Health Care Response 
American
Medical Association – Violence Prevention, Chicago, IL.
Connected Kids: Safe, Strong, Secure™, American Academy of Pediatrics – provides pediatricians with guidance and patient-oriented materials to take an asset-based approach to violence prevention from birth through 21 years of age, Elk Grove Village, IL.
Emergency Nurses Association – the national Association for professional nurses dedicated to the advancement of emergency nursing practice, Des Plaines, IL. Position on Intimate Partner and Family Violence, Maltreatment, and Neglect; Position on Care of Sexual Assault and Rape Victims in the Emergency Department; and Position on Violence in the Emergency Care Setting.
End Violence Against Women: Information and Resources – this site was developed by the INFO Project to collect and share in one central location information on the latest research, tools, project reports, and communication materials produced in the worldwide struggle to end violence against women. We aim to especially cover the intersection of violence against women and subsequent effects of this violence on women’s reproductive health. It is designed for researchers, health communication specialists, policy makers, and others, Baltimore, MD.
Health Care Programs, Family Violence Prevention Fund, San Francisco, CA.
health-sites-directory.com – your health directory.
International Association of Forensic Nurses – is the only international professional organization of registered nurses formed exclusively to develop, promote, and disseminate information about the science of forensic nursing, Pitman, NJ.
National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA.
National Women's Health Information Center's Violence
Against Women,
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC.
Nursing
Network on Violence Against Women, International – the mission is to eliminate violence through advancing nursing education, practice, research, and public policy, Modesto, CA.
State Health Facts Online – The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation – this resource contains the latest state-level data on demographics, health, and health policy, including health coverage, access, financing, and state legislation, Menlo Park, CA and Washington, DC.
 Unnatural causes – Is inequity making us sick? – will help visitors understand that the causes of health and disease in America are rooted not only in our bodies, our medications, and our individual behaviors but, even more significantly, in the fabric and structures of our society, San Francisco, CA.
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