Research

 

Research plays a pivotal role in The Center for Family Safety and Healing’s aspiration to break the cycle of family violence. The Center for Family Safety and Healing supports a collaborative atmosphere where continuous quality improvement and scientific inquiry are dedicated to improving the health and well-being of our clients and patients.

Our vast-reaching community presence positions us to conduct innovative research within diverse family violence populations. Our wide variety of programs and services allows us to investigate family violence issues impacting individual victims across their lifespan, as well as between victims within the family unit.

The following illustrate the research contributions that The Center for Family Safety and Healing has made to the field of family violence.

• Predictors of Increasing Injury Severity Across Suspected Recurrent Episodes of Non-Accidental Trauma
• Association of Pediatric Abusive Head Trauma Rates with Macroeconomic Indicators
• Child Advocacy Center Multidisciplinary Team Decision and Its Association to Child Protective Services Outcomes
• Distraction Injury of the Thoracic Spine with Spinal Cord Transection and Vascular Injury in a 5-Week-Old Boy: A Case of Child Physical Abuse
• Childhood Trauma Exposure and Toxic Stress: What the PNP Needs to Know
• Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking: What the PNP Needs to Know
• Corporal Punishment: Evaluation of an Intervention by PNPs
• Bruises, Burns, and Other Blemishes Diagnostic Considerations of Physical Abuse
• Factitious Illness-Red Flags for Pediatric Emergency Medicine Physician
• Why Abuse of Women Is a Pediatric Issue
• Child Advocacy Center Multidisciplinary Team Decision and Its Association to Child Protective Services Outcomes