Media Advisory

CDC Hosts First Twitter Live Chat on Intimate Partner Violence

In honor of Domestic Violence Awareness Month

What

CDC’s VetoViolence—in partnership with the Administration of Children and Families (ACF) via the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence and VAWnet, Prevent Connect, and the Office of Violence Against Women (OVW)—is hosting a Twitter Live Chat about this important issue.

Who

Administration of Children and Families, National Resource Center on Domestic Violence, Office of Violence Against Women, Prevent Connect & VAWnet.

When

Tuesday, October 23, 2012 from 3:00 – 4:00 PM EST

Where

• Twitter:
  • @CDCInjury
  • @NationalDVAM
  • @VAWnet
  • @PreventConnect
  • #VetoViolence
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VetoViolence#!/events/510162995661491/
• Learn more: http://www.cdc.gov/ViolencePrevention/socialmedia/twitter.html

Background

October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month. On average, 24 people per minute are victims of rape, physical violence, or stalking by an intimate partner in the United States, based on a CDC survey conducted in 2010. Over the course of a year, that equals more than 12 million women and men.

Additional information about CDC’s work to prevent intimate partner violence can be found on the CDC National Injury Center's website: www.cdc.gov/injury.

CDC’s VetoViolence—in partnership with the Administration of Children and Families (ACF) via the National Resource Center on Domestic Violence and VAWnet, Prevent Connect, and the Office of Violence Against Women (OVW)—is hosting a Twitter Live Chat about this important issue.

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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES