Bell appointed to NAM committee for intimate partner violence during health emergencies

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NAM) has appointed Sue Anne Bell, Ph.D., FNP-BC, FAAN, assistant professor of nursing, to a special committee that will identify ways to address intimate partner violence (IPV) during health emergencies. 

Since the onset of COVID-19, emerging data and reports have shown that all types of violence against women, particularly IPV, have intensified. Public health emergencies and other hazards have the potential to negatively affect a wide range of women’s health care services, including those related to IPV. 

The committee will develop a conceptual framework for delivering essential preventive and primary health care services related to IPV during public health emergencies using an all-hazards approach. The committee's framework will:

• Identify essential health care services related to IPV in non-PHEs (steady state) based on currently available evidence;
• Define essential health care services related to IPV in PHEs based on currently available evidence;
• Identify ways to prepare for and prioritize the provision of essential health care services related to IPV before PHEs;
• Describe health disparities related to IPV in PHEs;
• Identify innovations and best practices to prepare for and operationalize the equitable delivery of essential health care services related to IPV during PHEs;
• Identify promising practices in preventing IPV; and
• Develop strategies to overcome barriers faced by HRSA-supported and safety-net settings of care in providing essential health care services related to IPV during PHEs, particularly for underserved populations.

Announcement adapted from NAM