Resources

SUMC Laminated Pocket Adult Abuse Assessment and Reporting Cards

For MDs
For RNsRNs
available by sending email with your name and department

MD Template for Positive Response to Abuse Screen

Quick and simple checklist of what to ask, how to document, and billing codes if a patient answers "yes". Template

Healthcare Practitioner Manuals

, 2004, from Family Violence Prevention Fund
Free download National Consensus Guidelines on Identifying and Responding to Domestic Violence Victimization in Health Care Settings

, 2006,
from Medical Directions (companion to online DV CME website)
Free downloadRespond to Domestic Violence - Medical Staff Training Guide for California Physicians

, 2004, from California Medical Training CenterGuidelines for the Health Care of Intimate Partner Violence

Advocacy Beyond Leaving: Helping Battered Women in Contact with Current of Former Partners, from Family Violence Prevention Fund
Free download

Salber & Taliaferro, Volcano Press 2006 ISBN 1-884244-29-2
The Physician's Guide to Intimate Partner Violence and Abuse: A Reference for all Health Care Professionals,

Comprehensive Websites

Futures Without Violence

Minnesota Center Against Violence and Abuse

National Domestic Violence Hotline