Oklahoma 2020 Book of Reports

2020 Oklahoma Nurses Association
Wilson, with members of the LAP, began the work of submitting an OVW grant proposal related to
evaluation of the implementation fidelity of the Oklahoma Lethality Assessment Protocol. Criminal
justice interventions that work well in highly controlled research trials may fail to yield the same
outcomes when they transition to real-life settings if they are not performed as the original protocol
specified. The purpose of the proposal is to determine the extent to which the OK-LA (a National
Institute of Justice “promising practice”) adheres to or is consistent with the intended research
protocol now that it is legislated and transitioning into “real world” settings in Oklahoma.
4. Operation 922
Operation 922 is a new domestic violence legal initiative from the US Attorney Office of the
Western District of Oklahoma that says when a subject is in possession of a firearm while subject
to a Victim Protective Order, after a prior misdemeanor or conviction for domestic assault and
battery, or after a felony, the US Attorney can prosecute that firearms offense as a federal offense.
This strategy of prosecuting offenders with a criminal history of domestic violence including
misdemeanor convictions and those subject to a Victims Protective Order has proven to be
protective of victims because the initiative can prosecute these cases as federal firearms violations,
focusing on the illegal possession of the firearm and protects victims from the necessity to testify
about the specific abuse by the defendant.
5. Resources for Nurses: (See other resources in the Annual Report)
The Strangulation Training Institute provides onsite trainings in San Diego, CA, or other
locations as well as online trainings and an online library of reference materials. https://www.
strangulationtraininginstitute.com/. Trainings are available for healthcare professionals on a regular
basis
US Preventive Services Task Force recommends that clinicians screen for intimate partner violence
(IPV) in women of reproductive age and provide or refer women who screen positive to ongoing
support services. Several screening instruments can be used to screen women for IPV. The following
instruments accurately detect IPV in the past year among adult women: Humiliation, Afraid,
Rape, Kick (HARK); Hurt, Insult, Threaten, Scream (HITS); Extended–Hurt, Insult, Threaten, Scream
(E-HITS); Partner Violence Screen (PVS); and Woman Abuse Screening Tool (WAST). HARK includes
4 questions that assess emotional and physical IPV in the past year. HITS includes 4 items that
assess the frequency of IPV, and E-HITS includes an additional question to assess the frequency of
sexual violence. PVS includes 3 items that assess physical abuse and safety. WAST includes 8 items
that assess physical and emotional IPV.
https://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/BrowseRec/Search?s=domestic+abuse
National Health Resource Center (HRC) on Domestic Violence, The Futures Without Violence,
provides numerous resources for health care providers use in the clinical area to screen, assess,
treat, and refer for intimate partner trauma. The HRC offers a number of multilingual, low-literacy
patient education safety cards that provide information on healthy and unhealthy relationships,
their impact on health, and list national referrals for support. The evidence-based safety card tool
was developed to help clinicians, and domestic violence/sexual assault (DV/SA) advocates open
conversations about DV/SA and healthy relationships with their clients. They are typically a 4-5
panel double-sided tool that folds into a 2.5 x 3-inch card (business-card sized)
https://www.futureswithoutviolence.org/health/
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