Preventing and Responding to Intimate Partner Violence in Reproductive Health Settings Webinar

Intimate partner violence (IPV) can happen to anyone—regardless of personal characteristic or life circumstance. One in four women experience IPV. Reproductive health care providers have a unique role in preventing and responding to IPV. This webinar offered family planning providers an opportunity to learn what IPV can look like; how it affects a person’s overall and reproductive health; and how to ensure more clients experiencing IPV receive the support they need.

Speaker:

• Rebecca Levenson, MA, Senior Health Policy Consultant for FUTURES Without Violence. Ms. Levenson is a former Planned Parenthood clinic director and nationally recognized researcher, educator, advocate, and speaker.

Learning Objectives: 

1. Understand the definition and prevalence of IPV
2. Describe two types of reproductive coercion
3. Describe two ways IPV can affect a person’s reproductive health
4. Explain contraceptive counseling considerations to employ with a person experiencing IPV

Time: 1 hour

Video Chapters

• Introduction
• What is Intimate Partner Violence? (3:00)
• IPV and Sexual Violence Data (16:01)
• Effects of IPV on Teens (23:03)
• Considerations for Reproductive Health Providers (24:56)
• Reproductive Coercion (32:21)
• Resources (35:58)
• Q&A (36:48)

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