Violence and Abuse Flashcards
Exam 3
Model of care for victims of intentional crimes
Include:
Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE)
Program
C.A.R.E. Clinic
American Academy of Pediatrics certification of child maltreatment.
Violence:
What is it?
Act committed by a person or persons against another person or persons in which there is a conscious choice to act violently
Intentional
What is a major women’s health problem?
Intimate Partner Violence
Intimate Partner Violence:
Who are there consequences in?
Health consequences in children who witness abuse
Intimate Partner Violence:
What is screening for?
Screening: interventional strategies
Safety assessment and planning
Lethality risk
Violence against Women:
What kind of violence is this?
Violence against women is a form of gender‐based violence that can result in physical, sexual, or psychological harm for both the direct victims and also their dependents (children).
Femicide
Femicide is a term used to refer to a homicide that occurs in the context of intimate partner violence.
Mandatory Reporting of Abuse
When any healthcare provider suspects that abuse of an elderly person, a child, or a person with a disability has occurred, he or she is mandated to report the abuse to the appropriate agency.
Intervention
A structured tailored brochure with information regarding the cycle of violence, designed to meet each woman’s special needs
What are risk factors associated with?
Risk factors associated with increased risk of homicide
What do interventions include?
Options available to women
Safety planning
IPV resources specific to their locale
National hotline numbers
Human Trafficking
Recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision, or obtaining of a person for the purpose of a commercial sex act, labor, or services
Human Trafficking: What is one of the primary destinations for foreign trafficked victims?
United States is one of the primary destination for foreign trafficked victims.
Human Trafficking: How many people are trafficked a year? How many to the US?
800,000 people are trafficked across the international borders every year.
50,000 of them are trafficked into the United States.
Statistics on Human Trafficking: How fast is it growing?
Second largest and fastest growing, organized crime trade in the world.
Statistics on Human Trafficking: What does it surpass?
It surpasses illegal arms trade.
Statistics on Human Trafficking: What is it expected to outweigh?
It expected to outweighs illegal sale of drugs in the next few years. (Peters, 2013)
Forensic Nursing: What does it offer?
Forensic nurses offer victims compassionate evidence‐based care.
Forensic Nursing:
Advance training focuses on What?
Taking a history of the assault
Collecting evidence
Providing treatment and follow‐up
Defining the Terms: SV / DV / SA
Domestic Violence (IPV):
Domestic Violence (IPV) is a pattern of behavior where one partner coerces, dominates, or isolates the other partner.
It is the exertion of any form of power that is used to maintain control in a relationship - NYC Anti-Violence project (www.avp.org).
Defining the Terms: SV / DV / SA
Sexual Violence (SV):
Sexual Violence (SV) is an umbrella term for any sexual act that is perpetrated against someone’s will.
Sexual violence happens on a spectrum, and can include unwanted sexual comments/harassment, touch and rape.
Defining the Terms: SV / DV / SA
Sexual Assault:
Sexual Assault is any forced or unwanted sexual activity, including rape, ongoing sexual abuse and molestation.
Defining the Terms: SV / DV / SA
Sexual Assault: What does it include?
It often includes coercion, force or violence to intimidate or dominate the victim, including situations when the victim is too intoxicated or scared to give consent.
Defining the Terms: SV / DV / SA
Sexual Assault: What are the types?
Child Sexual Abuse
Rape (Marital/Gang)
Human Sex Trafficking
Sodomy
