Advocacy at the Intersections of Health, Behavioral Health, and Domestic Violence

Experiencing domestic violence can have immense impacts on survivors’ physical and behavioral health (including mental health and substance use). Domestic violence advocates have a unique and important opportunity to support healing and resilience among survivors. This training will provide participants with an increased understanding of the intersections of health, behavioral health, and domestic violence, as well as health advocacy strategies and tools to promote survivor health and well-being.

This training has several potential uses for participants:

1. Access the recording to increase their knowledge and capacity.
2. Use this recording and slide presentation (with trainer notes) as a train-the-trainer guide to present the content in their communities.
3. Use the link in the slides to download the curriculum with slide notes and handouts.
4. Incorporate the training into state and tribal domestic violence advocate certification training.

This presentation was developed by The Survivor Health Connections Project (SHCP) Training and Technical Assistance (TTA) Consortium. The SHCP TTA Consortium is a partnership between The National Domestic Violence Hotline, The National Health Resource Center on Domestic Violence, hosted by Futures Without Violence, and The National Center on Domestic Violence, Trauma, and Mental Health. This session is supported by U.S Department of Health and Human Services Grants 90EV0459, 90EV530, and 90EV052901 from the Administration on Children, Youth, and Families, Family and Youth Services Bureau, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Points of view expressed herein are those of the presenters and do not necessarily reflect the official positions or policies of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.