July 2005

Introduction

This knowledge path about domestic violence has been compiled by the Maternal and Child Health Library at Georgetown University. It provides a selection of current, high-quality resources about identifying and responding to domestic violence within the home and in the community. It is aimed at health professionals, program administrators, policymakers, advocates, researchers, employers, and victims of abuse and their families. This path will be updated periodically.

Please note: Current literature about domestic violence uses a variety of terms including "domestic violence," "intimate partner violence," "spouse abuse," "battering," and "dating violence." The terminology below follows the usage of the source cited.

Hotlines

• National Domestic Violence Hotline (NDVH). Provides nationwide, 24-hour, toll-free crisis assistance and local shelter referrals to victims of domestic violence and those calling on their behalf. Accepts calls in English, Spanish, and many other languages, and via TTY. Also provides links to data, publications, state domestic violence coalitions, and other resources for professionals, advocates, and women and families. NDVH is a project of the Texas Council on Family Violence.

  The hotline phone number is (800) 799-7233 (SAFE) or (800) 787-3224 (TTY).

• National Sexual Violence Hotline. Provides free, confidential counseling 24 hours a day by counselors at community rape-treatment centers across the country. In addition to counseling, trained staff also offer information about community resources and emergency protocols. The hotline is a service of the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN).

  The hotline phone number is (800) 656-4673 (HOPE).

• National Center for Victims of Crime (NCVC). Offers a hotline for information and referrals to service providers for victims of all types of crime. Information is available in more than 150 languages.

  The hotline phone number is (800) 394-2255 (FYI-CALL) or (800) 211-7996 (TTY).

  

Overview

See the CDC's Intimate partner violence fact sheet (2004), which documents the occurrence of intimate partner violence and its physical, psychological, social, and economic consequences. The brief also describes groups vulnerable to victimization, risk factors for perpetration, and vulnerability factors for victimization.

Web Sites: A-Z

• American Bar Association: Commission on Domestic Violence. Contains resources for attorneys, consumers, health professionals, and others concerned about domestic violence and safety planning. Resources include training materials, hotline numbers, patient education brochures in English and Spanish, policies, state coalition contact information, and links to related resources. ABA also supports

  National Teen Dating Violence Prevention Initiative. Presents a toolkit of materials about adolescent dating violence for use in high schools and community organizations across the United States. The toolkit was developed for National Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Week and can be used at any time during the year.

• American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG): Violence Against Women. Contains resources for health professionals and consumers about domestic violence and sexual assault that include patient education materials, screening tools, contact information for state coalitions, and a bibliography.
  
  
• American Medical Women's Association (AMWA). Offers the Domestic Violence Health Care Provider Education Project, a free online continuing medical education course for health professionals that explains how to recognize, diagnose, and respond to individuals experiencing domestic violence.
  
  
• American Psychological Association (APA). Contains resources for health professionals and consumers about intimate partner violence. A recent publication is

  Assessment of partner violence: A handbook for researchers and practitioners. (2004).

• Asian and Pacific Islander Institute on Domestic Violence. Offers reports, directories, translated materials, statistics, and other resources about domestic violence in Asian and Pacific Islander communities. The institute is a national network that works to raise awareness, expand leadership and expertise, and promote culturally relevant resources in Asian and Pacific Islander communities about domestic violence. Recent publications include

  Community engagement continuum: Outreach, mobilization, organizing and accountability to address violence against women in Asian and Pacific Islander communities. (2005).

  Language interpretation guidelines for Asian battered women. (2004).

• Center for Impact Research (CIR). Presents program information and publications about community-based strategies to address domestic violence. Recent publications include

  Addressing domestic violence as a barrier to work: Building collaborations between domestic violence service providers and employment services agencies. (2004). An executive summary is available.

  Self-sufficiency and safety: The case for onsite domestic violence services at employment services agencies. (2004). An executive summary is available.

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Offers programs and initiatives about domestic violence that include

  CDC's Division of Reproductive Health: Violence and Reproductive Health. Provides background information on research related to violence that is associated with pregnancy-related illness, injury, and death. Includes a screen show lecture presentation, Intimate partner violence during pregnancy: A guide for clinicians. A recent publication is

  • Addressing violence against women: Results from a national survey of Title X family planning providers. (2004).

