Health Care Sector
Module 1 for health professionals:
Health consequences of violence and the current situation of medical care
- Topic 1: Health consequences of violence
- Topic 2: Prevalence of victims in health care institutions/settings
- Topic 3: Risk of inappropriate health care response
- Topic 4: Barriers to effective care
- Topic 5: Key role of health professionals
Module 2 for health professionals:
Domestic violence and appropriate response in health care settings
- Topic 1: Intervention steps and screening tools
- Topic 2: Identifying victims/Red flags (Input and handout)
- Topic 3: Interviewing the victim and further appropriate responses
- Topic 4a: Risk assessment and safety planning
- Topic 4b: Referral to support system
Module 3 for health professionals:
The medico-legal aspects
- Topic 1: The medical certificate
- Topic 2: Notification and professional confidentiality
Module 4 for health professionals:
Improving Quality and Good Practice
- Topic 1: How to facilitate institutional accountability and commitment by establishing agreed strategies and policies
- Topic 2: Good practices of the ambulance service (first aid, emergency centres etc)
- Topic 3: Good clinical practice examples (intervention programme in hospitals)
- Topic 4: Evaluation of Domestic Violence Programs