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Confronting Chronic Neglect - The Education and Training of Health Professionals on Family Violence (Hardcover)
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Confronting Chronic Neglect - The Education and Training of Health Professionals on Family Violence (Hardcover)
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As many as 20 to 25 percent of American adults?or one in every four
people?have been victimized by, witnesses of, or perpetrators of
family violence in their lifetimes. Family violence affects more
people than cancer, yet it's an issue that receives far less
attention. Surprisingly, many assume that health professionals are
deliberately turning a blind eye to this traumatic social problem.
The fact is, very little is being done to educate health
professionals about family violence. Health professionals are often
the first to encounter victims of abuse and neglect, and therefore
they play a critical role in ensuring that victims?as well as
perpetrators?get the help they need. Yet, despite their critical
role, studies continue to describe a lack of education for health
professionals about how to identify and treat family violence. And
those that have been trained often say that, despite their
education, they feel ill-equipped or lack support from by their
employers to deal with a family violence victim, sometimes
resulting in a failure to screen for abuse during a clinical
encounter. Equally problematic, the few curricula in existence
often lack systematic and rigorous evaluation. This makes it
difficult to say whether or not the existing curricula even works.
Confronting Chronic Neglect offers recommendations, such as
creating education and research centers, that would help raise
awareness of the problem on all levels. In addition, it recommends
ways to involve health care professionals in taking some
responsibility for responding to this difficult and devastating
issue. Perhaps even more importantly, Confronting Chronic Neglect
encourages society as a whole to share responsibility. Health
professionals alone cannot solve this complex problem. Responding
to victims of family violence and ultimately preventing its
occurrence is a societal responsibility Table of Contents Front
Matter Executive Summary 1 Introduction 2 Defining the Problem 3
Current Educational Activities in the Health Professions 4 Forces
Influencing Health Professionals' Education 5 Evaluation of
Training Efforts 6 Training Beyond the State of the Art 7
Priorities for Health Professional Training on Family Violence
References Appendix A Accreditation Requirements Appendix B Policy
Statements of Health Professional Organizations Appendix C
Mandatory Reporting Laws for Family Violence Appendix D Mandatory
Education Laws for Family Violence Appendix E Existing Curricula on
Family Violence Appendix F Summary of Evaluation Studies on
Training of Health Care Professionals on Intimate Partner Violence
Appendix G Summary of Evaluation Studies on Training of Health Care
Professionals on Child Abuse and Neglect Appendix H Core
Competencies for Family Violence Appendix I Biographical Sketches
of Committee Members and Staff Index
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