HLTH3902 - The Impact of COVID-19 on Domestic Violence in Hawai`i and Free Mental Health Resources to Cope

Course Description

Course Description:

COVID -19 and the shut down of society has been hard on everyone.  We have all been bombarded with messages that it is the safe and responsible thing to do to spend as much time at home as possible.  However, for individuals dealing with domestic violence the home is also a dangerous place.   This webinar will look at the issue of domestic violence in the time of COVID-19 and the different free resources that are available for the community.

Student Learning Outcomes:

By the end of the webinar, participants will:

1. Understand the relationship between “Safer at Home” orders and escalated reporting of domestic violence

2. Provide support to a friend or family member who may be experiencing intimate abuse at home 

3. Identify available resources at the local and national level   

4. Be familiar with how to access a free telehealth resource

5. Be familiar with some of the benefits of telehealth 

Speaker Bio:

Paxon Chang is a campus advocate at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, where she works toward fostering a more equitable learning environment through education, counseling, and community organizing. With a background in prevention work and micro-level intervention, Paxon supports UH students, faculty, and staff in navigating experiences with sexual harassment, sexual assault, domestic violence, and stalking. She graduated from Brown University with a dual degree in Sociology and Indigenous History and is currently pursuing her Master’s of Social Work at the University of Southern California. 

Chelsey Stewart is the Member Services Associate at the Hawaii State Coalition Against Domestic Violence.  She has years of case management experience through her time as a Campus Survivor Advocate and Helpline Specialist at the Domestic Violence Action Center and was the Fair Housing Investigation Coordinator at the Legal Aid Society of Hawaii.  Chelsey has also worked for the ACLU in Hawaii and Washington states in addition to the State of Hawaii Dept. of Attorney General’s Crime Prevention and Justice Assistance Division.  She earned her B.S. Criminology & Criminal Justice and M.S. Criminal Justice Administration from Chaminade University of Honolulu.

Kelley Withy, MD, PhD, is Professor of Family Medicine and Community Health at University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine and the Director of the Hawaii/Pacific Basin Area Health Education Center (AHEC).  She received her MD degree from the University of California at San Diego, performed her family medicine residency at Long Beach Memorial Family Medicine Residency Program and received her PhD in Biomedical Sciences at University of Hawaii at Manoa.  Her research focuses on health workforce assessment and health careers development. She performs the physician workforce assessment for Hawaii and has multiple grants to recruit and retain healthcare workers including an ongoing mentoring program for 2,000 pre health students a year, interprofessional rural training for 200 students a year, ongoing collaborative networking experiences for providers and administers the Hawaii State Loan Repayment Program.

Learner Outcomes

By the end of the webinar, participants will:

1. Understand the relationship between “Safer at Home” orders and escalated reporting of domestic violence

2. Provide support to a friend or family member who may be experiencing intimate abuse at home 

3. Identify available resources at the local and national level   

4. Be familiar with how to access a free telehealth resource

5. Be familiar with some of the benefits of telehealth