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This violence produces well-documented, serious negative effects on women’s health. In addition, children who witness violence can suffer deep trauma. Half of all children in households where domestic violence is taking place are also abused.
Six Partners hospitals (BWH, MGH, NSMC in Salem and Lynn, Newton-Wellesley, and Faulkner) provide |
services for victims of domestic violence. In addition to meeting the medical needs of survivors, hospital and health center-based domestic violence advocates help women obtain emergency shelter, protection through law enforcement and the courts, and develop safety plans for themselves and their children. Advocates have assisted thousands of adult survivors and provided training for thousands of physicians, nurses, other caregivers, and staff to enable them to recognize and respond to victims.
Through its Passageway Program, BWH supports comprehensive domestic violence services throughout the hospital and at Brookside Community Health Center, Whittier Street Health Center, and Southern Jamaica Plain Health Center. Through its HAVEN program, MGH supports comprehensive services in the hospital and at the hospital’s Chelsea and Revere HealthCare Centers. In Chelsea, clinicians also intervene and provide mental health services to children who have witnessed or have been victimized by violence at home or on the street. At NSMC, programs to address domestic violence are conducted in partnership with HAWC (Help for Abused Women and Children).
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