  CDC's National Center for Injury Prevention and Control (NCIPC): Intimate Partner Violence. Includes an overview about intimate partner violence and describes CDC activities to define the problem, identify risk and protective factors, develop and test prevention strategies, and ensure widespread adoption of prevention principles and strategies. Also provides an annotated list of links to organizations that are working to prevent intimate partner violence. Recent publications include

  • Costs of intimate partner violence against women in the United States. (2003).
    
    
• Corporate Alliance to End Partner Violence (CAEPV). Offers fact sheets, statistics, articles, and a bibliography about partner violence in general and about reducing the costs and consequences of partner violence at work. Describes corporate programs and policies that set the standard for how companies can handle this sensitive issue. CAEPV is an alliance of organizations dedicated to the prevention of partner violence by leveraging the strength and resources of the corporate community.
  
  
• Family Violence Prevention Fund (FVPF). Contains a wealth of resources about domestic violence for health professionals, policymakers, employers, advocates, the legal community, and victims of abuse. FVPF educates and advocates nationally and internationally to prevent violence within the home and in the community and to help those whose lives are devastated by abuse. Programs focus on children, health, immigrant women, international trafficking of women and girls, judicial education, public education, public policy, adolescent dating violence, and workplace issues. In addition to providing electronic alert services and a discussion group, FVPF offers a selection of recent publications and initiatives including

  Activist dialogues: How domestic violence and child welfare impact women of color and their communities. (2005).

  Preventing family violence: Lessons from the community engagement initiative. (2004).

  National Health Initiative on Domestic Violence. Aims to improve the health care response to domestic violence through public policy reform and health education and prevention efforts. Its National Health Resource Center on Domestic Violence provides technical assistance and information about model programs and training strategies, practical tools, and public policy efforts. Publications include

  • Business case for domestic violence programs in health care settings. (2007).
    
    
  • E-Journal on family violence prevention and health practice. Subscribe to this new electronic journal at no charge.
    
    
  • Identifying and responding to domestic violence: Consensus recommendations for child and adolescent health, rev. ed. (2004).
    
    
  • National consensus guidelines on identifying and responding to domestic violence victimization in health care settings, 2nd ed. (2004).

  Working with Men and Boys to Prevent Gender-Based Violence. Offers tools for working with men and boys to prevent gender-based violence. Provides training materials, case studies, fact sheets, and community-building tools, such as a discussion board.

• MedlinePlus: Domestic Violence. Contains a list of select, authoritative health information sources about domestic violence for consumers and health professionals. Includes links to overview articles and information about coping, diagnosis, symptoms, prevention, screening, law, policy, data, and organizations that focus on the topic. MedlinePlus is a health information service of the National Library of Medicine.
  
  
• Minnesota Center Against Violence and Abuse (MINCAVA). Provides an electronic clearinghouse of links to violence-related resources, including higher education syllabi; published research; funding sources; upcoming training events; individuals and organizations that serve as resources; and bibliographic databases of training manuals, videotapes, and other education materials. Domestic violence topics include same-sex domestic violence, violence against women with disabilities, domestic violence in the military, and domestic violence in racial and ethnic communities. MINCAVA is located at the University of Minnesota School of Social Work. Initiatives include

  Making the Link: Promoting the Safety of Battered Women and Children Exposed to Domestic Violence. Provides information on research and intervention with families experiencing both child maltreatment and woman battering to help build collaborative relationships between child protection services, domestic violence services, and court services.

• National Center for Victims of Crime (NCVC). Includes program information and resources such as statistics, reports, bibliographies, and outreach materials on topics that include violence against women, dating violence, stalking, and parallel justice for victims of crime. NCVC serves victims of all types of crime with resources and a toll-free hotline.   NCVC also provides public policy advocacy, training, and technical assistance to victim service organizations, counselors, attorneys, criminal justice agencies, and service providers.
  
