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January 2013
Access to Healthcare for Immigrant Victims of Sexual Assault
Publisher(s):This chapter describes the range of services an immigrant victim of sexual assault can access through different programs and services of the health care system.
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January 2013
Body Map: Abuse Assessment Screen
Publisher(s):This assessment tool for healthcare providers includes screening questions and a body map to document abuse.
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December 2012
Integrating Trauma-Informed and Sexual and Reproductive Health Care in the Domestic HIV Response
Publisher(s): This Powerpoint outlines the importance of trauma-informed HIV services, histories of trauma across the lifespan, the impact of many instances of trauma on cognitive functioning, the impact of trauma on health, risk behaviors and immunofunction, and recommendations.
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- NRCDV Publications
- General Material
December 2012
Violence During Pregnancy and the Postpartum Period
Publisher(s):VAWnet: The National Online Resource Center on Violence Against Women, National Resource Center on Domestic Violence (NRCDV)
This Applied Research paper provides research findings concerning violence against pregnant and postpartum women, discusses some of the strengths and limitations of these studies, and concludes with comments concerning the implications of this work for practice and research.
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- General Material
October 2012
A Dual Disenfranchisement: How Voter Suppression Denies Reproductive Justice to Women of Color
Publisher(s): This report situates women of color in the United States today, their current electoral impact, and the methods being used to disenfranchise people of color throughout the country and explores connections between this voter suppression and reproductive justice.
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- General Material
September 2012
Ignorance, Domestic Violence, and HIV Disclosure: A Fatal Combination
Publisher(s):This article describes the many reasons it is important for policy makers to discuss the connection between HIV/AIDS and IPV and the ways abusers may use the survivor’s HIV-positive status as an excuse for abuse.
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August 2012
Intimate Partner Violence and Reproductive Coercion
Publisher(s):This fact sheet explores the problem of intimate partner violence (IPV), illustrates the magnitude of the problem, presents the reproductive health effects associated with it, and describes what can be done to prevent IPV.
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- General Material
July 2012
Lancet Special Issue on HIV in Men who have Sex with Men (MSM)
Publisher(s): This report for policy makers and advocates highlights the unique characteristics of the MSM community and outlines the need for specialized services to meet the needs of the community.
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- General Material
April 2012
Women’s Biological Susceptibility to HIV/AIDS
Publisher(s):This resource describes some of the biological reasons it is easier for a person with a vagina to contract HIV during penile-vaginal sex.
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- General Material
March 2012
New Studies Link the Mental Health Effects of Trauma with Poorer HIV Treatment Access and Outcomes for Women
Publisher(s):This page highlights research on the link between past and recent abuse with poorer HIV treatment access and outcomes for women.
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- General Material
February 2012
Native American Women’s Health Education Resource Center Indigenous Women’s Dialogue Roundtable Report On The Accessibility of Plan B® As An Over The Counter (OTC) Within Indian Health Service
Publisher(s):Although Plan B is legal as an “over the counter” (OTC) contraceptive for women age 17 years old and up, Native American women do not have consistent access to it from the Indian Health Service. This report features the voices of Native American women from a diverse number of Tribes as they discuss their personal experiences with sexual assault and access to healthcare either as a victim or as a service provider.
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- Training Tools
January 2012
Reproductive Health Pregnancy Wheel
Publisher(s): This pregnancy wheel for OB/GYN and reproductive health settings reminds providers to routinely ask their patients about birth control interference or coerced pregnancy and about their experiences with intimate partner violence.