The Center on Partner-Inflicted Brain Injury within the Ohio Domestic Violence Network has created a new webpage for survivors of domestic or intimate partner violence on how head injuries and strangulation can hurt your brain. The page contains an introductory video, and lists facts and challenges related to brain injury.

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The Ohio State University and the Ohio Domestic Violence Network published these two journal articles in the Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation on the CARE approach, a framework that offers advocates specific tools and strategies for working with survivors who may have experienced head trauma or brain injury that affect their ability to access services and resources they might need.

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The Center on Partner-Inflicted Brain Injury has developed a 7-part eLearning series on Strangulation, Traumatic Brain Injury, and Domestic Violence, for the domestic violence field and others who work with survivors of partner-inflicted brain injury. This is free and available for anyone and was designed to provide training to DV programs on brain injury and help them better understand why this issue is important in their work.

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This nine minute video, shared by Dr. Julianna Nemeth with The Ohio State University community, highlights how the strong partnership between ODVN and OSU discovered a huge unidentified public health crisis--brain injury caused by interpersonal violence, including partner-inflicted brain injury--as well as ODVN's CARE framework to meet the needs of survivors impacted by brain injury in DV programs.

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“Current data on the intersection between domestic violence and traumatic brain injury (TBI) is limited in part because little research has been done on this population and because many instances of abuse go unreported by victims.”

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This project of the Ohio Domestic Violence Network provides statewide, national and international leadership to raise awareness on the emerging area of brain injury caused by domestic violence. 

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“With funding from the Women Investing in Nebraska (WIN) Grant and Nebraska Dept. of Health and Human Services Office of Injury Prevention, Brain Injury Alliance of Nebraska and its partners is increasing brain injury recognition, assessment and management in programs serving victims of domestic violence.”

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“Brain injuries may be common in domestic violence victims, and such injuries may be under-diagnosed and under-treated. There is little federal data on the prevalence of this public health problem, so it’s uncertain whether federal resources are addressing it efficiently. We recommended that the Department of Health and Human Services improve data collection.”

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For more than 30 years, FUTURES has been providing groundbreaking programs, policies, and campaigns that empower individuals and organizations working to end violence against women and children around the world.

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Research studies on the incidence of traumatic brain injury in domestic violence cases have revealed: greater than 90% of all injuries secondary to domestic violence occur to the head, neck or face region.

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As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, Americans are required to stay home to protect themselves and their communities. However, the home may not be safe for many families who experience domestic violence, which may include both intimate partners and children.

This article from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration provides and overview and introduction to resources for intimate partner violence and child abuse considerations during COVID-19.

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