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Domestic Violence in the Adult Years

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Panelists:

The Honorable Ronald B. Adrine, Judge, Municipal Court, Cleveland, OH
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Sarah Buel, JD, Clinical Professor, University of Texas School of Law, Austin, TX
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Elaine Alpert, MD, MPH, Assistant Dean, Social and Behavioral Sciences, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA
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John C. Nelson, MD, MPH, President and Executive Committee Member, American Medical Association, Salt Lake City, UT
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Moderator: Corinne Graffunder, MPH, Chief, Program Implementation and Dissemination Branch, Division of Violence Prevention, National Center For Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA
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Learning Objectives:

  • Discuss challenges that have been posed to legal interventions in domestic violence, and the need for collaborative, multidisciplinary approaches to reducing domestic violence;
  • Explore the concept of community coordinated response (CCR) to domestic violence;
  • Discuss the need for evaluation in key areas, particularly the contribution legal change and reform can make to preventing domestic violence; and
  • Highlight lessons learned by field professionals and overview new tools and strategies.

Resource Material:

Extensive resources on violence prevention are available on the website of the CDC National Center for Injury Prevention and Control: http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc

 

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