The National Advisory Council on Violence Against Women was established in 1995 to provide guidance to the implementation of the 1994 Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). The Council was challenged by its co-chairs, the Attorney General of the U.S. Department of Justice and the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, to develop a comprehensive national plan to end violence against women. In October 2000, the Council released a comprehensive blueprint for individual, community and government action, "Ending Violence Against Women - An Agenda for the Nation." The Agenda includes recommendations for practitioners and policymakers at the local, state, and national levels, and contains a chapter focusing on improving the health and mental health care systems' response to violence against women.
Some of the recommendations refer to research that may be necessary to determine effective strategies and techniques for ending violence against women, including screening for violence in health care settings. However, a comprehensive research plan is lacking. In response to this gap, federal agencies addressing violence against women came together to coordinate their research initiatives and develop a research agenda to build capacity for practitioners' and policymakers' response to violence against women. In this presentation, the research agenda will be presented, with an emphasis on implications for research and practice on screening for violence in health care settings.
Learning Objectives: At the end of this presentation, participants will be able to: 1. Describe the contents of the national agenda on violence against women developed by the National Advisory Council on Violence Against Women. 2. Identify three federal agencies involved in setting priorities for research on violence against women. 2. List three federal research priorities for screening for violence against women in health care settings.
Keywords: Domestic Violence, Research Agenda
Presenting author's disclosure statement:
Organization/institution whose products or services will be discussed: None
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.