Provider Training

Health Care Providers

The Utah Department of Health, Utah Domestic Violence Council and Utah Nurses Association are offering low-cost training for health care professionals. You'll get important tools to help battered women and men by learning how to recognize and report suspected domestic abuse.

Health care professionals have the unique opportunity and ethical responsibility to identify victims of interpersonal violence and to refer and intervene on their behalf. Health care providers are often the first or only professionals to see the injuries of the abused, yet many victims of domestic violence move in and out of the health care system without identification or referrals.

The Violence and Injury Prevention Program is dedicated to strengthening the ability of health care providers and allied agencies to provide appropriate care for victims of domestic violence through education and training. Training is available on the following topics:

• Definitions and prevalence of domestic violence in Utah.
• The health care provider's role in identifying, assessing and screening for domestic violence.
• Mandatory reporting laws for health care providers in the state of Utah.
• Compelling reasons for routine screening of domestic violence in the health care setting.
• Indicators of domestic violence.
• Asking questions during screening.
• Documentation of domestic violence.
• Reporting domestic violence.
• Domestic violence training for home health care providers.

Download the Training Manual here (Large file 45MB)

2003 Emergency Department Survey on Domestic Violence
In 2003, emergency departments in the state of Utah were invited to participate in a survey administered by the Utah Department of Health, Violence and Injury Prevention Program in collaboration with the Utah Domestic Violence Council, Health Care Committee. The purpose of this survey was to obtain information on the screening, assessment, and referral of abused adult patients. Download the Emergency Department Survey here.

Health Care Presenters download the Training Report here.

Salon Professionals

The Utah Department of Health and the Utah Attorney General’s Office are offering the National CUT IT OUT training session to salons and salon colleges. CUT IT OUT has become a national program of the Salons Against Domestic Abuse Fund dedicated to mobilizing salon professionals and others to fight the epidemic of domestic abuse in communities across the United States. CUT IT OUT builds awareness of domestic abuse and trains salon professionals to recognize warning signs and safely refer clients to local resources.