This best practice guideline addresses the issue of woman abuse and the role that health care professionals have in supporting clients experiencing abuse.

The implementation phase is currently underway and focuses on staff training, which will continue throughout 2011.

Through inter-agency collaboration, TBDHU staff members will gain a better understanding of the community services available to support women living with woman abuse. A co-ordinated approach, in turn, will enhance the TBDHU's ability to meet the needs of its clients.

Click here or on the image below to view or download the “Woman Abuse: Screening, Identification and Initial Response” (2005) by the Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario.

 

Hide Your Internet Activities. It is important that women understand that their abuser may have ways of tracking their internet activities on their home computer. The Shelternet website offers steps that women can take to make it more difficult for their activities to be tracked. Click here to learn more