GLOBAL DATABASE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLSCOUNTRY-PROFILEISRAELMEASURESINSTRUCTION AND TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONALS
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Instruction and Training Programs for Health Professionals
Type of Measure
Services > Health > Training
Form of Violence
Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence
Year
2008
Brief Description
Instruction and training programs are conducted in hospitals and all community-based health services. This includes seminars, workshops and simulations (there is a simulation center in Sheba hospital). The coordinators of the subject of violence against women in the Ministry of Health conduct periodical forums with professionals in this area in hospitals and in the community. Educational materials including booklets, brochures, abd posters - all with instructions - have been distributed, and a film regarding children in families with domestic violence has been produced.
Source of Information
Response of the Government of Israel to the questionnaire on violence against women, February 2009
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