Barriers to Screening for Intimate Partner Violence

Sprague, Sheila; Madden, Kim; Simunovic, Nicole; Godin, Katelyn; Pham, Ngan K.; Bhandari, Mohit; Goslings, J. Carel

doi:10.1080/03630242.2012.690840

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“…Professional health education regarding IPV must be improved in order to first raise awareness among professionals about the issue as a public health problem that affects all groups. Second, they must be trained to approach possible victims and contribute to eliminating barriers that hinder the detection of IPV and establishing action and coordination protocols among different social health services (27)(28)(29)(30) . A combination of professional training, knowledge about action protocols, and awareness among health professionals has been shown to increase IPV detection, mitigating health problems in abuse victims and reducing health costs (15,31) .…”

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Intimate partner violence among health professionals: distribution by autonomous communities in Spain

Carmona‐Torres

Recio-Andrade

Rodríguez‐Borrego

2017

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Objective:To determine the prevalence of intimate partner violence among health care professionals who work in the Spanish National Health System, according to the autonomous communities of Spain. Method: This was a descriptive cross-sectional multicenter study conducted with male and female health professionals (doctors, nurses, and nursing aides) in the different autonomous communities that are part of the Spanish National Health System. The following instruments were employed: among women, an intimate partner violence screening questionnaire; and among men, a questionnaire that screened for violence in the family environment. Results: A total of 1,039 health professionals participated in the study. Of these, 26% had suffered some type of abuse. Among the men, this prevalence was 2.7%, while among the women, it was 33.8%. There were differences in the prevalence of intimate partner violence among different autonomous communities, with the highest percentages in the Canary Islands. In terms of profession, 19.5% of the doctors had been exposed to intimate partner violence, while this percentage was 31% and 48.6% for nurses and nursing professionals, respectively. Conclusion:The results indicate the presence of intimate partner violence among healthcare personnel in most of the autonomous communities of Spain. The data demonstrate the need to implement action plans, both to support victims and to mitigate the problem.

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Intimate partner violence among health professionals: distribution by autonomous communities in Spain

Carmona‐Torres

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Rodríguez‐Borrego

2017

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“…Health care professionals (HCPs,) therefore, are uniquely positioned to identify and provide critical assistance to women experiencing IPV. However, HCPs face many barriers, largely fueled by lack of education, in routinely identifying and providing assistance to these women (Yeung et al 2012, Sprague et al 2012. Multiple educational programs have been developed to help HCPs ask women about IPV and assist women experiencing IPV; however, substantial variation in program content and effectiveness has created challenges in drawing conclusions (Davidson et al 2001, Waalen et al 2000, Zaher, Keogh, and Ratnapalan 2014.…”

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A scoping review of intimate partner violence educational programs for health care professionals

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Background: Multiple intimate partner violence (IPV) educational programs have been developed for health care professionals (HCPs); however, program content and effectiveness vary substantially. The purpose of this scoping review was to identify and synthesize the literature evaluating IPV education programs for HCPs to identify key areas for potential evidence-based recommendations and focus future research priorities. Methods: We conducted a systematic literature search using broad eligibility criteria to identify studies published between January 2000 and July 2015 that evaluated the effectiveness of IPV education programs in health care settings. All potentially eligible references were screened independently by two reviewers. Data extraction was completed independently by two reviewers for all eligible studies. Descriptive statistics were used to summarize all data. Results: We identified 65 eligible studies, 55% of which reported positive program effectiveness. Effective programs often reported the use of online training components, delivery by an IPV educator/ expert or physician/surgeon, the inclusion of a treatment protocol and resources for patients and HCPs, and included more than five training sessions lasting no more than one hours each.Conclusions: Our results demonstrate that IPV educational programs are heterogeneous and that a wide variety of methodologies have been used to evaluate their effectiveness.

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“…Health care providers who do not have the training to respond to disclosures of abuse or the capacity to respond to patients' needs are unlikely to conduct effective screening and assessment. [18][19][20] This suggests that partnerships with domestic violence experts are critical in order to provide training, develop referral protocols, and to link IPV victims to advocacy services.…”

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Coordinated Public Health Initiatives to Address Violence Against Women and Adolescents

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Journal of Women's Health

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Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a well-recognized public health problem. IPV affects women's physical and mental health through direct pathways, such as injury, and indirect pathways, such as a prolonged stress response that leads to chronic health problems. The influence of abuse can persist long after the violence has stopped and women of color are disproportionately impacted. Successfully addressing the complex issue of IPV requires multiple prevention efforts that target specific risk and protective factors across individual, interpersonal, institutional, community, and societal levels. This paper includes examples of community-based, state led and federally funded public health programs focused on IPV along this continuum. Two community-based efforts to increase access to mental health care for low income, women of color who had experienced IPV, Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, and a telehealth intervention are discussed. Core tenets of a patientcentered comprehensive approach to assessment and responses and strategies for supporting a statewide comprehensive response are described in Project Connect: A Coordinated Public Health Initiative to Prevent Violence Against Women. Project Connect provides technical assistance to grantees funded through the Violence Against Women Act's health title and involves developing, implementing, and evaluating new ways to identify, respond to, and prevent domestic and sexual violence and promote an improved public health response to abuse in states and Native health programs. Health care partnerships with domestic violence experts are critical in order to provide training, develop referral protocols, and to link IPV victims to advocacy services. Survivors need a comprehensive response that addresses their safety concerns and may require advocacy around housing or shelter, legal assistance, and safety planning. Gaps in research knowledge identified are health system readiness to respond to IPV victims in health care settings and partner with domestic violence programs, effects of early IPV intervention, and models for taking interventions to scale.

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Barriers to Screening for Intimate Partner Violence

Cited by 249 publications

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Intimate partner violence among health professionals: distribution by autonomous communities in Spain

Intimate partner violence among health professionals: distribution by autonomous communities in Spain

A scoping review of intimate partner violence educational programs for health care professionals

Coordinated Public Health Initiatives to Address Violence Against Women and Adolescents

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