Help For Domestic Violence: Resources For Women And Teens #Octoberawareness #domesticviolence

Do you know someone that is in an abusive relationship right now, or is that person You!  Here are some resources that can help. Please report abuse, who else will speak up for her?

Domestic Violence Resources For Women: 

National Domestic Violence Hotline:Toll Free: (800) 799-SAFE (7233)
Toll Free: (800) 787-3224 (TTY)
www.thehotline.org

National Network to End Domestic ViolencePhone: (202) 543-5566
www.nnedv.org

American Psychiatric Association (APA)Toll Free: (888) 35-PSYCH (77924)
Phone: (703) 907-7300
www.healthyminds.org

National Coalition Against Domestic Violence
Phone: (303) 839-1852
Phone: (202) 745-1211 ext. 143
www.ncadv.org

The National Center for Victims of CrimePhone: (202) 467-8700
www.ncvc.org

Futures without Violence
Phone: (415) 678-5500
www.futureswithoutviolence.org

National Resource Center on Domestic Violence
Toll Free: (800) 537-2238
www.nrcdv.org

The Battered Women’s Justice Project
Toll Free: (800) 903-0111 ext. 1
Phone: (612) 824-8768
www.bwjp.org

National Battered Women’s Law Project 
Phone: (212) 741-9480

WomensHealth.govToll Free: (800) 994-9662
www.womenshealth.gov

National Center on Domestic Violence, Trauma & Mental HealthPhone: (312) 726-7020
www.nationalcenterdvtraumamh.org

National Teen Dating Abuse Helpline
Toll Free: (866) 331-9474
www.loveisrespect.org

Safe Place
Phone: (512) 267-SAFE (7233)
www.safeplace.org

Break the CyclePhone: (310) 286-3383
www.breakthecycle.org

Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network (RAINN)Toll Free: (800) 656-HOPE (4673)
www.rainn.org

Health Resource Center on Domestic Violence
Toll Free: (800) 313-1310
www.futureswithoutviolence.org/content/features/detail/790/

A Women’s Guide to Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation
Toll Free: (800) 993-3869
www.recoveryconnection.org/alcohol-drug-rehab-for-women

Teen Domestic Violence Resources 

National Teen Dating Abuse Helpline
Toll Free: (866) 331-9474
www.loveisrespect.org

Break the Cycle
Toll Free: (888) 988-TEEN
www.breakthecycle.org

Love is Not Abusewww.loveisnotabuse.com

Teen Outreach ProgramToll Free: (800) 300-1080
www.teenrelationships.org

Maryland’s Peoples Law Library
www.peoples-law.org 

Safe YouthToll Free: (866) 723-3968

KidsHealthwww.kidshealth.org 

SeeItAndStopIt.Orgwww.seeitandstopit.org

WomensLaw.Orgwww.womenslaw.org

Another page with some great resources : Here 

Warning Signs if you think you or a loved one is in an unhealthy relationship 

Please, Please seek help before you are just a statistic on a page or another name on a toe tag, don't fool yourself thinking it will end or he will stop................he will not! Call today and get some help, even presenting to a local Emergency room and telling the nurse you are being abused will start the process to get you the help you need. Call 911 if you are in danger now, keep yourself and your children safe, you deserve better, it is NOT your fault!!

October is SIDS Awareness Month : Put Those Babies "Back" To Sleep #awareness

October is SIDS Awareness Month. Learn more about the problem and the risk factors and take action to reduce the risk. Start by always placing babies on their backs to sleep. 

Sudden Unexpected Infant Death (SUID): The death of an infant, less than 1 year of age that occurs suddenly and unexpectedly. After a case investigation, these deaths may be diagnosed as suffocation, asphyxia, entrapment, infection, ingestions, metabolic diseases, cardiac arrhythmias, trauma (accidental or non-accidental), or SIDS. In some cases where the evidence is not clear, or not enough information is available, the death is considered to be from an undetermined cause. 
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS): The sudden death of an infant less than 1 year of age that cannot be explained after a thorough investigation is conducted, including a complete autopsy, examination of the death scene, and a review of the clinical history. SIDS is a type of SUID. 

Accidental Suffocation and Strangulation in Bed (ASSB) also is a type of sleep-related SUID. This includes infant deaths related to airway obstruction (asphyxia) in a sleeping environment caused by— 
Suffocation by soft bedding—such as a pillow or waterbed mattress. 
Overlay—another person overlaying or rolling on top of or against the infant. 
Wedging or entrapment—wedging between two objects such as a mattress and wall, bed frame, or furniture. 
Strangulation—such as when an infant’s head and neck become caught between crib railings. 

Understanding the Problem 
There are about 4,200 sudden unexpected infant deaths per year in the United States—half are caused by SIDS.1 The most frequently reported causes are— 
SIDS—the leading cause of infant death from 1–12 months old. 
Cause is unknown or undetermined. A thorough investigation was not conducted or after the investigation the cause could not be determined or remained unknown. 
Sleep-related suffocation—the leading cause of infant injury death. 
Black and American Indian/Alaskan Native infants are about two times more likely to die of SIDS and other sleep-related SUID than white infants. 

Reducing the Risk 
 
Health care providers and researchers don’t know the exact causes of SIDS, but they do know certain things you can do to help reduce the risk of SIDS other sleep-related SUID, such as— 

• Always place a baby on his or her back to sleep, for naps and at night, to reduce the risk of SIDS. 

• Use a firm sleep surface, covered by a fitted sheet, to reduce the risk of SIDS and other sleep-related causes of infant death. See crib safety information from the Consumer Product Safety Commission for more information http://www.cpsc.gov/info/cribs/index.html 

• Your baby should not sleep in an adult bed, on a couch, or on a chair alone, with you, or with anyone else. 

• Keep soft objects, toys, and loose bedding out of your baby’s sleep area. 

• To reduce the risk of SIDS, do not smoke during pregnancy, and do not smoke or allow smoking around your baby. 

• Breastfeed your baby to reduce the risk of SIDS. 

• Give your baby a dry pacifier that is not attached to a string for naps and at night to reduce the risk of SIDS. 

• Do not let your baby get too hot during sleep. 

Do not use bumper pads in cribs. Bumper pads can be a potential risk of suffocation or strangulation.

Make sure your baby receives all recommended immunizations. Studies have shown that immunization can reduce the risk of SIDS by 50%.

For more detailed information on reducing the risk of SIDS, visit the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Web site http://www.nichd.nih.gov/health/topics/Sudden_Infant_Death_Syndrome.cfm

Another great resource for info http://kidshealth.org/parent/general/sleep/sids.html#