Intervention & Prevention Content Topic Results
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Results displayed are grouped first by VAWnet Special Collections then by individual related materials. For assistance in locating a resource, use our online contact form.
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- General Material
January 2001
Quick Organizational Audit: LGBT Visibility and Inclusion
Publisher(s):This checklist includes can be used to conduct a quick organizational audit of LGBT visibility and inclusion in agency physical space, policies and outreach materials.
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- Training Tools
- General Material
January 2001
Seeking Safety: A Treatment Manual for PTSD and Substance Abuse
Seeking Safety is an empirically studied, integrative treatment approach developed to help people attain safety from trauma/PTSD and substance abuse. This website provides implementation tools, sample topics, research summaries, articles, and assessment tools related to the program.
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- General Material
January 2001
Advocacy to Improve Services for Battered Migrant and Immigrant Women Living in Rural Communities
Publisher(s):This manual provides information to immigrant, migrant and refugees living in rural communities about their rights, legal options and public assistance available, and safety planning tips. The manual also includes strategies for improving services for migrant and immigrant survivors of domestic violence women in rural communities.
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- General Material
January 2001
CSWF Position Paper on Internet Text-Based Therapy
Publisher(s):Presents the beliefs of the Clinical Social Work Federation who is opposed to the practice of Internet-based treatment, arguing that services cannot be delivered online because of the inherent nature of the service.
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- General Material
January 2001
Intersecting Inequalities: Immigrant Women of Colour, Violence and Health Care
Publisher(s):This report shows that physicians tend to be inadequately prepared to respond to patients who have experienced domestic violence, and that physicians' response to immigrant women who have been abused tend to be influenced by stereotypes about violence within the cultural groups. The report also discusses issues related to disclosure of violence for immigrant women. Recommendations of the report emphasize the need for health care providers to be more educated and aware of the health care impacts of violence.
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- General Material
January 2001
Young Men as Allies in Preventing Violence and Abuse: Building Effective Partnerships with Schools
Publisher(s):This paper argues that "young men can play a critical role in constructing a healthier world for women and men, a world free of violence and founded on principles of equity and compassion."
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- General Material
January 2001
A Lifetime Commitment to Violence Prevention: The Alameda County Blueprint
Publisher(s):This Blueprint is a framework to identify the range of roles and partnerships in which stakeholders can engage and activities that will prevent violence in all its forms, including child and elder abuse, intimate partner violence, date rape and sexual assault, suicide, youth and community violence, and hate violence.
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- General Material
January 2001
Effective Capacity Building in Nonprofit Organizations
Publisher(s):This report contributes to the growing national conversation about how to help nonprofits become stronger, more sustainable, and better able to serve their communities. Offers insights and examples of how nonprofits have pursued building up their "organizational muscle."
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- General Material
January 2001
Letter from the U.S Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
Publisher(s):This letter from the HUD Secretary clarifies that undocumented persons who are victims of domestic violence should not be denied access based on immigration status to shelters or transitional housing programs that receive federal funding.
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- General Material
January 2001
Improving Accessibility of Your Program's Services to Battered Immigrant Women
Publisher(s):This pamphlet provides tips for community programs to expand services to immigrant women who are in abusive relationships.
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- General Material
January 2001
De Colores
De Colores is a bilingual 28-minutes documentary about how Latino families are replacing the deep roots of homophobia with the even deeper roots of love and tolerance. Through moving personal stories we learn about how families are breaking cultural barriers and how love always prevails.
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- General Material
January 2001
Guidebook on Vicarious Trauma: Recommended Solutions for Anti-violence Workers
Publisher(s):This guidebook explores the response to vicarious trauma within certain communities and cultural groups.