Confronting Gender Based Violence: Global Lessons for Healthcare Workers
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About this course: This course introduces participants from the healthcare sector to gender based violence (GBV), including global epidemiology of GBV; health outcomes; seminal research; and clinical best practices for GBV prevention, support, and management. A core curriculum is supplemented by lectures that contextualize the content with specific examples and programs from around the world. The core curriculum introduces learners to a global perspective on gender based violence (GBV), and includes a review with Dr. Claudia Garcia-Moreno of the new WHO guidelines on responding to violence. Students who wish to receive Honors Recognition will complete the honors module, which expands on…
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When you enroll for courses through Coursera you get to choose for a paid plan or for a free plan .
- Free plan: No certicification and/or audit only. You will have access to all course materials except graded items.
- Paid plan: Commit to earning a Certificate—it's a trusted, shareable way to showcase your new skills.
About this course: This course introduces participants from the healthcare sector to gender based violence (GBV), including global epidemiology of GBV; health outcomes; seminal research; and clinical best practices for GBV prevention, support, and management. A core curriculum is supplemented by lectures that contextualize the content with specific examples and programs from around the world. The core curriculum introduces learners to a global perspective on gender based violence (GBV), and includes a review with Dr. Claudia Garcia-Moreno of the new WHO guidelines on responding to violence. Students who wish to receive Honors Recognition will complete the honors module, which expands on the core material and highlights special circumstances and programs. This is an in-depth course with 2 components: 1) Core curriculum introduces GBV from a global perspective, with an emphasis on ensuring a strong health sector response to GBV and teaching key competencies for social workers, physicians, nurses, midwives, community health workers, counselors, and other healthcare workers. Completion of the core content is required for students to pass the course. 2) Honors curriculum offered by experts from around the world helps students dive deeper into certain issues, and touches on unique populations and specialized topics. Completion of Honors curriculum is required for those students who wish to receive a Certificate of Accomplishment with Honors. After taking the course, students will be able to: ● Describe the global epidemiology of leading forms of GBV and the evidence linking GBV to poor health. ● Articulate the challenges, strategies, and WHO guidelines for integrating GBV response within the health sector. ● Describe the components of a comprehensive clinical assessment, treatment, and management of a GBV survivor. ● Describe the appropriate psychosocial support and management of a GBV survivor. Module 1 – Introduction to GBV- Epidemiology and Health Impact GBV comes in a variety of forms, each with health consequences for the survivor. An understanding of these issues helps inform a comprehensive and multi-sectorial response for preventing and responding to GBV. Module 2 – Health Care Response, Screening, and Psychosocial Support Recognition of health impacts of GBV has led to calls to address GBV within the health sector. Support for GBV survivors extends beyond clinical exam and assessment. Safety planning, harm reduction, and access to psychosocial support must be ensured. Module 3 – Clinical Care for GBV Survivors Caring for GBV survivors requires compassionate, confidential, and nondiscriminatory clinical assessment. Competent medical and forensic examination, along with appropriate documentation, is essential. Honors Module – In-Depth Information and Special Topics This module provides additional materials for those who wish to explore specialized topics and gain a more advanced grasp of the complexities of addressing gender-based violence. Core course topics are expanded upon, and special populations and programs are highlighted. Special topics include violence in humanitarian settings, against adolescents and sex workers, and human trafficking. Further information is provided on epidemiology, policy, and ethical guidelines, as well as the use of mHealth in GBV screening and care. We’ll cover the unique challenges of GBV research, and explore programs that encourage men and boys to be engaged in the prevention of violence against women. Acknowledgments This course is a project of the Johns Hopkins Center for Clinical Global Health Education. We would like to gratefully acknowledge the following collaborators: ● Centre for Enquiry into Health and Allied Themes (CEHAT) ● International Center for Research on Women's (ICRW) Asia Regional Office ● Center on Gender Equity and Health at University of California, San Diego ● Division of Global Public Health at University of California, San Diego ● World Health Organization ● RTI International ● Swayam ● Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Center for Public Health and Human Rights ● Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Department of Population, Family & Reproductive Health ● Johns Hopkins School of Nursing This course is made possible through the generosity of the Ujala Foundation, the Vijay & Marie Goradia Charitable Foundation, and the Wyncote Foundation.
Who is this class for: This course is appropriate for participants in the healthcare sector. This includes public health practitioners, policy-makers, and researchers who want to better address GBV among their patient and client populations, who need to understand more about GBV and its health impact, and who suspect their patient populations may have need for GBV-related services.
Created by: Johns Hopkins University-
Taught by: Michele Decker, ScD, MPH
Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health
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WEEK 1
Introduction to GBV - Epidemiology and Health Impact
GBV comes in a variety of forms, each with health consequences for the survivor. An understanding of these issues helps inform a comprehensive and multi-sectorial response in preventing and responding to GBV.