  
• National Center on Domestic and Sexual Violence (NCDSV). Provides training information and a resource library to encourage collaboration among professionals working to end violence against women. NCDSV is a national organization helping a myriad of professionals in the criminal justice, legal, health, education, military, and social work communities who work with victims and perpetrators.
  
  
• National Clearinghouse on Abuse in Later Life (NCALL). Contains fact sheets, articles, resource lists, and other publications about domestic violence in later life. NCALL was created by the Wisconsin Coalition Against Domestic Violence. Recent publications include

  Assessing for abuse in later life. (2004).

  Building a coalition to address domestic abuse in later life, rev. ed. (2004). This curriculum for communities interested in forming a collaboration to address domestic abuse in later life includes a training guide (with a community assessment tool) and a participant manual.

• National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NCADV). Provides domestic-violence-related resources for advocates and victims of abuse on topics such as financial literacy, adolescent dating violence, starting a shelter, and women with disabilities who experience violence. NCADV is a national organization of grassroots shelter and service programs for battered women.
  
  
• National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs (NCAVP). Contains domestic-violence-related reports and media releases. Administered by the Anti-Violence Project, NCAVP is a coalition of over 20 lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender victim advocacy and documentation programs located throughout the United States. Contact information for these member organizations is provided.
  
  
• National Latino Alliance for the Elimination of Domestic Violence (Alianza). Offers reports, brochures, fact sheets, and resource lists in English and Spanish about domestic violence affecting Latino communities. Alianza represents a national network of Latina and Latino advocates, service providers, researchers, community activists, and survivors of domestic violence. Recent publications include

  Creating awareness and raising consciousness about domestic violence in Latino communities. (2004).

  Developing linguistically and culturally responsive materials for Latina survivors of domestic violence. (2004).

• National Network to End Domestic Violence (NNEDV). Includes legal and legislative news and information, state domestic violence coalition contact information, and program descriptions. NNEDV represents state domestic violence coalitions.
  
  
• National Violence Against Women Prevention Research Center (NVAWPRC). Contains resources for health professionals, researchers, policymakers, advocates, and victims of violence that include domestic-violence-related research articles and abstracts, reports, and survivor resources. NVAWPRC is funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
  
  
• National Women's Health Information Center (NWHIC): Violence Against Women. Contains fact sheets in English and Spanish about intimate partner violence. Includes links to publications and organizations and resources for getting help. Also describes the activities of the Office on Women's Health to address violence against women. NWHIC is a service of the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS).
  
  
• Nursing Network on Violence Against Women, International (NNVAWI). Contains abuse-assessment tools and research information about violence against women. NNVAWI aims to eliminate violence by advancing nursing education, practice, research, and public policy.
  
  
• Office on Violence Against Women (OVW). Contains grant information, publications, and other resources about violence against women, including information about and links to organizations that are addressing the role of men in ending violence against women. OVW is part of the Department of Justice. Features include

  Toolkit to End Violence Against Women. Provides guidance to communities, policy leaders, and individuals engaged in activities to end violence against women. Each section focuses on a particular audience or environment and includes recommendations for strengthening prevention efforts and improving services and advocacy for victims.

  What Communities, State and Local, Can Do: Promising Practices and Model Programs for Law Enforcement, Practitioners, and Victim Advocates. Links to publications and collected information about innovative programs from around the country.

• Online Domestic Violence Training Program. Offers eight online training units intended to provide social workers with basic knowledge about domestic violence. Each unit is followed by a quiz. Also included are a manual, a bibliography, and guidelines for finding a counselor. This program is offered by Simmons College School of Social Work.
  
  
• VAWnet: Domestic Violence. Contains an electronic library of resources for advocates working to end domestic violence. VAWnet is a project of the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence (PCADV) and the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence (NRCDV) with funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Recent publications include

  Are heterosexual men also victims of intimate partner abuse? (2005).

  Teen dating violence: A review of risk factors and prevention efforts. (2005).

  Working with men to prevent violence against women: An overview (Part one). (Part two). (2004).

  
  

Additional Electronic Publications

• Adeniyi A, Seifert SJ, Holmes RM, Hagel DR, Roesler JR. 2005. Self reported intimate partner and sexual violence in Minnesota. St. Paul, MN: Minnesota Department of Health. This data brief reports on several surveys of women in Minnesota.
  
