Every year across the globe, millions of individuals are affected by violence. In addition to the tremendous physical and emotional toll, violence has substantial medical, lost productivity, societal, and environmental costs. Young people and women are disproportionately affected by violence. This certificate program examines workplace violence, domestic (intimate partner) violence, elder abuse, child abuse, pediatric abusive head trauma, and sexual assault, gender violence, and rape. The outcome of this certificate program is for the learner to describe several key types of violence, risk factors specific to those types of violence, assessment and treatment options, and prevention measures to reduce the incidence of violence.
Completion Time
13 hours
Access Time
42 Days
Outcome
Individual Skill Course
Language
English
Training Level
Beginner
Delivery Information:
Online
Asynchronous
Self-paced
Description
Learning Outcomes
What you will learn:
- Identify types of workplace violence, interventions, and prevention strategies.
- Describe how to recognize and prevent domestic (intimate partner) violence.
- Explain the types of elder abuse and methods of prevention.
- Discuss the causes, symptoms, treatment methods, and prevention strategies for child abuse.
- Explain the causes, symptoms, treatment methods, and prevention strategies for pediatric abusive head trauma.
- Discuss the symptoms, risk factors, treatment methods, and prevention strategies for sexual assault, gender violence, and rape.
- Learn to recognize signs of workplace violence- a major source of inequality, discrimination, stigmatization, and conflict
- Examine other types of violence, including domestic (intimate partner) violence, child abuse, and elder abuse
- Learn to recognize signs of violence in patients and clients
- Explain how to respond to, and help prevent, various forms of violence
- Discover ways to improve your total health and well- being and positively impact your life and the life of your family
- Learn new information that can help you prepare for a career in many areas of health (including health education, public health, nursing, medicine, social work, environmental health, or health coaching) as well as other fields (such as law, political science, advocacy, etc.)
- Build knowledge and competencies needed to advance your career and/or improve your personal health and well- being
- Fulfill continuing education and/or national certification requirements
Requirements
Technology Requirements
Hardware Requirements: This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook.
Software Requirements: Software must be installed and fully operational before the course begins.
- PC: Windows 8 or later.
- Mac: macOS 10.6 or later.
- Browser: The latest version of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox are preferred. Microsoft Edge and Safari are also compatible. Cookies and JavaScript must be enabled
- The latest Adobe Reader/Acrobat Reader ( free download available at https://get.adobe.com/reader/ )
- Any modern Office suite: Microsoft Office, Apple iWork, OpenOffice, or LibreOffice
- Reliable internet connection. Broadband cable or highspeed DSL is recommended for optimal experience.
- E-mail account (to be able to register and to receive e-mail from the course system regarding registration, course status, etc.)
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