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A Major Public Health Issue

Age-Specific Effects on Children

Are You Being Abused?

Are You Being Abusive?

Common Misconceptions of Domestic Violence

Does Your Man Fight Fair?

Health Effects of Domestic Violence

How to Help Someone Who is Being Abused

Impact of Domestic Violence Exposure

Is it Really Abuse?

Risk Factors for Abuse

Is Someone You Know Being Abused?

Legal Help 101

“The Ripple Effect means peace to me, a sense of restoring of self and others. It means using the effect of domestic violence and its ripple effect of what it really does to families and community out to the public awareness to end the perceptions of violence.”

—a community member

“The Ripple Effect is a non-profit organization dedicated to the prevention of domestic violence. We believe that everyone deserves a life free from abuse.”

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