  
• Browne-Miller A. 2007. Making the case for domestic violence prevention through the lens of cost-benefit: A manual for domestic violence prevention practitioners (and the state and local policy-makers they present to). San Rafael, CA: Transforming Communities: Technical Assistance, Training & Resource Center (TC-TAT). This manual is designed to help domestic violence prevention professionals make the case that their prevention programs are valuable and worthy of public and private investment.
  
  
• Campbell JC. 2004. Danger assessment. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing. This tool is designed to help women assess the danger of homicide in situations of abuse and to train domestic violence advocates, law enforcement members, and health professionals in measuring and warning about danger levels.
  
  
• Connors MH, ed. 2004. Domestic violence: A guide to screening and intervention. Boston, MA: Brigham and Women's Hospital. This guide for health professionals provides an overview of the medical impact of domestic violence and offers guidance on screening for abuse, barriers to disclosing abuse, clinical evaluation, intervention, and documentation.
  
  
• Durose MR, Wolf Harlow C, Langan PA, Motivans M, Rantala RR, Schmitt EL. 2005. Family violence statistics -- including statistics on strangers and acquaintances. Washington, DC: Bureau of Justice Statistics. This report compares statistics on family violence (i.e., spouse abuse, parental violence against a child, violence among other family members) and nonfamily violence. The nonfamily individuals used for comparison include boyfriends and girlfriends, friends and acquaintances, and strangers.
  
  
• Hoog C. 2004. Increasing agency accessibility for people with disabilities: Domestic violence agency self-assessment guide, rev. Seattle, WA: Washington State Coalition Against Domestic Violence. This guide aims to provide domestic violence programs with a practical tool to review the accessibility of the services offered for victims with disabilities.
  
  
• Jellinek M, Patel BP, Froehle MC, eds. 2002. Bright Futures in practice: Mental health. (2 v.). Arlington, VA: National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health. This guide contains information on mental health promotion and substance use prevention for infants, children, and adolescents from birth through age 21. It is designed to inform primary care pediatric health professionals about the essentials of mental health promotion; to identify the support that infants, children, and adolescents need for good mental health; and to assist in the development and implementation of mental-health-promotion programs and policies. A chapter is devoted to the role of the primary care physician in identifying domestic violence and working with families in which domestic violence has occurred.
  
  
• Kass-Bartelmes BL. 2004. Women and domestic violence: Programs and tools that improve care for victims. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. This report describes training programs and assessment and treatment tools that health professionals and social workers can use to provide better care for victims of domestic violence.
  
  
• Kruttschnitt C, McLaughlin BL, Petrie CV, eds. 2004. Advancing the federal research agenda on violence against women. Washington, DC: National Academies Press. This report is based on the presentations and deliberations of a workshop convened in January 2002, at the request of Congress, to develop a detailed research agenda on violence against women. The report emphasizes the need for better prevalence data and longitudinal data to determine the causes of violent victimization of women and the impact of interventions.
  
  
• Lawrence S, Chau M, Lennon MC. 2004. Depression, substance abuse, and domestic violence: Little is known about co-occurrence and combined effects on low-income families. New York, NY: National Center for Children in Poverty (NCCP). This report summarizes recent research about the extent to which depression, domestic violence, and substance use co-occur among low-income families and about the combined effect of these problems on children.
  
  
• Multicultural Health Communication Service (MHCS) of the New South Wales Health Department. 2003. Domestic violence hurts the whole family. Fargo, ND: Healthy Roads Media. This health education piece about domestic violence is available in written, audio, and video formats in Arabic, Bosnian, English, Russian, Somali, and Spanish.
  
  
• National Center for State Courts. 2004. Multicultural issues and domestic violence resource guide: Knowledge and information services. Williamsburg, VA: National Center for State Courts. This resource guide offers a selection of materials about domestic violence and minority populations.
  
