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Year:: 2021
Contributor:: Zero, Odette (Author); Greenfield, Green (Author); Tobin-Tyler, Liz (Author); Brown University. Alpert Medical School. Scholarly Concentration Program. Non-Scholarly Concentrator (research program)
Subject:: Women immigrants; Intimate partner violence; Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (United States)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.26300/hnpc-1n71

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Abstract:: Lack of legal status can trap immigrants and their children in unhealthy, abusive and coercive relationships. The Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) allows undocumented victims of Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) and human trafficking to petition for legal status in the US. Recently, local advocates noticed increased number of cases sent back from US Citizenship and Immigration Services with requests for further evidence of abuse that victims do not have. Clinicians can play a crucial role in helping victims receive legal status by providing medical evaluations that document evidence of physical and psychological abuse. This research presents early outcomes of a community-based pilot intervention between local domestic violence non-profit and Brown Medical School Asylum Clinic (BHRAC) to provide free medical evaluations for VAWA applicants. After two years of partnership, 6 cases were approved, 11 are pending, two were denied, and one was not submitted. In the future, we hope to formalize this and other community partnerships in order to further support the local undocumented immigrant community.
Notes:: Scholarly concentration: Non-Scholarly Concentrator

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Zero, Odette, Greenfield, Green, and Tobin-Tyler, Liz, "Medical School-Community Partnership for Undocumented Victims of Intimate Partner Violence and Human Trafficking" (2021). Warren Alpert Medical School Academic Symposium. Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library. https://doi.org/10.26300/hnpc-1n71

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Warren Alpert Medical School Academic Symposium

The Warren Alpert Medical School Academic Symposium is an annual event at Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University that provides Year II medical students a venue to present their summer research in a poster format. Participation in the Symposium …
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Medical School-Community Partnership for Undocumented Victims of Intimate Partner Violence and Human Trafficking