Combating domestic violence--a preventable cause of pregnancy loss: A conversation with Prof. Jacquelyn C. Campbell, Ph.D., Anna D. Wolf Chair, the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing

Saturday, October 10, 2009: 11:25 AM-12:45 PM
Oakley (Sheraton New Orleans Hotel)
Speaker:
Linda Layne, PhD, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute


Presentation Format:
Innovative/Promising Practice Program Report

Description:
In this episode of an award-winning tv series on pregnancy loss, Dr. Campbell explains how IPV contributes to pregnancy loss and why pregnancy provides an important opportunity to help women who are in abusive relationships. The practices by which healthcare providers can best ascertain whether a pregnant woman is in an abusive relationship and things that members of the public can do to protect women from abuse-related pregnancy loss are discussed.