  
• National Institute of Justice. 2004. Violence against women: Identifying risk factors. Washington, DC: National Institute of Justice. This research brief addresses whether being a victim of sexual and physical abuse in childhood and adolescence are risk factors for becoming a victim of violence against women as an adult.
  
  
• National Institute of Justice. 2004. When violence hits home: How economics and neighborhood play a role. Washington, DC: National Institute of Justice. This research brief discusses who is most at risk for intimate partner violence and details the role that economic policies and employment practices might play in reducing the risk.
  
  
• Patel N, Turetsky V. 2004. Safety in the safety net: TANF reauthorization provisions relevant to domestic violence. Washington, DC: Center for Law and Social Policy. This paper examines the link between domestic violence and the financial resources of families and summarizes key provisions in the TANF reauthorization bills of particular importance to domestic violence survivors and their advocates.
  
  
• Thoennes N, Tjaden P. 2000. Full report of the prevalence, incidence, and consequences of violence against women: Findings from the National Violence Against Women Survey. Washington, DC: National Institute of Justice. This report presents findings on the prevalence and incidence of rape, physical assault, and stalking; the rate of injury among rape and physical assault victims; and injured victims' use of medical devices.
  
  
• U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. 2004. Screening for family and intimate partner violence: Summary of recommendations. Supporting documents. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. This statement concludes that there is insufficient evidence to recommend for or against routine screening of parents or guardians for the physical abuse or neglect of children, of women for intimate partner violence, or of older adults or their caregivers for elder abuse. This statement also provides an update on current literature on family and intimate partner violence.
  

  
  

Print Publications

• Bergen RLK, Edleson JL, Renzetti CM. 2004. Violence against women: Classic papers. Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon. Price: $50.20. Contact: Allyn & Bacon; Phone: (617) 848-6000; E-mail: he-csweb@pearsoned.com.
  
  
• Hamel J. 2005. Gender inclusive treatment of intimate partner abuse: A comprehensive approach. New York, NY: Springer Publishing Company. Price: $39.95. Contact: Springer Publishing Company; Phone: (877) 687-7476; E-mail: contactus@springerpub.com.
  
  
• Hines DA, Malley-Morrison K. 2004. Family violence in the United States: Defining, understanding and combating abuse. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. Price: $74.95. Contact: Sage Publications; Phone: (800) 818-7243 or (805) 499-9774; E-mail: webmaster@sagepub.com.
  
  
• Jaffe PG, Baker LL, Cunningham AJ, eds. 2004. Protecting children from domestic violence: Strategies for community intervention. New York: Guilford Press. Price: $35.00. Contact: Guilford Press; Phone: (800) 365-7006 or (212) 431-9800; E-mail: info@guilford.com.
  
  
• Jordan CE, Nietzel M, Walker R, Logan TK. 2004. Intimate partner violence: Clinical training guide for mental health professionals. New York, NY: Springer Publishing Company. Price: $32.95. Contact: Springer Publishing Company; Phone: (877) 687-7476; E-mail: contactus@springerpub.com.
  
  
• Kaschak E, ed. 2003. Intimate betrayal: Domestic violence in lesbian relationships. Binghamton, NY: Haworth Press. Price: $19.95. Contact: Haworth Press; Phone: (800) 429-6784 or (607) 722-5857. E-mail: getinfo@haworthpress.com.
  
  
• Kubany ES, McCaig MA, Laconsay JR. 2004. Healing the trauma of domestic violence: A workbook for women. Oakland, CA: New Harbinger Publications. Price: $18.95. Contact: New Harbinger Publications; Phone: (800) 748-6273; E-mail: customerservice@newharbinger.com.
  
  
• Strasser J. 2004. Black eye: Escaping a marriage, writing a life. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press. Price: $26.95. Contact: University of Wisconsin Press Phone: (608) 263-0734; E-mail: uwiscpress@uwpress.wisc.edu.
  
  
• Trinch SL. 2003. Latinas' narratives of domestic abuse: Discrepant versions of violence. Philadelphia, PA: John Benjamins Publishing Company. Price: $138.00. Contact: John Benjamins Publishing Company; Phone: (800) 562-5666; E-mail: benjaminspresswarehouse.com.
  
