Health Sciences 1002A/B : Woman Abuse Training.docx

• School: Western University
• Department: Health Sciences
• Course: Health Sciences 1002A/B
• Professor: Shauna Burke

Document Summary

Woman abuse training: supporting abused women and their children. In canada 1993, 29% women physically assaulted by partners. In canada 2001, 69 men killed current or ex-wives (52 prior year) Precarious trauma secondary trauma (from hearing the stories told by somebody else) in 1999 million children in canada were reported to have heard or witnessed an assault on their parent in the preceding five years. Children are at greater risk of physical harm in families where woman abuse occurs - in a survey of over 6,000 families in the. United states, 50 %of men who frequently assaulted their partners also were reported to frequently abuse their children. Routine universal comprehensive screening for woman abuse (rucs) Middlesex-london health unit has pioneered rucs protocol and recommended its adoption by medical practitioners in ontario. Routine screening: done on a regular basis i. e. , once per year, when women come in contact with helping professionals, whether or not indicators of abuse are recognized.