title: The American College of Nurse-Midwives Domestic Violence Education Project (DVEP).
abstract: The American College of Nurse-Midwives implemented a 4-year Domestic Violence Education Project (DVEP) with the goal of educating all midwives in the USA to respond appropriately to abuse experienced by the women they serve.
  
  
  
  A four-pronged set of objectives was used that included policy, basic preservice education, continuing education and activism/advocacy.
  
  
  
  The success of this project is the sustainable impact on education of student midwives and a continued commitment to this issue.
  
  
  
  The full impact of the DVEP on practicing midwives may not be measurable for some time.
authors.affiliation: Ad Hoc Committee on Violence Against Women, American College of Nurse-Midwives, Washington, DC, USA. bohnx002@tc.umn.edu
authors.forename: D K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Bohn
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Paluzzi
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Vivio
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing / Q000458:organization & administration; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009721:Nurse Midwives / Q000193:education*; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D016730:Program Development; D013179:Spouse Abuse; D014481:United States