CCHHE's Passageway program works to improve the health, wellbeing, and safety of those experiencing abuse from an intimate partner. We offer the following support services to hospital and health center patients, employees, and community members:
*Services are flexible and designed to create safe access for individuals. A person does not need to leave a relationship to use our services. We support a person’s individual choices and rights. All services are free, voluntary, and confidential.
V-Day is a celebration of female empowerment intended to raise awareness of, and begin to remedy, issues of violence against women and girls. Since 2015, Brigham and Women’s Hospital has hosted an annual event honoring the day, in concert with hundreds of other events across the nation and around the globe.
To learn more about the V-Day organization, a non-profit with the mission to raise awareness of violence against women and funds to combat it, please visit their website.
In 2022, we hoped to expand from the solely female-focused approach to V-day and examine violence in relation to persons of all gender identities and sexual orientations.
You can download our slides using the link below:
Our seventh annual V-Day event took place on Friday, February 11, 2022, as part of Brigham’s Medical Grand Rounds. Our focus was the disproportionate effect of IPV on the LGBTQ+ community, and how providers can better care for LGBTQ+ patients. The event featured two survivor speakers who shared their experiences, as well as a panel discussion amongst Trevor Boylston, Fenway Health Racial Equity Action Committee Chair; Sam Nguyen, MPH, MSW, Passageway Domestic Violence Advocate; Erica Perez, The Network/La Red Community Awareness Associate; and Jennifer Potter, MD, Co-Chair of The Fenway Institute; moderated by Christopher AhnAllen, PhD.
The learning objectives for this event were to help providers:
A recording of this event can be found here.
You can also download our presenters’ slides by using the links below:
Our sixth annual V-Day event took place on Friday, February 12, 2021, as part of Brigham’s Medical Grand Rounds. Our focus was on the impact that COVID-19 has had on the incidence of intimate partner violence and the provision of medical care to women who experience it. The event featured presentations by Nisha Cirino, MSW, LICSW, Eve Rittenberg, MD, Andrea MacDonald, DNP, MSN/MBA, CEN, SANE-A, RN, and Bharti Khurana, MD and a panel discussion moderated by Leena Mittal, MD, FACLP.
The learning objectives for this event were to:
We have gathered links and resources which we hope will be useful to clinicians and other providers who are seeking to support patients or clients who have experienced intimate partner violence.
Interpersonal Violence Awareness Month - 2020
Al mes de concientización sobre la violencia domestica
Domestic abuse is a pattern of behavior in which a partner or former partner tries to control your thoughts, beliefs, or actions, and may include emotional, spiritual, physical, sexual, and/or economic abuse. Domestic abuse is linked to many common health conditions, including anxiety and depression, physical injuries, chronic pain, gynecological disorders, stomach problems, heart disease, migraines/headaches, and pregnancy complications.
Does your partner:
If you answered “yes” to any of these questions, you may be in an abusive relationship. We can help.
Passageway works with people from all walks of life, representing a diverse population of survivors. We offer direct services in English and Spanish and use interpreters for other languages.
If you are being abused, there is caring support available to you. If you have any concerns about safety in your relationship, call us.
Monday-Friday, 8:30am – 5pm (all locations)
To page an advocate, call (617) 732-6660, beeper #31808. After hours, call the pager number and ask to speak to the Emergency Department/on-call social worker.
For more information, contact passageway@partners.org.
CCHHE’s Passageway program works to improve the health, wellbeing, and safety of those experiencing abuse from an intimate partner. We offer the following support services to hospital and health center patients, employees, and community members:
*Services are flexible and designed to create safe access for individuals. A person does not need to leave a relationship to use our services. We support a person’s individual choices and rights. All services are free, voluntary, and confidential.
This project is partially supported by the Massachusetts Office for Victim Assistance through a Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (VOCA) grant from the Office for Victims of Crime, Office of Justice Programs, US Department of Justice.
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