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Resources
Professional Resources
We have worked with other health care providers to create a number of resources. Please contact us if you would like copies of any of the following resources:
The SHE Framework- Safety & Health Enhancement for Women Experiencing Abuse
by Jill Cory and Lynda Dechief - A tool kit for health care providers and planners to conduct an audit of their practice and/or organization. The SHE Framework raises questions about the safety of the health care system for women impacted by abuse and points to the need to enhance health care for women and includes two contrasting models: Compounding Harms and Safety and Health Enhancement. It also includes an evidence paper which draws from reseach, women's stories and reports from international bodies; and a toolkit which helps health care providers, planners and policy makers with concrete tools to transfer the evidence into a safety and health enhancement plan.
Note: The SHE Framework provides a critque of the practice of universal screening for violence in health care settings. BC Women's acknowledges the differing views on this practice.
Women-Centred Care: A curriculum for health care providers
by Jill Cory with Robin Barnett, Shelley Rivkin, Gayla Reid, and Laurie Hasiuk. The goal of Women-Centred Care is to ensure that all girls and women receive evidence based care that respects their social, economic, physical, cultural and spiritual realties. This curriculum is based on the Framework for Women-Centred Health and is designed to support health care providers in developing and sharing knowledge and practice related to Women-Centred Care. The curriculum will help health providers build upon current Women-Centred Care practices, to create new ways of thinking and new practices and structures within health care.
Building Bridges: Linking Woman Abuse, Substance Use and Mental Ill Health; Summary Report (pdf)
by Louise Godard, Jill Cory and Alexxa Abi-Jaoude. Based on research, practice and women’s narratives confirming that violence is pervasive and central to the development of substance use and mental ill health, we identified the need for direction and action to improve services that support women’s safety and health. This initiative aims to explore the complexities and links between gender based violence, substance use and mental health; explore how these issues impact service delivery and practice; identify the gaps in service provision; and identify and problem solve ways to reduce access and service delivery barriers. This is achieved through province wide discussions, consultations and educational forums with community and health partners to further our knowledge and develop a provincial strategy.
Best Practice Approaches: Child Protection and Violence Against Women. A Curriculum for Child Protection Workers
Workers in both the child protection and anti-violence sectors have raised concerns about the challenges they face when supporting women who are experiencing abuse and their children who have been exposed to or witnessed abuse of their mother. This curriculum is designed to support child protection workers by providing them with new skills and best practice approaches to guide them while they are supporting women’s and children’s safety. The curriculum is based on evidence and practice that affirms that women’s safety is an integral part of all child protection interventions where violence against women exists.
PowerPoints: Module 1 Module 2 Module 3 Module 4 Module 5 Module 6 Module 7
The curriculum is based on the Best Practice Approaches: Child Protection and Violence Against Women developed by the Ministry of Child and Family Development (MCFD). This document can be accessed on-line at http://www.mcf.gov.bc.ca/child_protection/pdf/cp_vaw_best_practice_2004-07-22.pdf
BC Women’s Policy Guidelines:
Clinical Pathway Model
Clinical Guidelines to assist practitioners working with women experiencing abuse in their relationships.
Privacy/Alias Guidelines
Guidelines for health agencies to increase security for women admitted to a health facility.
Reasonable Doubt Report- A review of how health records are used in court cases for women impacted by violence
Reasonable Doubt Pamphlet
For questions or to obtain any of these resources, call the Woman Abuse Response Program at (604) 875-3717.
PamphletsWoman Abuse is a Health Concern (available in English, Cantonese, Punjabi and Vietnamese).
this pamphlet can be modified to include local resources and phone numbers
Women’s Ways
a booklet for women and health providers that examines relationship abuse and its effect on health, choices about health, and how to develop a safety plan.
Hope Help and Healing Pamphlets (Government of BC):
Am I Safe? What are my Options? (PDF)
Are you experiencing Abuse? Do you know how to protect yourself? (PDF)
Are you being abused? Do you need a safe place to go? (PDF)
Is someone you know being abused? Do you know the Warning signs? (PDF)
Is someone you know abusing his partner? Here’s how to talk to him about his behavior (PDF)
To get any of these pamphlets, call the Woman Abuse Response Program at (604) 875-3717.
Helpful ResourcesWHEN LOVE HURTS: A Woman’s Guide to Understanding Abuse in Relationships (book)
Order on-line at orders@womankind.bc.ca or www.womankind.bc.ca
Key Provincial OrganizationsBC Yukon Society of Transition Houses http://www.bcysth.ca/
The BC/Yukon Society of Transition Houses works provincially to provide supports, training and coordination to Transition Houses, Safe Homes and Second Stage Programs throughout BC and the Yukon
Ending Violence Association of BC http://www.endingviolence.org/about
EVA BC works to coordinate and support the work of victim-serving and other anti-violence programs in BC through the provision of issue-based consultation and analysis, resource development, training, research and education.
Last Reviewed: August 10, 2009
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