An Evaluation of the Gloucestershire Domestic Abuse Health Early Identification Pilot Project: Hospital Independent Domestic Violence Advisors and General Practice Development Work

Other studies have identified that HIDVAs may reach more vulnerable victims hidden from other agencies at an earlier stage than other interventions (SafeLives 2013). Both GP surgeries and hospitals are places where domestic abuse can be detected and victims supported. From their tracking of over 50,000 domestic abuse cases, SafeLives (2016) found that 46% of victims had visited their GP in the 12 months before identification. The Crime Survey England and Wales (2014/5) found that 32% of victims experiencing domestic abuse had sought medical assistance due to the abuse. Hospital settings are often used in the immediate aftermath of a crisis (severe physical assault, self-harm, suicide or addiction issues) and as such a place from which support to address or leave abusive partners can be given. This report evaluates the Domestic Abuse Health Early Intervention Pilot in Gloucestershire which provides two Hospital Independent Domestic Violence Advisors (HIDVAs) and two GP Development Workers (GPDWs). The HIDVAs and the GPDWs aim to: Promote awareness of domestic abuse in a range of health settings Ensure that front line health professionals are confident in identifying and responding to domestic abuse Prevent escalation of risk for domestic abuse victims and their families by identifying, and addressing domestic abuse in health settings at the earliest possible opportunity Reduce longer term health related costs associated with domestic abuse through prevention and early intervention Gather data on the prevalence and cost of domestic abuse in health settings Support the embedding of the domestic abuse care pathway within health settings, To embed domestic abuse training into all relevant health staff training programmes. The evaluation considered the following four questions: What is the impact of the Domestic Abuse Health Early Identification Pilot on healthcare staff awareness of domestic abuse and their domestic abuse reporting and referral practices? What is the impact of the Domestic Abuse Health Early Identification Pilot on the profile of clients referred? Has there been any change in the use of health and other services by patients affected by Domestic Abuse since the implementation of the Domestic Abuse Health Early Identification Pilot? What has been the impact of the Domestic Abuse Health Early Identification Pilot on patient’s awareness of domestic abuse and perceptions of their safety and wellbeing

Magnetic studies of metal ion coordination clusters encapsulated with thiacalixarene

© CSIRO 2014. Three thiacalix[4]arene polynuclear complexes have been prepared by literature methods for detailed magnetic investigation. The [Fe 3 O(L) 2 ] (LH 4 = thiacalix[4]arene) complex is found to exhibit interesting anti-ferromagnetic exchange coupling. Jahn-Teller distortion in [Cu 4 (L) 2 ] complex leads to strong anti-ferromagnetic coupling at low temperatures. The temperature-dependent susceptibility of the [(µ-H 2 O)Eu 2 (LH) 2 (DMF) 4 ] complex is well described by a ground state involving the thermal population of the lowest three excited states

Characterisation and ballistic performance of thin pre-damaged resin-starved aramid-fibre composite panels

Military personnel use protective armour systems that are frequently exposed to low-leveldamage, such as non-ballistic impact, wear-and-tear from everyday use, and damage duringstorage of equipment. The extent to which such low-level pre-damage could affect theperformance of an armour system is unknown. In this work, low-level pre-damage has beenintroduced into a Kevlar/phenolic resin-starved composite panel using tensile loading. Thetensile stress-strain behaviour of this eight-layer material has been investigated and has beenfound to have two distinct regions; these have been understood in terms of the microstructureand damage within the composite panels investigated using micro-computed tomography anddigital image correlation. Ballistic testing carried out on pristine (control) and pre-damagedpanels did not indicate any difference in the V50 ballistic performance. However, an indicationof a difference in response to ballistic impact was observed; the area of maximal local out-ofplane deformation for the pre-damaged panels was found to be twice that of the control panels,and the global out-of-plane deformation across the panel was also larger

Characterization and ballistic performance of thin pre-damaged resin-starved aramid-fiber composite panels

Military personnel use protective armor systems that are frequently exposed to low-level damage, such as non-ballistic impact, wear-and-tear from everyday use, and damage during storage of equipment. The extent to which such low-level pre-damage could affect the performance of an armor system is unknown. In this work, low-level pre-damage has been introduced into a Kevlar/phenolic resin-starved composite panel using tensile loading. The tensile stress–strain behavior of this eight-layer material has been investigated and has been found to have two distinct regions; these have been understood in terms of the microstructure and damage within the composite panels investigated using micro-computed tomography and digital image correlation. Ballistic testing carried out on pristine (control) and pre-damaged panels did not indicate any difference in the V50 ballistic performance. However, an indication of a difference in response to ballistic impact was observed; the area of maximal local out-of-plane deformation for the pre-damaged panels was found to be twice that of the control panels, and the global out-of-plane deformation across the panel was also larger

Butterworths Corporate Law Service

This work is a 3 vol loose-leaf encyclopaedia covering all aspects of company law, corporate transactions and corporate finance written by a multi-disciplinary team of lawyers, accountants and company secretarie