9 videos, 4 readings, 1 practice quiz expand
- Reading: Welcome to the course and meet our moderators
- Reading: Syllabus
- Video: Welcome to Week 1
- Reading: Week 1 Reading List
- Practice Quiz: Pre-Test - Epidemiology and Health Impact
- Video: Epidemiology - Health Impact Frameworks
- Video: Confronting Gender Based Violence
- Video: Gender Based Violence and Sexual and Reproductive Health
- Video: Gender Based Violence and HIV
- Video: Bonus Lesson: Case Study from Rural Uganda- Integrating Violence Prevention into HIV Programming
- Video: Bonus Lesson: Country Case Study: India (Part 1)
- Discussion Prompt: Violence in your communities
- Reading: Week 1 Honors Reading List
- Video: Policy and Practice
- Video: Engaging Men and Boys in Gender Based Violence Programs in India
Graded: Post-Test - Epidemiology and Health Impact
Graded: Week 1 Assignment: What are the Health Implications of GBV?
Graded: Post-Test: Policy and Practice
Graded: Post-test: Engaging Men and Boys in Gender Based Violence
WEEK 2
Health Care Response, Screening, and Psychosocial Support
Recognition of the health impact of GBV has led to calls to address GBV within the health sector. And support for GBV survivors extends beyond clinical exam and assessment. Safety planning, harm reduction and access to psychosocial support must be established as well. This module will also cover the unique challenges of GBV research.
8 videos, 1 reading, 1 practice quiz expand
- Video: Welcome to Week 2
- Reading: Week 2 Reading List
- Practice Quiz: Pre-Test - Health Care Response and Screening
- Video: Psychosocial Support for Survivors of SV/GBV, Stages of Change Approach
- Video: Safety Planning and Harm Reduction for Survivors of GBV
- Video: Part 1- Health Care for Women Subjected to Intimate Partner Violence or Sexual Violence: WHO Clinical and Policy Guidelines and Clinical Handbook
- Video: Part 2- Health Care for Women Subjected to Intimate Partner Violence or Sexual Violence: WHO Clinical and Policy Guidelines and Clinical Handbook
- Video: Bonus Lesson: Pigs for Peace: Livestock Microfinance Intervention to Improve Health and Economic Security in the Democratic Republic of Congo
- Video: Bonus Lesson: Swayam's Work and Pespectives on Violence Against Women
- Discussion Prompt: Gender-based violence assessments
- Video: Tracking the Problem: GBV Research, Ethics and Safety
Graded: Post-Test - Health Care Response and Screening
Graded: Week 2 Assignment: What Does the Screening for GBV Look Like?
Graded: Tracking the Problem: GBV Research, Ethics and Safety
WEEK 3
Clinical Care for GBV Survivors
Caring for GBV survivors requires compassionate, confidential and non-discriminatory clinical assessment. Competent medical and forensic examination along with appropriate documentation is essential.
7 videos, 1 reading, 1 practice quiz expand
- Video: Welcome to Week 3
- Reading: Week 3 Reading List
- Practice Quiz: Pre-Test - Clinical Care for GBV Survivors
- Video: Providing Competent, Compassionate, and Confidential Care to Survivors of Gender Based Violence
- Video: Direct Medical Care for Survivors of Gender Based Violence
- Video: Treatment and Disease Prevention for Survivors of Gender Based Violence
- Video: Medical Forensic Examination in Low Resource Settings
- Video: Bonus Lesson: Country Case Study: India (Part 2)
- Discussion Prompt: Minimizing consequences of gender-based violence
- Video: Using Health as an Entry Point to Address Intimate Partner Violence: Insights from India
Graded: Post-Test - Clinical Care for GBV Survivors
Graded: Week 3 Assignment: What Measures are Needed for a Comprehensive Response, Inclusive of a Referral Network, Psychosocial Support, Harm Reduction, Medical Care and Management for GBV Survivors?
Graded: Using Health as an Entry Point to Address Intimate Partner violence
WEEK 4
Additional Materials and Wrap-Up
Final readings, discussions, and honors lessons
6 videos, 3 readings expand
- Video: Welcome to Week 4
- Video: Bonus Lesson: mHealth for GBV-related Screening and Care
- Video: Bonus Lesson: Extended Lecture on Gender Based Violence: Epidemiology - Health Impact - Frameworks
- Discussion Prompt: Hope in the field of gender-based violence
- Reading: Honors Week 4 Option 1 Reading List
- Video: Gender-Based Violence and Adolescents
- Reading: Honors Week 4 Option 2 Reading List
- Video: Responding to Sexual Violence/GBV in Humanitarian Settings
- Reading: Honors Week 4 Option 3 Reading List
- Video: Violence, Sex Work and Sex Trafficking
Graded: Gender-Based Violence and Adolescents
Graded: Responding to Sexual Violence/GBV in Humanitarian Settings
Graded: Violence, Sex Work and Sex Trafficking
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