Ohio initiative aims to fill health-care gap among domestic-violence survivors

(PUBLIC NEWS SERVICE) - A new statewide initiative aims to help connect domestic-violence survivors with medical providers, with a focus on treating traumatic brain injury. Rachel Ramirez, founder the Ohio Domestic Violence Network's Center on Partner-Inflicted Brain Injury, said survivors often experience severe violence aimed directly at the head, neck and face. But there's been a longstanding gap in accessing the right medical services when individuals come into shelters. She said a portion of the initiative's more than $6-million dollars in funding will be used to pay for treatment.

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