Resource Details

Screening for Violence Risk in People Living with Disabilities

Year Developed: 2024

Resource Type: Archived Webinar.

Primary Audience: Clinicians Enabling Staff Outreach Staff PCAs

Language(s): English

Developed by: National Center for Health in Public Housing (See other resources developed by this organization).

Resource Summary: Violence is a major public health concern and human rights violation which has significant and long-lasting detrimental consequences.

Resource Details: Clinicians, community health workers (CHWs), and social workers can support individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities by improving their ability to discuss violence in an effective, trauma-informed and disability-aware manner. In this webinar, Dr. Kevin Lombardi, MD, MPH and Fide Sandoval, CHES, from the NCHPH Department of Research discussed best practices for talking about violence with patients experiencing disabilities through a tour of the most recent and rigorous research on the topic. After a review of the data and best practices, participants engaged with group-based case studies designed to exercise and improve their clinical, cultural and emotional performance in real clinical and social support scenarios.

Resource Topic: Clinical Issues, Social Determinants of Health (SDOH), Special and Vulnerable Populations

Resource Subtopic: Behavioral Health, Population Health.

Keywords: Community Health Workers, Discrimination, Mental Health, Patient Demographics, Residents of Public Housing.