  
• West CM, ed. 2003. Violence in the lives of black women: Battered, black and blue. Binghamton, NY: Haworth Press. Price: $24.95. Contact: Haworth Press; Phone: (800) 429-6784 or (607) 722-5857. E-mail: getinfo@haworthpress.com.
  
  
• Zorza J, ed. 2002, 2004. Violence against women, Vols 1 and 2. Kingston, NJ: Civic Research Institute. Price: $133.95 per volume; $236.95 for the 2-volume set. Contact: Civic Research Institute; Phone: (609) 683-4450; E-mail: order@civicresearchinstitute.com. Note: Volume 1 was published in 2002 and addresses domestic violence and law, prevention, protection, enforcement, treatment, and health. Volume 2 focuses on domestic violence and victims; abusers; prevention and protection; and legal, medical, and research developments.
  

  
  

Databases

The databases listed below are excellent tools for identifying data, additional literature and research, and programs about domestic violence. Many of the entries below contain tips on how to use the databases efficiently. Please note that databases vary in how terms should be entered; for example, some require quotation marks and others don't. Enter search phrases as shown in bold below.

Data

• Child Trends DataBank. Reports on national trends and research on over 80 key indicators of child and adolescent well-being, including dating violence, and offers information about the types of programs and interventions that may influence particular outcomes. Child Trends is a nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization providing research and data to inform decision-making that affects children and adolescents.
  
  
• National Quality Measures Clearinghouse™ (NQMC™). Contains evidence-based health care quality measures and measure sets for physicians, hospitals, and health plans to evaluate and improve the quality of health care for patients. Type "domestic violence" in the search box to identify measures on the topic. The database is sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).
  
  
• Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS): Youth Online. Provides comprehensive results from the YRBSS that can be viewed by location (United States, state/territory, or local) and health topic. Choose Unintentional Injuries and Violence and select a category under Violence to view data about adolescent dating violence. Categories can be compared online. Youth Online is a service of CDC's Division of Adolescent and School Health (DASH).
  
  
• See also National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS).
  

Literature and Research

• CAVNET (Communities Against Violence Network). Contains information about books, reports, articles, court opinions, Web sites, and other resources in the areas of domestic violence, stalking, sexual assault, and rape. For a general search, enter "domestic violence" in the search box. See the Issue Directory for automatic searches of the database on specific topics. Part of CAVNET's Web site is available by paid subscription only. CAVNET is an international network of professionals and advocates working to combat violence in our society
  
  
• Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence (CSPV) Databases. Contains information about violence-related research and literature; curricula and videotapes; prevention, intervention, and treatment programs; and survey instruments for program evaluation. CSPV is a research center within the Institute of Behavioral Science at the University of Colorado at Boulder.
  
  
• Maternal and Child Health Library at the National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health (NCEMCH), Georgetown University. Maintains several databases to collect, manage, and disseminate knowledge about maternal and child health, with special emphasis on knowledge gained from initiatives and programs supported by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB). The library's bibliographic database is

  MCHLine®. To identify library materials on the topic, type "domestic violence" in the keyword field of the database search form. To narrow your search, enter a single publication year or range of years.

  Maternal and Child Health Library also offers organizations and programs databases.

• National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS). Provides information about and links to full-text publications on the NCJRS Web site and the Web sites of the agencies of the Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, and the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy. For publications about domestic violence, click on the topic, Victims of Crime, in the left-hand navigation bar. Next, click on Domestic Violence under the main heading for Victims of Crime. For statistical publications about domestic violence, click on the topic, Statistics. Next, click on Victims of Crime. NCJRS also offers the NCJRS Abstracts Database, which contains summaries of more than 180,000 criminal justice publications, including federal, state, and local government reports, books, research reports, journal articles, and unpublished research. To identify publications about domestic violence, enter "domestic violence" in the subject search field. NCJRS is a federally funded resource offering justice and substance use information to support research, policy, and program development worldwide.
  
  
• National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC) Library. This bibliographic database contains information about materials in the library collections of NSVRC and the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape (PCAR). To identify materials about domestic violence, select Power Search under Additional Search Types. Select Subject under Select Field and enter "domestic violence" in the field next to it. Narrow your search by adding publication year(s).
  
