Domestic Violence is organized by echelon.
This course is accessible until 7/1/2024.
Description:
This course is formatted in 2 parts:
Section 1: Cycle of Violence provides understanding of the phenomenon of the domestic violence from the perspective of both the batterer and the victim. Presented are the definition, statistics, and patterns of domestic violence in America.
Section 2: Domestic Violence Population reviews the prevalence and the various types of domestic violence in the United States today: adult heterosexual, homosexual, teens, and elderly intimate partner violence, and child abuse and neglect. This section also brings to the forefront ways to identify the physical, emotional, and psychological evidence of domestic violence. In addition, this section confronts the factors that make caregivers reluctant to intervene in these situations and take action to help the victim.
Successional Courses: Cultural Competence in Health Care; Women and Heart Disease.
Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this course, the participant will be able to:
• Identify the significance of domestic violence, both within the population at large and within the medical setting.
• List the types of domestic violence: their causes, behaviors, and processes.
• Identify the typical presentation of physical and psychological symptoms.
• Explain how to assess victims of domestic violence and document findings.
• Recognize how to locate local community resources that assist victims of domestic violence.
• Recognize that domestic violence affects millions of Americans, and it often goes unreported.
• Identify the various types of domestic violence prevalent in the U.S.
• Recognize the populations affected by domestic violence, including intimate partner violence, elder abuse and neglect, and child abuse and neglect
• Apply screening and intervention protocols appropriate for the potential victim of domestic violence.
• Recognize the importance the role of the healthcare professional has in combating and eliminating domestic violence.
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