Congratulations to Kaiser Permanente -- CAEPV’s Member of the Month. As we all know, healthcare organizations can play a vital role in addressing domestic violence – not only for their patients, but for their employees. 

This month, CAEPV is highlighting Kaiser Permanente’s robust approach to domestic violence prevention for its own workforce (more than 167,000 employees). An online training for managers on Domestic Violence Prevention in the Workplace is being promoted throughout all eight regions. In addition, posters, brochures, and draft articles for employee newsletters are also being circulated throughout the regions. 

The new training and materials along with the silentWitness display -- which shows stories of courage, survival and hope -- raise employee awareness about the impact of intimate partner violence. They are a reminder of the vital and positive role that colleagues and the workplace can offer. These stories are available on-line (www.kp.org/domesticviolence) in English, Spanish, and Cantonese. 

In addition, Kaiser Permanente recently received the 2009 Heroes in Health Care award from the Family Violence Prevention Fund for implementing one of the most comprehensive health system responses to domestic violence in the country. More information about Kaiser Permanente’s coordinated approach is available on the website for the Agency for Health Care Research and Quality Innovations Center. 

We are glad to have such an outstanding advocate of making intimate partner violence “everybody's business” as a member of CAEPV.