The Health Care Sector: Organizational Practices to Prevent Violence Against Women

(11:08 minutes) Prevention of violence against women requires comprehensive approaches. Significant opportunities to create lasting change exist by making changes to organizational practices. This presentation highlights specific organizational practices from the health care sector that promote the primary prevention of violence against women.

These materials were created by Prevention Institute, a national non-profit organization working to put prevention at the center of community well-being.

Other related materials include:

• Presentation Slides, 1 Slide Per Page [PDF]
• Presentation Slides, 3 Slides Per Page [PDF]
• PEACE Signs: Using the Power of Peer Theatre to Prevent Violence [PDF]
• “Before It Occurs: Primary Prevention of Intimate Partner Violence and Abuse” in The Physician’s Guide to Intimate Partner Violence and Abuse: A Reference for all Health Care Professionals
• “Sexual Violence and the Spectrum of Prevention: Towards a Community Solution”, 2006
• Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO) Violence against Women: The Health Sector Responds, 2003
• ACHA Enhancing College and University Healthcare Providers’ Ability to Prevent Sexual Violence (2005-2007)
• ACHA Preventing Sexual Violence Guidelines Statement
• IAFN Sexual Violence Primary Prevention Project
• IAFN 2006 Sexual Assault Awareness Month Member Activity Report
• Jenifer Markowitz and Susan Chasson, Integrating Prevention Into Practice: An Introduction to Sexual Violence Primary Prevention Literature, Journal of Forensic Nursing Winter 2006 – Volume 2/Number 4.
• PEACE Signs: Using the Power of Theatre to Prevent Violence, nomination for Changemakers Competition No Private Matter! Ending Abuse in Intimate & Family Relations