4110.0 Dating and Intimate Partner Violence

Tuesday, November 10, 2009: 10:30 AM
Oral
Dating and intimate partner violence (IPV) is major public health problems in the U.S. and in other countries. This session is for participants interested in learning about research describing IPV in other countries, characteristics and behaviors of male perpetrators and efforts engage the family and primary prevention strategies to prevent IPV.
Session Objectives: 1. Understand the public health problem of dating and intimate partner violence domestically and internationally. 2. Explain the cultural considerations that underlie the expression of intimate partner violence in non-U.S. settings. 3. Discuss efforts to prevent intimate partner violence, including interventions that focus on the family and include primary prevention strategies.
Moderator:
Catherine Stayton, DrPH, MPH

10:30 AM
Justifications for wife beating among Iraqi women
Susan B. Sorenson, PhD
10:45 AM
Men who perpetrate intimate partner violence: Associations with health care service use, prior family violence, and substance use disorders
Vijay Singh, MD, MPH, MS, Rebecca Cunningham, MD and Richard M. Tolman, PhD, MSW
  
11:00 AM
Family violence intervention: Success with juvenile perpetrators
Thomas Perzynski, MSW
  
11:15 AM
Building a national movement for intimate partner violence primary prevention
Kimberley Freire, PhD and Jocelyn Wheaton, MPH
  
11:30 AM
Reducing interpersonal violence in middle and low income countries: The Scottish Government/World health Organisation initiative
Prof Peter D. Donnelly, MD MPH FRCP FFPH and Alison Gehring, PhD student
  

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

Organized by: Injury Control and Emergency Health Services
Endorsed by: Family Violence Prevention Forum, Social Work, Women's Caucus

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH)

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