intimate partner violence

Creating Healing-Centered Spaces for Intimate Partner Violence Survivors in the Postpartum Unit: Examining Current Practices and Desired Resources Among Health Care Providers and Postpartum People

Through interviews with postpartum people and health care providers (HCP), Drs. Chang, Miller, and Ragavan explored:

1) How IPV is currently discussed

2) What should be included in IPV interventions

3) How to support those who disclose IPV

4) Implementation barriers and facilitators

This resulted in:

➡️HCPs reported a variety of practices to support survivors

➡️Postpartum people reported not receiving resources or education related to IPV

➡️HCPs identified a need for screening and resource provision

A case series measuring campus and clinic level factors during implementation of a sexual violence prevention intervention in campus health and counseling centers: does environment matter?

Dr. Liz Miller and her team examined campus and clinic factors that may influence likelihood of implementing sexual violence (SV) prevention for college students seeking care in campus health and counseling centers. Their findings suggest that high performance regarding SV policy and prevention on a campus do not necessarily translate to implementation of appropriate SV prevention and care for students seeking care on campus, including assessments, resources, referrals, and services.

Believe Survivors March

Join Pittsburgh Universities Believe Survivors (P.U.B.S) in a march to support survivors of domestic and sexual violence. This event is sponsored by Carlow, Pitt, CMU, Duquesne, and Chatham. Individuals from each campus community is invited, as well as members of the general public, to participate. Help create signs, posters, and banners on Carlow's campus green before the march. After the march, there will be an option to listen to survivor testimonials.

Intimate Partner Violence, Women, and Traumatic Brain Injury in Sub-Saharan Africa

Sub-Saharan Africa has one of the highest intimate partner violence (IPV) morbidity globally. This region of the world offers opportunity for traumatic brain injury (TBI) researchers to explore deeper associations between TBI and IPV to better understand the role of gender in TBI research. However, this review by Dr.