This web dialogue was an in-depth conversation following-up the May 3rd Prevention Connection web conference, "Organizational Practices and Violence Against Women: Implications for Prevention." In this session we highlighted specific organizational practices in the workplace to promote primary prevention of violence against women. On June 22nd, we held a web dialogue on The Health Care Sector: A Dialogue on Organizational Practices to Prevent Violence Against Women.
Host:
David Lee, Prevention Connection
Presenters:
Larry Cohen & Elizabeth Waiters, Prevention Institute
Guests:
- Douglas Leach, Blue Shield Against Violence, Blue Shield of California Foundation
- Johnny Lee, Peace at Work
- Keshia M. Pollack, Ph.D., MPH, Johns Hopkins Education and Research Center for Occupational Safety and Health, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health
- Kim Wells, Corporate Alliance to End Partner Violence
Recording:
- An online recording of this web conference, including audio and text captioning, is now available [Link]
- Audio Recording [MP3]
Materials:
- Slides (1 per page, color) [PDF]
- Handouts (3 per page, Black & white) [PDF]
- Text Chat [PDF]
- Working Together to End Domestic Violence in the Workplace from Peace at Work and Soroptimist International Club of Raleigh
- Rothman, EF, Hathaway, J, Stidsen, A, & DeVries, HF. (2007). How employment helps female victims of intimate partner violence: A qualitative study. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology. 12:2(136-143).
- Corporate Alliance to End Partner Violence Sample Policy [PDF]
- Corporate Alliance to End Partner Violence 6 Steps for Creating a Successful Workplace Program [PDF]
- Corporate Alliance to End Partner Violence Special Edition Newsletter 2006 [PDF]
- Corporate Alliance to End Partner Violence Extended Slides [PDF]
- GirlsAllowed! – website created for girls 11-14 to help with the building blocks to healthy relationships from Corporate Alliance to End Partner Violence
- Love Is Respect – website for the National Dating Teen Dating Abuse Helpline funded by Liz Claiborne
- Love Is Not Abuse- Liz Claiborne's site with a wealth of info on domestic violence including their downloadable handbooks and info on their dating violence curriculum for schools
Learning Objectives:
- Explore how to most effectively incorporate primary prevention into the workplace setting
- Hear from those who have made changes for violence prevention in the business sector
- Experiment with the use of technology
Prevention Connection is a national project of the California Coalition Against Sexual Assault and is sponsored by the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The views and information provided in our activities do not necessarily represent the official views of the U.S. Government, the CDC, or CALCASA.
