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    Milwaukee County Health Care Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) Consortium

    Project Overview

    3rd Funding Cycle Development Award
         Project Start Date: 7/1/2007
         Project End Date: 6/30/2008 - No Cost Extension Through 10/31/2008

    Project Goal Statement: The purpose of this project is to create a partnership between health care, local domestic violence agencies, the Milwaukee Commission on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault/Milwaukee Health Department and MCW faculty to improve the emotional and physical health of women in Milwaukee County who are impacted by intimate partner violence.

    Award Amount: $50,000

    Community Partners:
    Primary Community Partner: Task Force on Family Violence, Inc.
    Additional community partner organization names:

    • Aurora Sinai Medical Center
    • Columbia St. Mary's - Milwaukee Campus
    • Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital
    • Wheaton Franciscan Health Care

    Academic Partner:
    Primary Academic Partner: Mary Beth Phelan, MD, Department of Emergency Medicine

    Project Progress Summary Reports:
         Project Progress Report Summary July 2007 - October 2008
         Project Final Report Summary     

    Affiliated Web Pages:
        Aurora Sinai Medical Center
        Columbia St. Mary's - Milwaukee Campus
        Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital
        Wheaton Franciscan Health Care

    Project Dissemination Efforts (as reported by project partners)

    • Abstract
      • Abstract accepted to the 136th Annual American Public Health Association Conference. San Diego, CA. 2008.
    • Article
      • Highlighted in Wheaton-Franciscan, Columbia St. Mary’s, Froedtert Hospital, and Task Force on Family Violence newsletters
    • Outreach Materials/Events
      • Hosted a press conference attended by Fox 6 News, TMJ 4 and the Milwaukee Business Journal with pre-event coverage by WUWM and WMCS 1290 and national coverage on www.endabuse.org
    • Poster
      • Poster presentation at the Family Violence Prevention Forum – Building a community-wide healthcare response to intimate partner violence.