Health professional resources

A selection of reports, articles and resources on family violence (including intimate partner violence, child abuse and neglect, elder abuse and more).

Resources and training opportunities for health services and health professionals

MEDSAC (external link)

IPV and Family Violence resources, and training and support for clinicians working in Sexual Assault Assessment Services or the national Non-Fatal Strangulation Service.

Goodfellow webinar (2021) (external link)

Provides a brief overview of health impacts, asking and responding to family violence in primary care.

Pharmac seminar series (2018) (external link)

Recorded seminar on sexual assault and intimate partner violence for health providers.

Starship Children’s Hospital guidelines for Abuse and Neglect (external link)

Whāraurau trauma-informed care resources (external link)

Provides resources and training in trauma-informed care for children and tamariki.

Elder abuse resources

Healthify (external link)

A collection of useful content about elder abuse for clinicians, including an overview of the topic and links to other sources of information.

Te Tari Kaumatua, Office for Seniors, Raising Awareness of Elder Abuse (external link)

Provides elder abuse awareness resources and research, as well as information on preventing and getting help for suspected cases of elder abuse.

Information Sharing Guidance for Health Professionals from 1 July 2019 (Ministry of Health) (PDF, 800 KB) [PDF, 800 KB]

Children’s Act Requirements (Oranga Tamariki) (external link)

Pornography

The Light Project (external link)

Resources and research findings around online abuse and the impacts of pornography.

Resources for those affected by abuse

Agencies and services have developed their own resources. Please see these related websites:

On this page

Guidelines

Family Violence Assessment and Intervention Guideline: Child abuse and intimate partner violence (Jun 2016)

Family Violence Intervention Guidelines: Elder Abuse and Neglect (Aug 2007)

Recognising and Responding to Partner Abuse (Jun 2003)

Posters

We Talk about Family Violence Here posters

I'm concerned someone if hurting you posters

Family violence can affect you and your family's health poster

Does your partner ever force you to have sex? poster

Treating Violence as a Health Issue posters

Pamphlets

Violence Intervention Programme 8 panel wallet card Pamphlets

Partner Abuse: This is Not Love, This is Control

Cue cards

Intimate Partner Violence cue cards

Child Abuse and Neglect Guide cue cards

Flowcharts

Child Abuse and Neglect Intervention Flowchart

Intimate Partner Violence Intervention Flowchart

Case studies

Increasing Violence Intervention Programme (VIP) Programmes’ Responsiveness to Māori

Resource orders

Additional resources

Family violence literature

Resources and training opportunities for health services and health professionals

Elder abuse resources

Legal issues, duties and information sharing

Pornography

Resources for those affected by abuse