Course Description: This course is based upon material published in the Centers for Disease Control and is available as an open access article.

This course discusses intimate partner violence and its correlation to HIV in women. The information discussed will give an overview of what we know about IPV and HIV, its mechanisms, and what links the two together. Different studies will be considered throughout from woman with a history of abuse. CDC offers solutions on how to address these problems and come up with effective interventions and how to implement them.

This course on intimate partner violence and HIV among women is designed for social workers, professional counselors, psychologists, nurses, and substance abuse counselors, who do clinical work.  This course is appropriate for beginning, intermediate and advanced level practitioners who wish to develop their understanding of partner violence abuse treatment. The course material includes a brief literature review.  It may also be useful for licensed clinicians who require clinical continuing education courses for license renewal.  

The course is based on a journal article which includes research.  It contains statistical analysis and data that some clinicians enjoy reading and others do not.  A major benefit of reading research based articles for continuing education is they provide practitioners with the latest findings in their field. 

Authors:  Centers for Disease Control

Learning Objectives: This course will provide the practitioner with detailed information regarding intimate partner violence and HIV in women. Specifically, a professional will:

• Describe IPV and its mechanism and HIV in women,

• Identify the links between IPV and HIV in women.

• Recognize how to implement and identify effective interventions for IPV and HIV in women.

Citation:  Centers for Disease Control, (2015). Intersection of Intimate Partner Violence and HIV in Women. Centers for Disease Control. Retrieved from http://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/pdf/ipv/13_243567_green_aag-a.pdf