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TITLE:	DOMESTIC VIOLENCE FORUM FOR SOUTHWEST SYDNEY: MAY 18TH 2000
PROJECT COORDINATOR:	DV WORKERS IN SW SYDNEY
PROJECT PARTNERSHIPS:	LIVERPOOL WOMEN'S HEALTH CENTRE; ATTORNEY GENERAL'S REGIONAL VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN SPECIALIST,BENEVOLENT SOCIETY: CENTRE FOR WOMEN'S HEALTH, LIVERPOOL/FAIRFIELD DV COURT SUPPORT SCHEME; LIVERPOOL COMMUNITY HEALTH, SWSAHS WOMEN'S HEALTH.
PROJECT SUMMARY:	TO ENABLE WORKERS IN THE DV AREA AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME TOGETHER TO SHARE, DISCUSS AND PLAN FOR A BETTER QUALITY SERVICE TO WOMEN WHO HAVE ENCOUNTERED DV.
TARGET GROUP:	DV WORKERS IN SOUTH WEST SYDNEY
HEALTH ISSUE:	DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AFFECTS ONE IN EVERY THREE WOMEN IN OUR SOCIETY. THIS NEGATIVELY IMPACTS ON THEMSELVES AND THEIR CHILDREN AND HENCE SOCIETY AS A WHOLE.
GOALS: Health Outcome	IMPROVED QUALITY OF SERVICES TO WOMEN WHO ENCOUNTER DV. INCREASED AWARENESS OF STRATEGIES THAT WORK WELL FOR WOMEN AFFECTED BY DV. IMPROVED PARTNERSHIPS AND NETWORKING BETWEEN SERVICES.
STRATEGIES: Process Activities	HOLD A ONE DAY FORUM ON 18TH MAY FOR WORKERS IN SWSAHS TO: SHARE AND DISSEMINATE INFO; NETWORK; PLAN AND CO-ORDINATE SERVICES; LEARN FROM EACH OTHER.
TIME FRAME: (Start)	OCTOBER 1999
TIME FRAME: (Finish)	MAY 2000
FUNDING:	SWSAHS WOMEN'S UNIT ATTORNEY GENERAL'S REGIONAL VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN UNIT
The areas of the Health Continuum that the project addresses are:
Reorienting health services Improving health services for women Training health care providers Increasing participation of women in decision making in health
EVALUATION:	PARTICIPANTS WILL BE ASKED TO EVALUATE THE DAY'S SESSION.
RESOURCES:	NIL

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