On-Demand Training Videos

Identifying harmful policies and offering practical solutions to re-imagine shelters as healing spaces for survivors in all stages in pregnancy and postpartum. 

This video explores a critical but often overlooked intersection: how domestic and sexual violence shape maternal health outcomes and your role as a healthcare provider. You’ll be introduced to the scope of violence during pregnancy, common myths, the real-life impact on families, and trauma-informed strategies to support pregnant and birthing survivors. 

In this short video we’ll explore the dynamics of domestic violence and the essential role healthcare professionals play in recognizing and responding to it.  

This video explores foundational knowledge every healthcare professional should know about sexual violence – including what it is, how it shows up in patient care settings, and how we can respond with compassion, clarity, and confidence. 

In this short training, we’ll explore how human trafficking intersects with health care. You’ll learn how to recognize red flags, understand the unique needs of survivors, and respond with trauma-informed care. 

This short video is an introduction to the benefits of implementing a universal education procedure to better support pregnant and birthing survivors. We will discuss why universal education is more effective than routine screening questions, examples of how to communicate information and resources to your patients, and where you can find more information about supporting pregnant and birthing survivors. 

Survivors of domestic and sexual violence may experience an array of trauma triggers at various points during the perinatal period. As healthcare providers and advocates, you are in a unique position to support survivors to have a more positive, and perhaps even healing, pregnancy, birth, and early parenting experience.   

This video provides an introduction to disparities in maternal health, some factors that contribute to these disparities, and what healthcare providers can do to start to address them including existing disparities. 

In this video, we’ll explore how interpersonal violence impacts pregnant and birthing survivors, and how advocates can provide meaningful, trauma-informed support. We’ll connect abuse dynamics directly to pregnancy, birth, and postpartum experiences while centering the unique realities of Black, Indigenous, LGBTQ+, disabled, Latina/Hispanic, MENA, and AAPI survivors. 

In this mini training, we introduce a few ways that survivors of domestic and sexual violence may experience an array of trauma triggers at various points during the perinatal period. As healthcare providers and advocates, you are in a unique position to support survivors to have a more positive, and perhaps even healing, pregnancy, birth, and early parenting experience. For more information please view the full 90-minute training. 

This short video explores the urgent connections between IPV, maternal health disparities, and perinatal mental health, highlighting why prevention, advocacy, and survivor-centered care matter – now more than ever. 

Please Note

These videos were developed with support from a grant from the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) Michigan Maternal Mortality Surveillance (MMMS) Program. The opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in these videos are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view of the U.S. Department of Justice or the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services.