  
• National Guideline Clearinghouse (NGC). Contains evidence-based clinical practice guidelines and related materials for health professionals. Identify guidelines about domestic violence by selecting frequent searches in the search box. Scroll down to the Injury and Violence Prevention Section and select Domestic/Family Violence. The database is an initiative of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).
  
  
• PubMed. Contains over 17 million citations for biomedical articles that date back to the 1950s. These citations are from MEDLINE and additional life science journals. PubMed includes links to many sites providing full-text articles and other related resources. To identify articles on the topic, enter the search phrase battered women OR spouse abuse OR (interpersonal relations AND violence) in PubMed. Then, click on Limits and make the following selections on the page: select a date (e.g. Published in the last 2 years); click on Languages: English; and select Tag Terms: MeSH Major Topic. Selecting Type of Article or adding search terms (e.g., pregnancy) will further limit the search. Use MeSH to identify additional search terms. PubMed is a service of the National Library of Medicine (NLM).
  
  
• SafetyLit: Injury Prevention Abstracts Online. Provides abstracts of English-language reports and journal articles about preventing unintentional injuries, violence, and self-harm. The literature is drawn from the fields of anthropology, economics, education, engineering, ergonomics, law and law enforcement, medicine, physiology, psychology, public health, public safety, nursing, social work, traffic safety, and other fields. To identify literature about domestic violence, scroll down to Archive Search, enter the term domestic violence in the text word field; click on Search Archive; and click on View Abstracts. Conduct another search using the term, intimate partner violence. Subscribe to the SafetyLit Update and receive a weekly e-mail notice about new additions to the database. SafetyLit is a service of the Center for Injury Prevention Policy and Practice at the San Diego State University, Graduate School of Public Health in collaboration with the World Health Organization.
  
  
• Also see the Minnesota Center Against Violence and Abuse (MINCAVA).
  

Programs

• Maternal and Child Health Library at the National Center for Education in Maternal and Child Health (NCEMCH), Georgetown University. Maintains two databases to identify organizations and programs that focus on domestic violence:

  MCH Organizations Database. Lists over 2,000 government, professional, and voluntary organizations involved in MCH activities, primarily at a national level. To identify organizations that focus on domestic violence, type "domestic violence" in the keyword field of the database search form.

  MCH Projects Database. Comprises an online catalog of projects funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB). To identify projects about domestic violence, go to the database search form. Type "domestic violence" in the Simple Search field and select Status: Active.

• PAVNET (Partnerships Against Violence Network) Online. Contains a set of databases covering federally funded research, promising programs, funding opportunities, and links to other resources about the causes, prevention, treatment, and enforcement of violence, including domestic violence. PAVNET's content is drawn from seven federal agencies.
  
  
• USCM Best Practices Database. Contains information about successful practices of city governments across the country. Enter the term domestic violence and click on Exact phrase to identify many resources on the topic. Best Practices is a service of the U.S. Conference of Mayors.
  
  
• Also see the Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence (CSPV) Databases and Minnesota Center Against Violence and Abuse (MINCAVA).
  

  
  

Electronic Newsletters and Online Discussion Groups

• Family Violence Prevention Fund (FVPF). Offers several electronic services for advocates and health professionals

  Health and Domestic Violence Listservs. These electronic discussion groups offer updates on health and domestic violence policy, announcements, and strategies.

  Working with Men and Boys to Prevent Gender-Based Violence Discussion Board. This electronic discussion group encourages professionals and advocates to share tools, lessons, and stories about working with men and boys to end gender-based violence.

• PAVNET (Partnerships Against Violence Network) Online. Offers the Pavnet Mailgroup, a discussion group for violence prevention professionals to communicate and share resources.
  
  
• Also see SafetyLit.
  
  
  

Author: Susan Brune Lorenzo, M.L.S., Maternal and Child Health Library.
Reviewers: Ann Kranz, M.A., Minnesota Center Against Violence and Abuse (MINCAVA); Olivia K. Pickett, M.A., M.L.S., Maternal and Child Health Library.