Advocacy X Intimate Partner Violence
Topic: Family and Intimate Partner Violence
Summary: In the Untied States, roughly 7 million women and 6 million men are victims of rape, physical abuse, or stalking by an intimate partner. Since the Violence Against Women Act was passed in 1994, Intimate partner violence (IPV), also known as Domestic Violence (DV) rates have steadily declined. Yet, despite declining rates, the United States still has the highest rate of DV homicide of any industrialized country. Emergency departments are often the first point of care for victims of DV. It is estimated that 14 percent of women treated in the emergency department are there for DV-related conditions, and DV accounts for at least 1.4 million ED visits annually. (ACEPNow)
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Advocacy Tools, Resources and Efforts:
The National Domestic Violence Hotline
American Bar Association Commission on Domestic and Sexual Violence
https://www.americanbar.org/groups/domestic_violence/
Child Welfare League of America (CWLA)
Battered Women Justice Project (BWJP)
Policies by governing bodies:
ACEP:
http://www.acep.org/patient-care/policy-statements/domestic-family-violence/
SAEM:
No official statement found
AMA:
https://www.ama-assn.org/delivering-care/public-health/preventing-violence
ACP:
Levitt Center:
https://www.levittcenter.org/emergency-departments-social-welfare-in-collaboration
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