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“All in Her Head”: The Health Impacts of Intimate Partner Violence and Evidence-Based Strategies to Promote Women’s Health

This is an archive of a past event.

Intimate partner violence (IPV) has substantial and potentially longstanding impacts on women’s health and well-being that disrupt their lives and those of children and families. Health professionals may not recognize, or dismiss these problems when women seek care. In this webinar, we explore the multiple and intersecting effects of trauma, violence and structural conditions on women’s health, safety and well-being, and identify factors that contribute to women’s healing and growth. Building on this understanding, and research on nursing interventions for women experiencing IPV, including iHEAL, evidence-based principles and strategies for promoting women’s health and well-being in the context of past or ongoing violence will be shared.

By the end of this event, participants will be able to:

  1. Identify common mental and physical health issues associated with experiencing IPV.
  2. Explain the intersecting causes of these health problems, with a focus on trauma, injury, and everyday stress.
  3. Describe conditions that can foster health and growth among women who have experienced IPV.
  4. Identify evidence-based principles and strategies for promoting the health and well-being for those who have experienced or are experiencing IPV across diverse contexts.

Presenter(s)

Marilyn Ford-Gilboe, RN, PhD, FAAN, FCAHS, FCAN has a background in women’s health and public health, with 30+ years of national research on identifying, preventing and reducing the harmful health, social and economic impacts of IPV against women, particularly for those who face barriers to support. Her passion for strengthening health system responses to women who have experienced violence and inequity led to the development of iHEAL, an effective health promotion intervention for women experiencing IPV that is now offered by Public Health Nurses in two Ontario health units. She also chairs the Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario (RNAO) Best Practice Guidelines panel on Intimate Partner Violence.