Domestic Violence Content Topic Results

The paper begins with a look at the historical efforts in Canada and the development of work with men and boys to end gender-based violence around the world. The paper examines root causes of gender-based violence, including socialization of men, power and patriarchy, masculinities, and gender inequality. Also included are promising strategies, best practices, and effective frameworks for engaging men and boys in the effort to reduce and prevent gender-based violence.

Because survivor privacy is so critical to safety, several federal laws include privacy and confidentiality provisions and most states prohibit the disclosure of victim information. This toolkit is a collection of information and resources on the confidentiality and privacy obligations for programs that serve survivors.

myPlan is a fee app for people in a toxic or abusive relationship and for anyone concerned about a friend or family member with an abusive partner.

This graphic depicts some ways in which healthcare providers may inadvertently contribute to increase the isolation and decrease the safety of victims of domestic violence.

This policy toolkit was designed to support schools looking to foster a culture of healthy relationships and prevent teen dating violence. The toolkit offers best practices around the prevention of dating violence, as well as guidelines for early intervention and crisis response.

The Young Moms module represents a recent expansion of the Healthy Moms Happy Babies (HMHB) Curriculum and recognizes that the field of home visitation requires new tools to meet the needs of adolescent mothers. This module will train home visitors on how to screen, refer and document these activities as part of routine programming.

This brief tipsheet provides guidance on working with survivors from various cultures in a culturally relevant manner.

This article in Spanish explores the variety of reasons why abused men don’t report the abuse they are experiencing to the authorities.

This page describes the history, purpose, concepts, and activities related to the CDC's DELTA Program, funding state domestic violence coalitions to build IPV prevention capacity within their organization, state, and local communities.

"The primary goal of this model protocol is to help advocates better meet the safety needs of all battered women by providing them with the tools to address service needs and options for battered women and children impacted by their own or another's substance use, misuse or addiction. Our challenge as advocates is to provide as safe an environment as possible for all who use our services or work at our programs Ideally, this protocol and model policy will serve as a first step toward identifying options for both battered women impacted by substance use and their advocates."

This article offers tips, strategies, and resources for talking with your child about dating, forming friendships, and treating one another with respect.

This validated tool, which can be self-administered or administered by external evaluators, can be used to track and measure the progress of a hospital in improving its response to domestic violence.