254066 Impact on Health of Non-Health Policies: Violence Against Women at the Intersection

Monday, October 31, 2011: 3:10 PM

Stacey B. Plichta, ScD , CUNY School of Public Health, at Hunter College, New York, NY
     
Public health problems often have significant non-health components and thus demand intersectoral policy solutions. In particular, health policies implemented to address the overall issue can have both intended and unintended effects on population. Policies associated with violence against women (VAW) provide an excellent example of this. The prevention and amelioration of harm from VAW necessitates criminal justice, social welfare, medical and public health interventions. The effect on population health of marital rape laws, expanded availability of shelters for women and sexual assault response teams (SARTs) in hospitals will be discussed.

Learning Areas:
Provision of health care to the public
Public health or related public policy
Systems thinking models (conceptual and theoretical models), applications related to public health

Learning Objectives:
Explain the intersectoral nature of policies that address violence against women (VAW). Describe the effects of non-health VAW policies on population health. Discuss the need for truly intersectoral policies to address VAW.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: Have conducted research in women's health for over 15 years.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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