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What is IPV?
Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) is a pattern of coercive behaviors, and psychological control, that adults or adolescents use against their current or former intimate partners. IPV occurs in relationships of people at all socioeconomic levels, cultures and ethnicities, and between lesbian, gay, transgender, and heterosexual persons.

Click here for more detailed definitions of IPV from the Centers for Disease Control or the Family Violence Prevention Fund.

Survivor stories are the most powerful way to understand what IPV is and how it impacts health and well-being. We urge you to start here.

Where can I find Fact Sheets on IPV?
 Where can I find guidelines on screening for IPV?
 What are "mandatory reporting laws"?
How can I learn to screen, assess and intervene?
For more information on how to learn to screen for and respond to Intimate Partner Violence, link to our Get Started section.

What are local/national DV resources?
Visit our Links section to learn about local and national resources.

Where can I find training on IPV?
There are many ways to obtain training on Intimate partner violence. Link to our Get Started section to learn more.

How can I make my changes more lasting?
For making your personal changes around intimate partner violence more long standing, link to our Creating a Lasting Response section.

QUICK LINKS
  • Quick Screening Tool
  • IPV Hotlines
  • Safety Planning
  • Mandatory Reporting

    FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
  • What is IPV?
  • Where can I find Fact Sheets on IPV?
  • Where can I find guidelines on screening for IPV?
  • What are "mandatory reporting laws"?
  • How can I learn how to screen, assess and intervene?
  • What are local/national DV resources?
  • Where can I find training on IPV?
  • How can I make my changes more lasting?








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    NATIONAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HOTLINE: 1-800-799-7233

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