Domestic Violence Medical Intervention and Lethality Assessment
August 10 & 11, 2004
Norman Regional Hospital Auditorium
This training is sponsored by the Oklahoma Department of Health, Oklahoma Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault, Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services. Contact: Department of Health, Cassandra Smith Edwards 405-271-3430.
Day one (August 10, 2004):
Focus - medical assessment and intervention to improve the medical response to victims of domestic violence including issues of screening, identification, referral, and medical documentation.
Day two (August 11, 2004):
Focus - factors associated with intimate partner homicides and the appropriate use of lethality assessments. The training targets emergency room physicians and nurses, ob/gyn specialists, physicians’ assistants, public health nurses, admission clerks, records clerks, social workers, chaplains, emergency medical technicians, domestic violence service providers, counselors, law enforcement, and prosecutors.
The speaker for this training is Jacquelyn Campbell, Ph.D., R.N.. Dr. Campbell is the Anna D. Wolf Chair and Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs in the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing with a joint appointment in the Bloomberg School of Public Health. She has published more than 120 articles and seven books on the subject of domestic violence and lethality assessments.
Due to limited space, registration is required. Deadline for registration is August 2, 2004. (If you receive this information after August 2, call anyway, deadlines often expand). Registration and check-in for the trainings will begin at 8:00 a.m. For more information, contact Cassandra Smith Edwards at (405) 271-3430 or 1-800-522-0204, or Lisa Slater at (405) 271-7611. You can also access the training brochure at the DMHSAS website. Look under Upcoming Events.
