Abused women

Identifies the need for a women-centred framework as part of the solution to improve services that support women’s safety and health. Based on research, practice and women’s narratives confirming that violence is pervasive and central to the development of substance use and mental ill health.

A tool kit for health care providers and planners to conduct an audit of their practice and/or organization, by looking at the safety of women impacted by abuse. Points to the need to enhance health care for women and includes two contrasting models of care.