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2007 David Lawrence Community Service Award goes to:
Brigid McCaw, MD, MS, MPH, FACP
Medical Director, Family Violence Prevention Progam
Kaiser Permanente Northern California

Marking an annual tradition of recognizing Kaiser Permanente physicians’ and employees’ commitment to community service, Kaiser Permanente’s National Community Benefit Department honored the recipients of the 2007 David Lawrence Community Service Awards in San Francisco, Calif. on April 22, 2008.
The David Lawrence Community Service Awards recognize individuals and groups that have demonstrated extraordinary efforts to improve the health of our communities. David M. Lawrence, MD, the award’s namesake and former Chairman and CEO of Kaiser Permanente Foundation Health Plan and Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, presided at this year’s event. "The hard work that goes into these awards speaks beautifully about our organization and what we do for our communities. You have made me extraordinarily humble and proud," he said.

Brigid McCaw, MD, winner of one of the individual awards, has spent the past ten years making visible an often invisible “epidemic” in our communities—domestic violence. It affects 1 out of 5 women and 1 out of 14 men and impacts young and low-income individuals disproportionately. Giving an average of one volunteer day per week to influence policy at the national, state, and local level in health systems, community clinics, and NGOs, Dr. McCaw’s efforts have reached upwards of 20,000 people, making her a nationally recognized leader in this field.

Congratulations, Dr. McCaw!

Domestic violence associated with health problems: New study from the CDC

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) brings us new data from the largest-every survey of intimate-partner violence. The lifetime prevalence of intimate partner violence was 23% among women, and 11% among men. The findings are consistent with other published studies and our own internal Kaiser Permanente data. However, these findings are based on a sample size that is 4 times larger than any previous health study of intimate partner violence in the US (70,000 respondents) and included a range of health conditions and behaviors.

The data show that people who have experienced intimate partner violence during their lifetimes are more likely to report current adverse health conditions and health risk behaviors.

Read the article here

Kaiser Permanente NCal Family Violence Prevention Program Wins National Innovation Award

The National Business Coalition on Health (NBCH) has honored Kaiser Permanente’s family violence prevention program (FVPP).
FVPP was one of three winners of the 2007 “eValue8 Health Plan Innovation Awards” by the NBCH. The eValue8 awards identify and recognize the innovative and creative work of health care systems that develop and implement programs that address critical health care issues. The three winners were chosen from more than 60 entries nationwide.

Click here to read the proposal submitted
For more about the eValue8 awards, visit the NBCH’s website