Circular Letter  DHCQ 14-11-622 - DPH Resources to Support Hospital Care and Population Health Management for Survivors of Domestic and Sexual Violence

Date:	11/28/2014
Referenced Sources:	Chapter 260 of the Acts of 2014

TO: Hospital Chief Executive Officers, Quality and Community Benefit Officers and Risk Managers

FROM: Madeleine Biondolillo, MD, Associate Commissioner Deborah Allwes, BS, BSN, MPH, Director, Bureau of Health Care Safety and Quality Carlene Pavlos, MTS, Director, Bureau of Community Health and Prevention Sheridan Haines, Executive Director, Governor’s Council to Address Sexual and Domestic Violence

SUBJECT: DPH Resources to Support Hospital Care and Population Health Management for Survivors of Domestic and Sexual Violence

DATE: November 28, 2014

Supporting Resources for Addressing Domestic and Sexual Violence

MDPH Circular Letter - DHCQ 14-11-622, November 28, 2014

Health Care Responses to Domestic and Sexual Violence and Collaborations with Community-based Sexual and Domestic Violence Organizations.

Massachusetts Sexual and Domestic Violence Programs

See website of Jane Doe Inc.: MA Coalition Against Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence, and Search Programs Directory, enter zip code or city.

In emergency situations, call 911

• Safelink, 24-hour multilingual domestic violence hotline [phone] TTY: [phone]
• Linea directa para sobrevivientes de abuso sexual, 24-hour Spanish hotline: [phone]
• For deaf or hard-of-hearing individuals, TTY: [phone]

Circular DHCQ 14-11-622, Recommendation #1 Partnerships

• Strengthening Collaborations Progress Report, December 2013 (PDF) | (DOC), for the Health Care Working Group of the Massachusetts Governor’s Council to Address Sexual and Domestic Violence and MDPH Project Team. MDPH, Division of Violence and Injury Prevention.
• Intersections: Domestic Violence and Allied Organizations Partnering for Health, La Piana Consulting, supported by Blue Shield of California Foundation, June 2013. 
• Blue Shield of California Foundation

Circular DHCQ 14-11-622, Recommendation #2 Trauma-Informed APPROACHES

• The National Center on Domestic Violence, Trauma and Mental Health, Creating Accessible, Culturally Relevant, Domestic Violence- and Trauma-Informed Agencies, 2012.
• National Center for Trauma-Informed Care, Changing Communities, Changing Lives. Sept. 2012.
• State Health Improvement Plan Domain 5. October 2014

Circular DHCQ 14-11-622, Recommendation #2 BEST PRACTICES Responding to Domestic and Sexual Violence

• US DHHS National Health Resource Center on Domestic Violence, Futures without Violence and Health Cares about IPV: Intimate Partner Violence Screening and Counseling Toolkit
• World Health Organization – Responding to Intimate Partner Violence and Sexual Violence Against Women: WHO Clinical and Policy Guidelines
• Hewins, E., DiBella, B. & Mawla, J. (2013). Domestic Violence and the Role of the Healthcare Provider: The Importance of Teaching Assessment and Intervention Strategies (PDF). Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital and the Center on Violence Against Women & Children at the School of Social Work, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ.
• MA Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) Program
• Forensics for Survivors – Healing. Justice. Access to Forensic Information MA Statewide Program.

Additional Resources and Information

• American Medical Association Code of Ethics: Physicians’ Obligations in Preventing, Identifying, and Treating Violence and Abuse
• Committee on Preventive Services for Women, Institute of Medicine, Clinical Preventive Services for Women: Closing the Gaps. July 2011.
• Conference on Boston Teaching Hospitals, Domestic Violence Council. Note: Best Practices in Domestic Violence Manual and materials from the summit Keeping Survivors at the Center: How Health Reform will Impact Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Response Systems in Massachusetts.
• The Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, The Joint Commission, Accreditation Program: Hospital, Standard PC 01.02.09, p.199.
• MedLine Plus, detailed information about domestic violence and sexual assault. A service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health
• National Center on Domestic Violence, Trauma & Mental Health
• National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey data for Massachusetts.
• USDHHS, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, ASPE Policy Brief, Screening for Domestic Violence in Health Care Settings. August 2013.
• U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, Intimate Partner Violence, Elder Abuse, and Abuse of Vulnerable Adults: Screening, October 23, 2018.

MA Department of Public Health Contact

Beth Nagy, Division of Violence and Injury Prevention

Bureau of Community Health and Prevention
250 Washington St.
4^th floor
Boston, MA 02108

[phone]
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