Assessing Needs of FQHCs to Become Partners in Chronic Brain Injury Detection & Rehabilitation among Domestic Violence Survivors

The goal of this project is to conduct a community needs assessment to better understand the opportunities to partner with federally qualified health center staff to optimize the identification, treatment, and rehabilitation of brain injury.

The key partners for this project are The Ohio State University and the Ohio Association of Community Health Centers and are funded by the Chronic Brain Injury Program at the Ohio State University.

Journal Articles and Reports

Additional information on peer-reviewed journal articles, the conceptualization of partner-inflicted brain injury, and reports detailing ODVN’s 2019 Action Plan to Improve Access and Attitude Change in Ohio, Findings from the Field on Brain Injury and Mental Health, and Evaluation of ODVN’s original brain injury, mental health and domestic violence project from years 2016-2019.

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CARE focuses on connection through rapport and relationship building with survivors, acknowledges the complex impacts of domestic violence including brain injury, substance use, mental health challenges, and suicide, responds through providing accommodations, strategies, resources, and referrals, and evaluates service provision effectiveness by establishing a feedback loop with survivors relating to strategies developed to address their evolving needs and circumstances.

CARE is recognized as an evidence-based practice for domestic violence programs by the Office on Victims of Crime and when evaluated showed improved trauma-informed agency practice.

COSTS after Violence Collaboration (Collaboration on Strangulation and Traumatic Brain Injury Survivorship)

The goal of this project is to build a statewide multidisciplinary collaboration between domestic violence and sexual assault programs, brain injury identification and rehabilitation, and forensic nursing and health care. We are currently in the planning stage, which will be followed by a community needs assessment and the implementation of an impactful program.

Key partners for this project include the Brain Injury Association of Ohio and Forensic Nursing Network and is funded by the Office of Violence Against Women Disability Grant Program.

Brain Injury Advisory Committee

The Ohio Brain Injury Advisory Committee (BIAC) is a statewide advisory board made up of 10-12 individuals representing specific membership categories as defined in ORC Section 3335.61. The Center on Partner-Inflicted Brain Injury regularly participates in quarterly meetings, bringing domestic violence perspectives to the statewide Brain Injury Program and Strategic Plan, and serves on the Services Workgroup.

CARE Promising Practices on Addressing Brain Injuries Caused by Domestic Violence

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This document provides an overview of brain injury caused by domestic violence. It also includes guidance for individuals working with domestic violence victims on how to use the different components of CARE (connect, acknowledge, respond, and evaluate). It concludes with organizational promising practices, policies, and procedures for agencies who want to raise awareness on brain injury within their organizations.

CARE Tools: Resources and Materials to Implement the CARE Framework

These include educational materials to support acknowledging head injuries, and service provision tools including CHATS created to identify common challenges associated with brain injuries and ways that advocates can accommodate survivor needs. These are available for download under the CARE Brain Injury Materials above.