by Amber Fredrick New research from our Traumatic Stress Studies Group aimed to answer questions about the real-world impact of survivor-centered care, championed by victim-service providers. For instance, is survivor-centered care was linked to important survivor outcomes – from empowerment and PTSD symptoms to people’s intention to seek help in the future? To answer suchContinue reading “Survivor-Center Care Matters: New Preliminary Findings”
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Asthma and Intimate Partner Abuse: Getting the Word out about New Research Findings
When I talk with people about our shared interests in ending violence against women, I often point to healthcare. After all, lots of people are passionate about healthcare — from costs to access and lots in between. Those same people may not think of violence against women as their issue. Yet, one way to addressContinue reading “Asthma and Intimate Partner Abuse: Getting the Word out about New Research Findings”
Your Brain on Relationships: The Story Behind A New Study
by Rebecca Suzuki, TSS Group Team Member In one interview after another, women shared stories of injuries to their heads and necks during intimate partner violence (IPV) – injuries that likely disrupted the normal function of the brain. Across interviews, a pattern emerged: survivors often described multiple lifetime injuries that met screening criteria for aContinue reading “Your Brain on Relationships: The Story Behind A New Study”
Survivor-Centered Care: New Research on the Horizon
by Amber Fredrick, TSS Group Member, 2nd Year Graduate Student In my time as an advocate, I have spent many long nights in emergency rooms and early mornings in court rooms working with survivors to get the care they need. In navigating these complicated systems that often leave survivors feeling confused, overwhelmed, and frustrated, IContinue reading “Survivor-Centered Care: New Research on the Horizon”
A Season of Change: October’s Domestic Violence Awareness Month
Change is hard. That’s the story we tell ourselves. Though it’s not the whole story. Change can also be energizing, validating, exciting. Irresistible, even. Of course, when it comes to domestic violence, change definitely seems just plain old hard. After all, intimate partner abuse remains stubbornly common, with evidence pointing to increases in recent years.Continue reading “A Season of Change: October’s Domestic Violence Awareness Month”
Leveraging March Themes to Inspire Action
A lot gets packed into the 31 days of March — and I’m talking about more than just March Madness and the wild spring-to-winter-and-back-again weather in Denver. After all, March plays host to both Brain Injury Awareness Month and Women’s History Month. Both offer us terrific opportunities to invite new people into conversations about ourContinue reading “Leveraging March Themes to Inspire Action”
On the Shortest Day of the Year
The shortest day of the year brings a mix of reflection and anticipation, including on our research team. With gratitude to our partners and collaborators, we look forward to a new year, energized by working together to build a better world — one without intimate violence. #every90seconds *** For more on working together to endContinue reading “On the Shortest Day of the Year”
Postcards from the Road with Every 90 Seconds
The TSA Agent grabbed my carry-on off of the conveyor belt. “We have to search your bag. You have a library of books in there,” he explained over the din of the security checkpoint. Is there some sort of book limit, I absently wondered to myself? The agent, unpacking my bag, proceeded to pull outContinue reading “Postcards from the Road with Every 90 Seconds”
The History of Hysteria in Women’s Lives
We’ve probably all heard it before: A woman expresses rage or grief and gets called hysterical. Another discloses sexual harassment or assault, and she gets labeled hysterical. The tendency to write off women’s emotions and experiences as hysterical isn’t an accident of history, as I explored in Every 90 Seconds: Our Common Cause Ending Violence against Women. Since it’s Women’s HistoryContinue reading “The History of Hysteria in Women’s Lives”
Talking about Violence against Women this Holiday Season
A conversation about intimate violence. A giftwrapped book on violence against women. These may not seem like the best holiday ideas, but just hear me out before you decide. For generations, talking about intimate violence has been taboo. That pattern started to shift with the Women’s Movement of the 1960s and 70s, and kept changingContinue reading “Talking about Violence against Women this Holiday Season”
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