging at Family Justice Centers, hospitals, and/or multi-agency organizations
• Review the Danger Assessment Tool and new research
• Provide practical approaches for front-line staff at Centers on how to best provide services and support for survivors of strangulation

Register for the session here.

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Have you checked out the FHO store lately? You can find our newest research brief, Aging Bruises Based On Color, plus our original guide, Injury Following Consensual Sex. Both available now for electronic download.

Futures Without Violence has a brand new resource, Beyond Halal And Haram: Muslims, Sex, And Relationships Safety Card. It’s available as a free download. “The goal of this safety card is to be both a survivor-centered resource and a useful conversation starter for health care providers, counselors, social workers, mentors, or other adults working with high-school and college-aged Muslim youth who are doing universal education around healthy relationships and assessing for violence. The card provides information on healthy relationships and sex, guidance, and resources for support, how to help a friend and cultural and religious factors that play into decision-making.”

Additionally, there is a corresponding webinar being held on August 17th at 1pm ET. From the registration:

There is a dearth of resources for American Muslims related to sex and relationships, and some American Muslims may encounter cultural barriers that prevent them from discussing these issues with family and community members. High levels of discrimination against Muslims and Islamophobia also propel the need for more understanding about how to provide trauma-informed, developmentally appropriate, and culturally responsive violence prevention services to this diverse community. Health centers and community-based settings play a crucial role in reaching high school and college-aged American Muslims with messages about healthy and unhealthy relationships. This webinar will describe an evidence-informed universal education intervention on relationships and its impact on health, which can be used in a variety of settings. This intervention features a new safety card specific to American Muslims, which contains information on healthy relationships and sex, guidance, and resources for support, how to help a friend and cultural and religious factors that play into decision-making. This card was developed as a collaboration between Futures Without Violence, HEART Women & Girls, and Advocates for Youth, with additional input from Muslim youth from diverse communities across the country.

EDIT: THE ARCHIVE OF THIS EVENT CAN BE FOUND HERE

Have you checked out the FHO store lately? You can find our newest research brief, Aging Bruises Based On Color, plus our original guide, Injury Following Consensual Sex. Both available now for electronic download.