3084.0: Monday, October 22, 2001: 12:30 PM-2:00 PM

Oral Session

Prevention of Intimate Partner Femicide: Clinical, Research & Policy Implications

This symposium will use the results of a recently completed 10 city national case control study of intimate partner femicide and attempted femicide as the basis for a presentation of the nursing role in the prevention of intimate partner femicide. The presenters of this symposium will represent the team of nursing and other discipline researchers on the study, which was funded by NIH, NIJ and CDC. Findings related to a clinical danger assessment instrument (DA), stalking, mandatory reporting and female attempted homicide characteristics will be presented. An overview paper will synthesize the findings of prior research and discuss missed opportunities for prevention of these lethal and non-lethal assaults.
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement.
Learning Objectives: Symposium participants will be able to: 1. Describe the psychometric properties of the Danger Assessment instrument. 2. Describe the type and frequency of stalking reported by a national sample of abused and non-abused women. 3. Discuss abused women's desires related to mandatory reporting of abuse by nurses. 4. Describe nursing strategies and missed opportunities for the prevention of femicide or near fatal injuries to women. 5. Apply research data towards a comprehensive woman's safety assessment.
Presider(s):Nancy Glass, PhD (c), MPH, RN
12:30 PMDisparities in rates of female homicide victimization by metropolitan status and type of weapon, 1985-1995
Karen S. Manzo, MPH, Elizabeth Barnett, PhD
12:45 PMThe danger assessment: research validation
Jacquelyn Campbell, PhD, RN, FAAN
1:00 PMStalking, abuse & femicide: connections & correlations
Judy McFarlane, DrPH, RN
1:15 PMMandated Reporting: The voice of women living with abuse
Jane Koziol-McLain, PhD, RN, Nancy Glass, PhD (c), MPH, RN, Carolyn Sachs, MD, MPH, Daniel Webster, ScD, Jacquelyn Campbell, PhD, RN, FAAN
1:30 PMMissed Opportunities for the Prevention of Femicide by Health Care Providers
Phyllis W. Sharps, PhD, RN
Sponsor:Women's Caucus
Cosponsors:Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Caucus of Public Health Workers; Social Work; Socialist Caucus
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing, Pharmacy, Social Work

The 129th Annual Meeting of APHA